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Responding to a social media question about his frayed relationship with Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown said Roethlisberger has an "owner mentality like he can call out anybody, including coaches."

Advice: "Players know, but they can’t say anything about it otherwise they meal ticket gone," Brown said. "It’s a dirty game within a game." This came after Brown said he did not have a "conflict" with Roethlisberger but was simply seeking "mutual respect." Roethlisberger certainly has not hesitated to publicly call out Brown in the past. It was considered a potential friction point even before last season's Week 17 drama. There have been signs in recent days Brown and the Steelers will eventually work things out, but serious issues pretty clearly remain. Rotoworld.com Today, 10:52 am

Cardinals OL coach Sean Kugler expects the run game to be a "big part" of the offense.

Advice: "I think people are going to be surprised by the amount we run the ball; it’s a big part of this offense in addition to the screen game," Kugler said. "It’s not just throwing it every down, there’s going to be a lot of physicality." This is good news for David Johnson, but it may not be more than coachspeak given Kliff Kingsbury's pass-heavy tendencies. Even with Steve Wilks gone, Johnson is going to be hard to trust as a 2019 rebound. Rotoworld.com Yesterday, 4:09 pm