Antonio Brown Just Played His Last NFL Game

He was injured:

https://www.audacy.com/weei/sports/patriots/antonio-brown-refused-to-re-enter-game-due-to-injury-report

What's with all these bizarre moments in the league lately? Are they doing this for ratings? Aside from AB you have a Chiefs coach who's coat caught on fire on the sidelines. You also have the fans in Philly falling over the railing right in front on the quarterback. You have the Jets running a qb sneak on 4th and 2 to lose on purpose (as are the jags lions and giants). It's all a big circus.

Hear Here wrote:

He was injured:

https://www.audacy.com/weei/sports/patriots/antonio-brown-refused-to-re-enter-game-due-to-injury-report

He looked fine doing jumping jacks getting the fans going as he crossed the end zone on his way to the unemployment line.

Over/under for amount of time before he's either in jail, broke or dead? I hope this doesn't happen but it appears likely.

Steve The Addict OFFICIAL -----^^^^^ wrote:

What's with all these bizarre moments in the league lately? Are they doing this for ratings? Aside from AB you have a Chiefs coach who's coat caught on fire on the sidelines. You also have the fans in Philly falling over the railing right in front on the quarterback. You have the Jets running a qb sneak on 4th and 2 to lose on purpose (as are the jags lions and giants). It's all a big circus.

Don't forget Urban Meyer kicking a kicker. Gruden's emails. DeShaun Watson sexual assault charges. Madden dying. Aaron Rodger's vaccine craziness. This season has had everything.

But the Jets will be the Jets. Like last year, when they inexplicably beat the Rams (a team they had no business beating) and as a result, losing the first overall pick. In retrospect, losing out on Trevor Lawerence probably wouldn't amounted to any more wins, but winning against the Rams was a classic Jets move.

Spot on. Simone Biles did this at the Olympics.

Yeah of course. I was talking about yesterday alone, not the whole season. There has indeed been a slew of storylines this year. Again, the league wants the publicity because any pub is good pub for them.

This they guy with a credible sexual assault charge that the Bucs had no problem signing & football fans had no problem ignoring? Don't give a guy like this his own thread.

Steve The Addict OFFICIAL -----^^^^^ wrote:

What's with all these bizarre moments in the league lately? Are they doing this for ratings? It's all a big circus.

The Romans had this figured out millennia ago; give the people Bread & Circuses to distract them from everything else.

congrats to A. Brown wrote: Brown retired on his terms.

His “own terms”?

- Losing to a horrible team

- Benched on national TV

- Failed to reach contract bonuses

- Laughed at by all

the macdaddy og yoo wrote:

congrats to A. Brown wrote: Brown retired on his terms.

His “own terms”?

- Losing to a horrible team

- Benched on national TV

- Failed to reach contract bonuses

- Laughed at by all

It was too bizarre to be funny for most people. Did it give you a giggle?

I’m simply amazed that he doesn’t have a single tattoo on his torso

Wasn't he accused of rape? Where did things land on that?

Genuinely curious.

Mt Marathon Steepler wrote:

Spot on. Simone Biles did this at the Olympics.

GTFOH...

SB is definitely not "heroic" or whatever for deciding not to compete That narrative was a sham. It was a decision she made with the support of her team because it's dangerous to have the twisties when you're spinning in the air ten feet off the ground. You can argue whether or not it takes away from her legacy, but you're crazy if you can't see the difference between what she and AB did. She at least stuck around and cheered for her teammates while working through her own issues.

AB through a tantrum in the middle of the game because he wasn't getting the ball enough, stripped down half-naked, and did jumping jacks in the endzone while leaving. There's a reason the Bucs cut him but SB's teammates stood by her.

AB's story was that he had hurt his ankle and couldn't reenter the game. After he was asked twice and refused Arians told him to "get out". When asked later, Arians said an injury was not discussed and he would never insist someone enter a game if they said they were injured.

asfasdf wrote:

Wasn't he accused of rape? Where did things land on that?

Genuinely curious.

AB "reached a settlement out of court" with her...meaning he paid her off to shut up. And she took it.

A second woman accused him of exposing himself to her, but not rape, just misconduct. No charges were filed.

As far as I understand Antonio Brown has said nothing. I understand a spokesman for Brown stated the hurt ankle narrative. We don't know exactly what was said to Brown. We know A. Brown was one of the last starters signed during off-season. We know the contract offered to Brown during off-season implied Bucs' did not think very highly of A. Brown as a person. Receivers whom are as good as as Antonio Brown, sometimes do not fit in in a team game like American football. Antonio Brown, a man not as tall as Randy Moss, not as fast as Randy Moss, but in a few ways, a receiver better than Randy Moss. Randy Moss would refuse to catch footballs over the middle at times. Randy Moss did not have the catch percentage of Antonio Brown. We know Bucs' management really did not want Brown on the team and Brown did not want to be somewhere where he was not wanted. It is over. Brown has had numerous issues in his career. I am surprised posters on this site are so worked up about Brown retiring when he did. This will be forgiven. Instead of A. Brown getting into Hall of Fame in five years, he will have to wait an additional year or two because of this. It worked out with the Bucs' until it no longer worked out.

You make Brown sound like a victim. No team really wanted Brown or thought highly of him as a person, but the Bucs gave him a chance, he effed up in a big way and he's made them look bad

People aren't worked up by the idea he retired. It's that he did it in the middle of a game and in such a bizarre manner. It was horrible judgement on his part and naturally it's triggered concerns about his mental health.

Mt Marathon Steepler wrote:

Spot on. Simone Biles did this at the Olympics.

Yes, except Brown has been accused of assault and Biles is a victim of assault.

Just a subtle difference I noticed between the two.