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Antonio Brown Mike Tomlin-Related Steelers Feud Going Viral

Sometimes, you're on-field adversaries become your biggest rivals after retirement.

Although the career paths of Asante Samuel and Antonio Brown only crossed briefly, the two are now tied together due to an online beef.

Since Brown retired from the NFL, he's taken to social media to express his, well, colorful takes. And no one is immune.

Brown was recently called out by Samuel on X, indicating that Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin let Brown get away with too much, and that had he played for one of Samuel's teams, his career might not have turned out like it did.

"If Mike Tomlin never babied you @AB84 NFL would've been an afterthought," he wrote. "You couldn't survive anywhere else. The Steelers organization and players allowed you to act crazy. Lucky you never played on my team. You would've been dealt with immediately and not by the coach. Facts!"

This was in response to an earlier blast about Samuel made by Brown.

"Asante Samuel Tryin clown ppl online like he me Couldn’t even carry my jock strap What has Asante done after nfl career? Try be clown online … Try tear down who ppl vote for … How that working out for him?? Stick to what u good at… which is???"

We can only wonder what would've happened had these two players gone up against each other for longer. By the time Browns was breaking into the league with the Steelers in 2010, Samuel was with the Eagles and finished his career in Atlanta in 2013.

If they had played longer together, their relationship might have been similar to what we saw in the NFC South between Bucs receiver Mike Evans and former Saints corner Marshawn Lattimore before he was traded to the Commanders last season.