First Call: Antonio Brown's latest music venture; an offensive lineman that seems to have the Steelers' interest before draft

Friday’s “First Call” features the latest adventure for former Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro Antonio Brown. Another Steelers Pro Bowler, Cameron Heyward, talks about the prospect of his team drafting a quarterback.

One offensive lineman sure seems to be drawing the attention of the franchise.

And we look at the Carolina Hurricanes as the Penguins visit Raleigh on Friday night.

This should be good

TMZ reports that Antonio Brown is going to be part of the Rolling Loud Music Festival in Miami.

He’s going to be rapping under the stage name A.B. His performance is supposed to take place on Friday, July 22 at Hard Rock Stadium.

Rapping onstage in Miami in July? No way A.B. keeps his shirt on for this one, right?

The NFL star broke the news on social media, posting Rolling Loud’s flier. It indicates he’ll be performing on the festival’s first day in Miami before Kanye West takes the stage.

He has to open with “Whole Lotta Money,” doesn’t he?

Favorite emerging

Via Steelers Depot, the Steelers haven’t met with Boston College offensive lineman Zion Johnson at the combine yet.

That may seem surprising until you hear that they met five times at the Senior Bowl.

There might not be much else to talk about.

Johnson is believed to be a first-round pick and performed well at the Senior Bowl. He claims to have grown up a Steelers fan while living in Maryland.

So what’s not to like about that?

According to Lance Zierlein of NFL.com, “The phrase ‘phone booth guard’ was made for Johnson thanks to his wide, girthy frame and immense playing power. Johnson has experience at tackle, but he’s clearly an interior blocker on the next level.”

Why not with a rookie?

While sitting down with Andrew Siciliano of the NFL Network at the NFL Draft combine, Steelers defensive captain Cameron Heyward didn’t dismiss the notion of his team drafting a quarterback.

“Who’s to say a rookie quarterback can’t win?” Heyward said when asked about the prospect of rookie quarterback impacting the team’s chances for success in 2022.

What do the @steelers do at QB?

“Who’s to say a rookie quarterback can’t win?”@CamHeyward joined me on @nflnetwork at the Combine. pic.twitter.com/kkN3L03blr

— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) March 4, 2022

Heyward argued that the team has the support pieces in place to aid a rookie QB.

“Most teams don’t have a Najee Harris running the ball, (Chase) Claypool or Diontae Johnson,” said Heyward. “On defense, we have a monster group, I feel like you got the Defensive Player of the Year (T.J. Watt), you got Minkah Fitzpatrick, you have myself, Stephon Tuitt, Tyson Alualu, combine that all together, that is winning success, you just got to have a quarterback.”

Heyward’s brother, Connor, is a draft-eligible fullback/tight end prospect out of Michigan State.

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Hurricane conditions

After their recent win in Pittsburgh (4-3 on Feb. 20), the Carolina Hurricanes stayed hot. They won their next three as well.

Since then, though, the Canes have dropped two in a row. First, it was a 4-3 overtime decision in Detroit on Tuesday. Then a 4-0 loss in Washington on Thursday night.

Alexander Ovechkin had one of the goals in support of Vitek Vanecek’s third shutout of the season.

Ovechkin scores on the one-timer‼️ pic.twitter.com/Y5GaCfmiRR

— ESPN+ (@ESPNPlus) March 4, 2022

Carolina (79 points) still has a three-point edge in the Metropolitan Division on the Penguins (76 points). Washington remains in fourth place of the Metro with 67 points, good for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference to start play this weekend.