Antonio Brown knows plenty of eyes will be on him and Vontaze Burfict when the Steelers and Bengals get together this weekend.
This will be the first time the two players share a field since the Bengals linebacker's head shot on Brown that helped set up the game-winning field goal for Pittsburgh in last season's AFC wild-card game. The hit was one of several by Burfict that earned him a three-game suspension to start this season, which, among other things, kept him out of Cincinnati's Week 2 matchup against the Steelers.
Brown told ESPN.com Tuesday Burfict apologized for the hit during a chance meeting in Miami during the offseason, but the All-Pro receiver doesn't sound like someone expecting to see a change in approach in Cincinnati.
"They'll give us their best fight," Brown said. "They'll come out with a lot of emotion, trying to get us off our game. We've got to be laser-focused, be a sniper out there and get the job done."
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Brown said Burfict told him there was no intent to injure and it was just a "football move," though, obviously, one that fell outside the rules. While apparently declining an opportunity to declare the incident forgiven and forgotten, Brown told ESPN.com he won't be focused on Burfict on Sunday.
"I don't have no issue with any guy. I'm a football player. I'm a competitor," Brown said. "When we're in the field, we're going to compete and be competitive. It's not personal between none of these guys. It's all in the game. … I represent the Steelers. It's all business."
