In Friday’s “First Call,” Antonio Brown has costume comments. T.Y. Hilton is banged up. Emmanuel Sanders is off to a great start with his new team.

Costumes are boomin’

Perhaps the most popular Halloween get-up in Pittsburgh this year was the “Antonio Clown” costume, in honor of departed wide receiver Antonio Brown.

And A.B. took notice, responding to a bunch of people who tagged him in their photos.

Take it easy https://t.co/lc5Xiz6OzZ

— AB (@AB84) October 31, 2019

Miss me huh champ go get you some candy https://t.co/WZRXHQA40i

— AB (@AB84) October 31, 2019

That was just a pair of many responses. For some of them, I can’t tell if Brown was offended or a fan.

Another helmet controversy

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady played with Brown for only a week. And apparently his angst over his helmet is contagious.

Thursday Practice Notes: Brady (QB) - Did Not Practice - Refused to take off stormtrooper helmet. #happyhalloween pic.twitter.com/RLV1HZev4i

— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) October 31, 2019

The Twitter responses made perfect sense.

Shorty after that pic, Tom and Bill were spotted together.... pic.twitter.com/8dHR6x6gOx

— KallGov (@KallGov) October 31, 2019

BB would be proud pic.twitter.com/EDCgD2u7V3

— Chris (@Chris_232323) October 31, 2019

pic.twitter.com/4YF8C0iPpJ

— Gabe (@Gabbo529) October 31, 2019

aren't you a little tall and too accurate for a Stormtrooper? #GoPats

— Stuart Miniman (@stu) October 31, 2019

These are not the rings you’re looking for

— kim juul un (@chikkofreako) October 31, 2019

Quite a look

Imagine being Patrick Mahomes.

You are out with a scary knee injury. Working hard to rehab. You pop on Twitter in between sessions and then you see …

Oh boy.

Happy Halloween from O.J. Mahomes!!! pic.twitter.com/JNuAQ9l1ld

— O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) November 1, 2019

“O.J. Mahomes??!!”

O.J. Simpson is you for Halloween. This has to be quite the internal conflict, doesn’t it?

This could be big

One of the biggest challenges for the Steelers on Sunday could be covering T.Y. Hilton.

If he plays.

And that has become more questionable throughout the week. The Indianapolis Colts star wide receiver was limited in practice Wednesday. Then he did not practice at all Thursday.

So it appears he is trending in the wrong direction with a calf problem. Tight end Eric Ebron was held out with an ankle injury. He didn’t appear on the injury report Wednesday. And cornerback Pierre Desir missed with a hamstring inury.

New home

When former Steeler Emmanuel Sanders left Pittsburgh, he had some very productive years in Denver. He made the Pro Bowl twice there.

But the struggling Broncos traded him to the undefeated San Francisco 49ers recently. And Sanders is making an impact quickly.

He scored in his debut with the Niners last week. Then he hauled in another touchdown pass Thursday night against Arizona.

Emmanuel Sanders lined up as a fullback before catching the touchdown pic.twitter.com/QzIq97iIUL

— Def Pen Sports (@DefPenSports) November 1, 2019

Sanders ended up with seven catches and 112 yards. San Francisco stayed perfect, improving to 8-0 with a 28-25 win.

Take another look

Any overtime winner in the NHL is exciting.

But Calgary’s Matthew Tkachuk took that to a different level when he beat the Nashville Predators on Thursday.

Check out this between-the-legs beauty.

Couple more angles of Tkachuk's between the legs goal pic.twitter.com/HZAO0K3qFr

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) November 1, 2019

The multiple angles show the perfect placement of the shot despite the difficult nature of firing the puck from that angle.

That goal gave the Flames a 6-5 win. He also tied the game with 39 seconds left.

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