First call: Antonio Brown axes affiliation with Steelers on Twitter, posts photo in half-49ers jersey

In "First Call" Monday, Antonio Brown unfollowed the Steelers on Twitter, posted a picture of himself in half a San Francisco uniform and is favored to wind up in Atlanta.

Aside from that, it was a quiet weekend for ol' A.B.

Weird look

Since the Antonio Brown trade talk started, past and present San Francisco 49ers players have endorsed the idea of their team acquiring the Steelers troubled star.

San Francisco legend Jerry Rice gave his stamp of approval. George Kittle and Joe Staley made overtures to him on social media.

Now, Brown posted a picture of himself in a split jersey on Instagram. Half Steelers. Half Niners.

Many have described Antonio Brown as having a split personality. But this is ridiculous.

Oooh. That hurts.

Why bother splitting the jersey? Brown removed his association with the Steelers from Twitter.

So, I guess it's really over now, huh?

Antonio Brown has removed the Pittsburgh Steelers from his Twitter Bio. #Steelers pic.twitter.com/mVx3qKIUOE

— Alex Kozora (@Alex_Kozora) January 14, 2019

Brown also appeared to take a shot at Tomlin's favorite cliche: "The standard is the standard"

For a guy who lives on social media the way that Brown does, this is probably a more meaningful message from A.B. than skipping all those practices was.

Set your own standards

— Antonio Brown (@AB84) January 14, 2019

If A.B. really is setting his own standards, they are pretty low. At least when it comes to acting like an adult.

As far as a response from the Steelers? They can't officially remove him from the roster in any fashion until March 13.

Best bet?

Despite all the public attention being paid to Brown by the folks in San Francisco, the 49ers aren't very high up on the list of favorites to acquire him.

One sports book has the Falcons as the most likely destination.

Antonio Brown's team on Sept. 1, 2019:

Atlanta Falcons +400
Detroit Lions +500
New York Jets +500
Oakland Raiders +600
Indianapolis Colts +600

Full list: https://t.co/5MDYRC8tbQ pic.twitter.com/cdqywvjzAS

— MyBookie Sportsbook (@betmybookie) January 11, 2019

Given the Falcons' existing depth at wide receiver, I don't buy that idea. The Lions, Jets and Raiders, I can definitely see. The Colts already have an alpha receiver in T.Y. Hilton. But I'd give that a maybe.

But San Francisco should be on this list.

Baseball or football?

Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray has a big decision to make.

The Oklahoma standout has to decide today if he will enter the NFL draft or sign a contract with the Oakland A's to play baseball.

Apparently, he is asking a lot of the A's to get a deal done.

According to a source close to the situation, Kyler Murray’s number is $15M.

He wants big time money to stick with baseball, otherwise he will enter the NFL draft tomorrow.

The A’s are doing everything they can, sending their top brass, led by Billy Beane, to meet with him.

— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) January 13, 2019

Murray was already given a signing bonus of $4.6 million by the A's when he was drafted ninth overall because it was believed at the time that he would choose baseball.

Speaking of big money

We are waiting to see who gets big paychecks in the major leagues. Apparently, Manny Machado has an offer on the table. And it's for eight years from the Chicago White Sox.

That's via Jeff Passan at ESPN. We don't know the amount yet. But expect it to be massive.

Passan also writes that Machado is still talking with the Phillies "while their pursuit of Bryce Harper grew stronger with an in-person meeting in Las Vegas over the weekend."

Meanwhile, the Pirates signed Lonnie Chisenhall. So, you know, almost the same thing.