Antonio Brown Played a Phenomenal Game, Then Cursed Out the Officials on Twitter

Antonio Brown will certainly be getting fined for harshly criticizing the referees.

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Antonio Brown and the Pittsburgh Steelers had one hell of a wild/great/emotional/intense evening. After the Houston Texans and J.J. Watt began the evening dominating the Steelers 13-0, Pitt ripped off back-to-back-to-back-to-back scores with a field goal and three TDs, and eventually closed out a 30-23 W. The second of those TDs was on an incredible trick play that had wide receiver Antonio Brown throwing three yards (it was more like 13) to Lance Moore for the score. And with that, Brown was just getting started in what will be one of the most memorable performances of the year. 

The Steelers' No. 1 also grabbed nine catches, one of which proved that his crotch is better at ball protection than 70 percent of the NFL wide-outs, for 90 total yards. That made him only the third player with a passing TD and nine catches in the same game. 

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Once Brown was able to break free on one of his catches, he also put Texans cornerback Johnathan Joseph into outer space with this delicious open-field shake: 

But wait, there's more! Brown even went on to make a fantastic TD catch, which prompted this superb celebration: 

Unfortunately for Brown, though, the score was called back after review on account of being out of bounds. 

Then, as Twitter usually does, this controversial photo was coughed up and brought to the receiver's attention. 

Which lead to Brown's ... uh, we'll call it unfiltered, response: 

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Many people on Twitter are saying this photo is fake. In the video, it appears that his foot touches the white, but there's no way to be 100 percent sure. A second photo (below) also popped up on Twitter and gives a second angle that would prove Brown's catch should have been counted. However, it's also possible that both of these photos were screenshot before Brown's foot rolled into the white. 

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If the photo is fake, you can be damn sure that @DonDon_ESPN (who is not actually affiliated with ESPN) just took advantage of a situation and surely cost Brown some cash in the form of a sure-to-come fine from the league. Either way, Brown seemed to be enjoying his post-game interview with ESPN after the victory. 

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There's no way we'll be forgetting this night any time soon. 

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