Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown momentarily turned Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns into a WWE match. While rattling off a 35-yard punt return in the second quarter, Brown decided to kick Browns punter Spencer Lanning directly in the face.
Brown was penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness. The play was pretty much unprecedented, but the officials had to call something. There may not be anything in the rule book about drop-kicking opponents, but you definitely, definitely can’t do this:
Brown may end up having to pay a fine for that one.
Alas, we have some clarity from Lanning on what happened:
#Browns P Spencer Lanning on Antonio Brown: "I guess he felt he couldn’t juke me so he tried to [jump] over me. … Kicked me in the face.”
— Nate Ulrich (@NateUlrichABJ) September 7, 2014
Ah, yes, that explains it.
GIF via DJ Gallo
