According to Pittsburgh Steeler's Head Coach Mike Tomlin, wide receiver Antonio Brown suffered a concussion and is in the league's concussion protocol.
Antonio Brown in concussion protocol
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Brown suffered the injury late in the fourth quarter when he took a big hit from Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict. The hit ended up being a personal foul which gave the Steelers 15 yards before another personal foul was called that put them in field goal range. The Steelers would go on to make the field goal and win the game over the Bengals.
Vontaze Burfict, Pacman Jones' awful personal fouls hand Steelers game-winning field goal https://t.co/4DZdYfnNZi pic.twitter.com/1vpM1S8z8l
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This now puts Antonio Brown's status in doubt for next Sunday's game against number one overall seed Denver Broncos.
As we all remember, Brown torched Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. the last time these two teams played a month ago. Brown totaled 16 receptions for 189 yards and 2 touchdowns. Brown finished the 2015 season with 136 receptions for 1,834 yards and 10 touchdowns. Brown is one of, if not the best wide receiver in the game right now so if he's not cleared to play it will be a major loss to the Steelers.
Brown does have a full week to be cleared from the concussion protocol so this will be something we will be monitoring all week.
The bigger loss might be to starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. He was carted off the field before he played the final series of the game in a pure desperation move by the Steelers. There hasn't been an official update on his status, but we'll have that for you when it drops.