Artie Burns has welcome-to-NFL moment, courtesy of Antonio Brown

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Pittsburgh Steelers first-round cornerback Artie Burns was bound to cover Antonio Brown at some point in offseason workouts. He got his chance Thursday.

He went 1-for-2 on isolated matchups.

After Thursday’s session, Burns detailed his work against Brown, including Brown’s goal-line touchdown on a counter move and Burns’ pass breakup on a deep ball attempt to Brown.

Burns showed his recovery speed on the deep ball. He saw Brown streaking, so “I had to open up and run” to cover the post. He dove into the passing lane to knock the ball away.

Early in practice, however, he wasn’t so lucky.

“He got me,” Burns said. “I had bit on the slant. He went back out. He scored on me.”

Brown, who returned to Pittsburgh late this week after the Dancing with …

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