Antonio Brown: Browns punter 'had a sense of humor' about kick in face

The Steelers wideout and punt returner said he wasn't trying to hurt Browns punter Spencer Lanning when he kicked him in the face Sunday.

By Ryan Wilson

Sep 9, 2014 at 10:41 am ET • 1 min read

Spencer Lanning was supposed to duck. He didn't duck. (USATSI)

Despite appearances, the Steelers' Antonio Brown wasn't trying to put foot his through Browns punter Spencer Lanning during this return Sunday:

"The punter understood there was no intent to injure anyone," Brown said Tuesday, according to SteelCityInsider.net's Jim Wexell, adding that he thought Lanning was going low. Brown said he talked to Lanning afterward and "he had a sense of humor about it."

Which would explain these tweets:

Wait, wait, wait... When did this happen?!? pic.twitter.com/SzU9wDVx23
— Spencer Lanning (@LanningSpencer) September 7, 2014

Then there was this from Colts punter Pat McAfee, who's been known to lay out would-be punt returners:

.@AntonioBrown84 bruh... Please get all of the punter curb stomps out of your system before we make a visit to the Steel city.. #Ruthless
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 8, 2014

And, of course, the requisite internet meme:

Before there was Antonio Brown kicking punters in the face, there was Nacho Libre kicking punters in the face. pic.twitter.com/LkvXkr5IOS
— ryan wilson (@ryanwilson_07) September 8, 2014

Brown said he didn't know if he'd be fined for the kick (we'd be surprised if he wasn't), though "unecessary roughness for kicking the defender in the head" comes with a stiff in-game penalty.