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Brown arrives in style

8 years ago

We’ve been posting news stories all day on the web site about Kevin Colbert’s contract extension, Le’Veon Bell’s appeal and the five players who will start camp on the PUP list. Here are some other notes from report day:

Antonio Brown showed up to camp in a black and gold Steelers-themed Rolls Royce.

“Start off the year with some excitement,” Brown said. “Rolls Royce thought it would be good to send me up in something great to Latrobe. I’m excited to get to work.”

It’s a far cry from the automobile he drove to his first camp in 2010. That was a Jeep Wrangler.

So he did the Rolls drive?

“It feels like a boat, real smooth, real subtle, stars in the ceiling and it got our favorite colors, right?” Brown said.

Even though Brown’s mode of transportation has changed one thing has not. His brother, Desmond, drove him to camp again, keeping that tradition alive.

Brown won’t be driving the Rolls Royce around campus, but he will be cruising around on a hover board. He was one of many players who showed up to camp hover boards.

“Another company hooked me up,” Brown said. “I’ve been getting a lot of hookups.”

On the spot

Center Maurkice Pouncey was asked which player on offense might surprise this season. His answer was unexpectedly candid and sent a not-so-subtle message to a teammate.

“I’m ready to see Dri Archer do something,” Pouncey said. “I’m excited for him. We need to go past the 15 [yard line] on kickoff returns. That would be awesome.”