Bring it Down Award – Week 1: Antonio Brown

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown
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Antonio Brown is being crowned as our Week 1 Bring it Down Award winner.

We will be highlighting one wide receiver each week by giving the Bring it Down Award to a player chosen by the fans in our end-of-the-football-week poll. Be sure to check back for the poll each week and please retweet us to help expand the number of voters.

In week 1, we saw a LOT of wide receivers have big days. The Saints had two receivers go over 140 yards (Willie Snead and Brandin Cooks) and AJ Green’s 180 yard performance against Darrelle Revis made people question whether Revis Island had become Revis Resort–a dream destination for NFL wide receivers.

But according to our voters, the performance that stood out the most was Pittsburgh Steelers’ wide receiver Antonio Brown’s 126 yard, 2 touchdown performance. Here’s a recap of his impressive showing against the Redskins:

Coming into the game, there was a lot of talk surrounding the Josh Norman-Antonio Brown matchup. The problem is, Josh Norman stayed on his side of the field and did not follow AB as he lined up on different sides of the formation. Although it was Bashaud Breeland that was getting repeatedly burned by AB, Brown’s versatility and ability to dominate wherever he lines up in the formation wins him the matchup against Norman.

It is no surprise that the star of the high-octane Steelers offense wins the Bring It Down Award for week 1. Even though his twerking touchdown celebration in week 1 got him fined by the NFL, he’s not too worried because those fines are, in his own words, “nothing to a boss.” We won’t be surprised when Antonio Brown wins it again in coming weeks in his campaign for theNFL’s first ever 2,000 yard season, which–let’s be real–is “nothing to a boss.”

(Photo Credit: Brook Ward via Creative Commons)

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