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Tomlin: Brown expected to play despite missing practice

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Artie Burns (25) and Mike Tomlin, left, talk about Burns' knee injury. -- MATT SUNDAY / DKPS

With a playoff game looming against the NFL's best pass defense, the Steelers were hoping they would have their top receiver back for the game.

All-Pro receiver Antonio Brown was not at practice on Friday as the team completed its preparations for its AFC Divisional Playoff game Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but Mike Tomlin said it was due to an illness, not anything related to the calf injury that held him out of the final two weeks of the regular season.

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