Antonio Brown apparently only heard part of Steelers' president Art Rooney II's message on Thursday. In an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rooney said that the team won't trade Brown while keeping all other options "on the table." Rooney added that, while it is "hard to envision" right now, he is not ruling out Brown's return to the Steelers in 2019 if fences can start to be mended between the receiver and the team. Rooney confirmed that Brown has continued to ignore his and head coach Mike Tomlin's phone calls following the team's Week 17 victory over Cincinnati. While he was also updating Steeler Nation on the situation, Rooney was also using the interview to speak out to Brown, to send him a message about that he needs to do if he wants to continue his career with the Steelers.

It appears, however, that Brown only received part of that message, the one about Rooney not ruling out the possibility of trading him. Brown, who posted a photo with Rooney with the caption "Good Business...#Boomin" shortly after the Post-Gazette published their interview with Rooney, apparently does not have any interest in reaching out to the Steelers. It appears that Brown is actually dead set on doing the exact opposite thing.

On Friday morning, several news outlets reported that Brown has unfollowed the Steelers on Twitter, one week after unfollowing them on Instagram. Last week, after unfollowing the Steelers, Brown started following the San Francisco 49ers' Instagram page while openly communicating with 49ers' players that were recruiting him to join them out west. Jerry Rice, the greatest receiver in NFL history, has openly recruited Brown to come to the 49ers despite him still being under contract with the Steelers. Brown has three years remaining on his five-year, $72 million extension he signed with the Steelers in 2017.

There is still time for Brown to make things right with the Steelers. Pittsburgh can't do anything with Brown until March 13, the official start of the league's new year as well as the official start of free agency. The Steelers, if they do elect to trade Brown, would want to do so by March 17, the day he is due a $2.5 million roster bonus. That means that Brown and the Steelers have about two months to make things right with each other. If they do, there's a good chance Brown can remain a Steeler. If not, Brown will surely finish his career with a new NFL team.

Based on Brown's current actions, it seems that he will go down as the greatest offensive player in Steelers' history that did not win a Super Bowl ring with the team. He will also join Rod Woodson as the greatest Steelers in franchise history that did not capture a world championship during their time in Pittsburgh.