The Pittsburgh Steelers are 0-2 through two games this season after losing to the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night football and now things appear to be getting tense, as reports have come out that wideout Antonio Brown and offensive coordinator Todd Haley got into during the game.
According to Pro Football Talk, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that Brown and Haley got into a confrontation on the sidelines, as the wide receiver "confronted" Haley in the second half and complained that he wasn't being targeted enough by the offense and Ben Roethlisberger. The Steelers offense has been terrible through two games and the team has only scored 19 points and now is looking at a possible 0-3 record with the Chicago Bears coming up at 2-0 on the schedule for Sunday in Week 3.
The report says that Haley and Brown were still "seething" about the confrontation this week and this would not be the first time the fiery Haley has been involved in a shouting match, as it happened multiple times to him while coaching in Kansas City and also while he was in Arizona and now the Steelers appear to be falling apart a bit on offense. The team lost Mike Wallace in free agency and now Brown and Emmanuel Sanders have been the two primary options for Big Ben.
The team is getting back Heath Miller from injury as well and that could be a nice boost to the offense, but if Brown continues to complain, it could be an issue going forward. Browns did not have a productive game against the Bengals and had just nine targets total in the game, including less than five in the first half and he finished with six catches for 57 yards. In the first game he had five catches for 71 yards and he is the biggest touchdown threat for the team due to his speed.
Big Ben had issues with Haley in the offense last season after losing Bruce Arians and now things could really heat up if the team falls to 0-3 against the Bears. So far through two games the team is ranked 26th in the league in passing yards per game and 31st in rushing yards per game and if the team doesn't shape up there's a chance changes could come up on the offensive side of the ball.
