Antonio Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster social media beef gets put on a shirt
A Pittsburgh T-shirt company is capitalizing on the social media beef between Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and his former teammate Antonio Brown.
Steel City released in the last couple days a black T-shirt with gold lettering that says: “JuJu is the best and everyone likes him.”
“It’s just meant to be funny and to poke fun at AB for being a brat,” said Brandon Grbach, company co-owner.
It’s hard not to like Smith-Schuster, who always seems to be having a good time on and off the field, he said. Brown, on the other hand, drew ire from fans when he walked out on the team last year. He was traded to the Oakland Raiders in the off season.
Brown has continued to surface on social media with digs at his former team, including the most recent back-and-forth with Smith-Schuster. Brown criticized his former teammate for a fumble after a fan posted an image of Smith-Schuster being team MVP.
Smith-Schuster responded by noting he has only shown Brown love and questioning his ego.
On Tuesday, Brown promised via a Twitter post that he would be giving the media “no more ammo.”
“We thought ‘What would be the best shirt that would make AB mad?’” Grbach said.
They may have found it.
The shirt is $29.99 at shopsteelcity.com or at their store Downtown at 625 Smithfield St.
Grbach and his wife, Carly have been in business since 2010. Steel City carries vintage-style apparel and other items focused on Pittsburgh sports teams and icons.
Renatta Signorini is a TribLive reporter covering breaking news, crime, courts and Jeannette. She has been working at the Trib since 2005. She can be reached at rsignorini@triblive.com.
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