Video: Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger Regrets Calling out Raiders' Antonio Brown

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said he regrets calling out Antonio Brown during a radio interview last November, which led to a falling out in their relationship.

"I wish I wouldn't have done it," Roethlisberger told NBC Sports' Michele Tafoya in an interview that aired on Sunday Night Football. "...because we saw what happened, and obviously, it ruined a friendship. I just got caught up in the heat of the battle."

Roethlisberger laid the blame on Brown for a poorly thrown interception late in the fourth quarter of a November loss to the Denver Broncos. The errant pass was nowhere near Brown and was picked off at the goal line, sealing the Steelers' fate as part of a larger late-season collapse.

Brown, who was traded to the Oakland Raiders this offseason, consistently ripped Roethlisberger on his way out of the door. He said the Steelers gave the quarterback preferential treatment and expressed frustration at Roethlisberger's comments following that pass.

"The type of guy he is. He feels like he's the owner. Bro, you threw the shit to the D-lineman! What the f--k? I'm over here wide open! You need to give me a better ball!" Brown said on an episode of The Shop.

"But it's like in the league, you're going to have a guy from the team that'll be like, boy, you can't say nothing. I need you to get out there like, but it's like why I got to be acting? At least ask a … ask a [expletive] how he feels first. Right or wrong. Right? Then if it don't matter how I feel, then f--k it then, why am I here, you know what I'm saying?"

Roethlisberger and Brown are one of the most successful duos in modern NFL history. Brown is the first player in league history to record 100 receptions in six straight seasons, emerging as arguably the best wideout of his generation.

Their falling out appeared to be built up over years' worth of harbored resentment from Brown, who has spent his entire offseason being vocal about nearly every displeasure—both from his time in Pittsburgh to more recently an issue with the league office over his favored helmet.

Roethlisberger said he's "not sure" why Brown could not handle public criticism in the same way as James Washington, whom the quarterback also called out last November. 

"You'll have to ask him," Roethlisberger said.