Buccaneers to officially cut Antonio Brown

[Swimm]

11 hours ago, dweagle said:

Someone posted all of these on a Reddit thread.  If any of us average Joes would have done all this, we would be out of our job or field.  

• Drove 100 down McKnight Road in Pittsburgh, which has a 45 MPH speed limit
• Trashed a condo and threw furniture out a window 14th floor window, which almost hit some people, notably a child
• Killed a home aquarium full of piranhas and refused to pay the man who installed the tank
• Refused to play week 17 for the Steelers
• Dyed his mustache blonde
• Refused to pay a chef because he thought he threatened him by placing a fish head in the freezer (the fish head was saved to make a soup)
• Farted on a doctor
• Demanded a trade from the Steelers
• Became "Mr. Big Chest"
• Threw a fit over Juju winning team MVP and trashed him on social media
• (Allegedly) nixed a trade that would've sent him to the Bills
• Showed up to Raiders training camp in a hot air balloon
• Held out and refused to show up to training camp because the NFL would not approve his helmet because it was too old for their safety standards
• Froze his feet
• Tried to paint over his old helmet, hoping no one would notice I guess
• Acquired a newer version of the same model of helmet, which the NFL refused to let him use
• Picked out a new helmet and finally showed up to the Raiders
• Got fined by the Raiders for not attending camp
• Tweeted the fines
• Tried to fight Mike Mayock, called him a cracker, had to be held back by Vontaze Burfict, then punted a football down the practice field and said "fine me for that"
• Got fined for that
• Released a video where he used audio of Jon Gruden, who didn't know he was being recorded, which is illegal in California (full disclosure, Gruden has said he gave permission, but the generally accepted theory is that he said that in the hope that it would help get him to show up to the facility and not alienate him)
• Demanded a release from the Raiders
• Was released
• "GRANDMA I’M FREEEEEE! FLY LIKE A FREEEEE!"
• Made a lot of crazy tweets saying stuff like 'Devil is a lie', a proverb about burning down a village... he made a lot of crazy tweets around this time is the point here
• Liked a tweet about Mayock getting raped in the ass
• Signed with the Patriots
• Moved in with Tom Brady
• The sexual assault allegations came out (the one where he's getting sued)
• The sexual harassment allegations came out (the one where he's not getting sued)
• Threatened the woman not suing him in a group text that included his lawyer and had a picture of her kids in the text
• Got released by the Patriots after one week
• Went off on a tweet storm and said a lot of crazy crap about a lot of people, and was supportive of people sending threats to the writer of the article detailing the sexual harassment allegations
• Said he was done with the NFL
• Went back to college via online classes
• Tried to outsource his homework to Twitter
• Wants to come back to the NFL
• Filed several grievances to try and get more than $40 million from the Raider's and Patriots
• Was ordered to show up for a deposition regarding trashing the condo
• Was accused of "reprehensible behavior" during the deposition (which is it's own insane thread, btw), which included, but was not limited too:
 1 "Arrived nearly 30 minutes late to the deposition." 
 2 “[C]hanted, over and over, as if a mantra, a narrative of his own warped concept of the proceeding”. 
 3 "Acting as if he was above the rule of law, [Brown] proceeded to make a mockery of the deposition process. [Brown’s] antics were so unreasonable that barely twenty [20] minutes into the deposition, his counsel asked for a break [so] he could speak with [Brown] about his demeanor. 
 4 "After approximately 20-30 minutes, [Brown] required another break. When the deposition resumed [Brown] increased his level of obstructive behavior. At one point, [Brown] refused to answer any questions, instead saying "next question” no less than 10 times.” 
 5 "Soon thereafter, [Brown] started announcing a countdown, starting at ‘five (5) minutes,’ and counting down the minutes thereafter. Before noon [Brown] left the conference room.” 
• Said that the Patriots have to pay him anyway, so they might as well let him play
• Tweeted a couple of bizarre tweets about the Raiders using him for HBO ratings and the Patriots trying to steal his stuff and kept using this weird chicken based metaphor
• Tried out for the Saints and brought an entourage and film crew to shoot a music video with him when specifically told not to do that
• Called out Robert Kraft for his rub and tug massage session in Florida
• Starting training for a boxing match with Logan Paul
• Tweeted "No more white woman 2020"
• The attorney representing him in the suit involving the condo quit
• Used a bunch of slurs and profane language towards cops in an Instagram video he posted
• A police youth football league cut ties with him and returned a donation after the release of the video saying there was a "irreparable rift" between the department and AB
• Threw a bag of gummy candy Ds at the cops in a video he posted
• Got dropped by his agent
• Was involved in a disputed with movers at his home where he allegedly threw rocks at the movers and moving vans. He is currently being investigated for battery by the police.
• His trainer was arrested and he is still a suspect in the battery case.
• Warrant issued for the arrest of AB.
• AB turns himself in to Broward Country Jail wearing this suit
• Rumors spread about AB signing with Tampa or Seattle
• AB announces his retirement (for what I believe is the third time, it's hard to find a good record of the rest of them)
• Two days later AB wants to play again and is asking for the league to wrap up it's investigation
• Joins TB12 in Tampa bay

I'm sure homicide  and suicide will make that list at some point

[MIRV Griffen]

4 hours ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

But yet he behaved all of last season, now they are losing and this happens. I'm not saying there isn't some cte going on but, I don't think that's all of it. Lots of guys have taken wicked hits to the head they don't act like that this soon. 

I get what you’re saying, but I think the inability to cope with stress (specifically, the stress of losing/not getting as many targets as he would want) is directly tied to that mental illness onset.  You see the same thing in people with various personality disorders.

[Bwestbrook36]

13 minutes ago, MIRV Griffen said:

I get what you’re saying, but I think the inability to cope with stress (specifically, the stress of losing/not getting as many targets as he would want) is directly tied to that mental illness onset.  You see the same thing in people with various personality disorders.

True, he definitely needs help that we can all agree on. 

[MIRV Griffen]

8 minutes ago, Bwestbrook36 said:

True, he definitely needs help that we can all agree on. 

Absolutely agree.  Brady basically said it out loud in his post-game press conference.

[toolg]

AB is going through something mentally. Anyone could have skewered him for quitting in the middle of the game... But a  stable person doesn't strip off his uniform in the middle of the stadium and make a grandiose spectacle while walking off the field.  Even Brady had his back: Calling for compassion and empathy from others. He needs help.

 

[DBW]

AB today, probably:

 

https://youtu.be/urYTSujzfTI

[Dawkins 20]

[pisceschica]

[SB52]

I can only assume Time Magazine already has their "Athlete of the Year” for 2022.

[Boogyman]

[toolg]

 

TLDR

[UK_EaglesFan89]

4 hours ago, toolg said:

 

TLDR

Interesting. 2 very different sides to this story. I tend to believe AB but he still acted in a very strange way. 

[toolg]

4 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

Interesting. 2 very different sides to this story. I tend to believe AB but he still acted in a very strange way. 

Totally.

AB has an interesting back-story that might shed some context: He was kicked out of his house as a teenager, living homeless in the streets, became a 6th-round draft pick, to superstar in NFL. Perhaps he feels trapped by football, the very thing that took him off the streets? Something is off, mentally and/or behaviorally. He's unlike most others.

[UK_EaglesFan89]

10 minutes ago, toolg said:

Totally.

AB has an interesting back-story that might shed some context: He was kicked out of his house as a teenager, living homeless in the streets, became a 6th-round draft pick, to superstar in NFL. Perhaps he feels trapped by football, the very thing that took him off the streets? Something is off, mentally and/or behaviorally. He's unlike most others.

Yeah I agree. He has issues of that there is no doubt. But he also recognises that he has issues and he needs to address them.

[toolg]

AB posting copies of texts now. This one to Arians:

 

This one to former trainer Alex Guerrero

[toolg]

Brown claims he hurt his ankle, tried to play on it anyway, then was cut by the team in the middle of the game because he couldn't go on the field.

Arians put it differently:

It seems there was some miscommunication on the sidelines.

[toolg]

Arians presser:

 

[eglz1]

I wonder how much this contributed to his ankle being painful:

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NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Thursday that Brown's issues with the Bucs began in the middle of last week when he asked the organization to guarantee $1 million worth of incentives in his contract. The team denied Brown's request, per Rapoport.

https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-release-wide-receiver-antonio-brown

[Dawkins 20]

I still think it all goes back to this hit. There were never reports of him being a lunatic or a distraction prior to Burfict almost killing him, unless the Steelers were amazing at keeping it under the surface.

 

[UK_EaglesFan89]

Apparently ABs remaining salary is $6k. ESP suggests the Eagles should sign him, pay it and just get the inside track on the Bucs. 🤣

[Bwestbrook36]

16 hours ago, Dawkins 20 said:

I still think it all goes back to this hit. There were never reports of him being a lunatic or a distraction prior to Burfict almost killing him, unless the Steelers were amazing at keeping it under the surface.

 

He had some stuff going on before that hit. Obviously nothing like this but, he was slowly turning into an a-hole

[Mat]

 

 

[Jenkins27]

Someone post pics of the girl…

[UK_EaglesFan89]

2 hours ago, Mat said:

 

 

He's a funny character. 

[EaglesIreland]

32 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

He's a funny character. 

He’s not funny in any way.