‘Dancing’ with the Pro Bowlers: Miller, Brown to appear on hit show

You can’t blame two of the NFL’s hottest players for striking while the iron is hot.

Not long after a report from the Denver Post that Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller will appear on the coming season of ABC’s hit “Dancing with the Stars,” NFL Network reported that Pittsburgh Steelers standout Antonio Brown will join Miller as a Season 22 contestant.

This is the first time two NFL players will appear on the same season of the program, though 14 current or former NFL players have been part of the show in the past.

And they’ve been successful: of the previous 14 NFLers, seven have finished in the top 3. NFL all-time leading rusher Emmitt Smith won Season 3, Super Bowl XL MVP Hines Ward won Season 12, and Super Bowl XLV winner Donald Driver won Season 14. Hall of Famer Jerry Rice was runner-up in Season 2; Jason Taylor and Warren Sapp were also second-place finishers, and Jacoby Jones was third in 2013.

Miller, whom the Denver Broncos predictably designated as their franchise tag recipient earlier this week, has been taking full advantage of his time in the sun after his stellar performance in San Francisco last month, appearing on “Saturday Night Live,” presenting an award at the Grammys, sitting courtside at the NBA All-Star game, and squaring off against Skip Bayless on ESPN’s “First Take.”

Brown, arguably the best receiver in the NFL last year, is highly charismatic – and fond of wearing a hairstyle that resembles a Lego man.