Steelers GM says three teams have already called about trading for Antonio Brown

Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports is reporting that Antonio Brown has suggested he and the Pittsburgh Steelers are in for a mutual parting of ways, and now the team is apparently doing its part to sell the disgruntled star wide receiver.

Days after Brown posted a picture of himself with Steelers owner Art Rooney II and said it’s “time to move on,” the team’s own general manager confirmed on NFLNetwork that Pittsburgh has begun fielding phone calls about a trade for A.B.

Antonio Brown going full Charlie Sheen

Appearing Friday on “Up to the Minute Live,” Kevin Colbert certainly didn’t suggest the Steelers will surrender Brown at a cheap price, saying “you better have compensation that justifies” trading “one of the best football players” in the NFL. But he also chose not to confirm whether the Steelers are demanding at least a first-round draft pick in exchange for the seven-time Pro Bowler, hinting that the team is already listening to potential trade partners.

“We’ve had, I’d say, three teams that have touched base with us and we’ll see how that grows,” he said. “I think that’ll unfold over these next few weeks as teams get better perspective of what else there is available to them.”