Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown has undertaken another career endeavor outside of football. Since NFL teams seem to be done with Brown, he tried his hand at NFL “reporting” Wednesday morning on Twitter. And for his efforts, Brown was called by ProFootballTalk. Brown applauded former Bucs coach Bruce Arians after he was reportedly reprimanded for it behavior on the sideline during Sunday’s win over the Saints.
Brown probably thought it would be funny to make fun of his former coach, but he couldn’t even get it right. ProFootballTalk’s social media wasn’t having it and called out AB for not linking to the story he referenced, which was theirs.
Grieves like this and Brown’s general attitude are what have kept him out of football now. Regardless of which version of the story you believe from AB’s exit to Tampa Bay in the middle of the game, the fact is that it’s over and everyone has moved on. Ok, everyone except Brown. That’s not to say Arians didn’t win a huddle like he did Sunday, but Brown didn’t need to be the one to say it.
AB literally walked away from his team at medium of a game. In any sport, this is one of the most important offenses in terms of on-court/field product. To give up in the middle of the game, take off the team shirt and walk away with everyone is a terrible sight. In some football locker rooms, that’s enough to warrant an ass-kicking. I’m not defending it, I’m just stating the facts.
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Arians should not remain unscathed in this either. His stuff and the part he played in the ensuing fumble and his return with Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore shouldn’t go without mention. The footage that has emerged looks like Arians may have instructed Mike Evans to get back there and protect his quarterback. Arians know the history between Evans and Lattimore as well as anyone. For his retaliation, Evans was suspended one game and Arians received a warning from the league.
Why the hell were the Arians on the sidelines anyway? He resigned as head coach to take a position in the front office. It seems like this should be a bigger deal and warrant more than a warning. Arians is on the sideline doing his best 1990s Jerry Jones impression while allegedly causing a team brawl. Suspend his butt for a game and send a message.
Additionally, the optics of Arians walking up and down the sideline doesn’t look good. He supposedly wanted to give Todd Bowles another shot at being an NFL head coach, then it only took two weeks for Arians to come down and show him acting like a lunatic. If you want to be a coach, then coach, but once you get a front office gig, let the new coach run his team. The 70-year-old former coach says all the right things, but Sunday’s action didn’t match his sentiment.
As for Brown, it’s unclear if he’ll get another one shot in the NFL at this time. He certainly doesn’t deserve one after numerous off-field incidents, including allegations of sexual assault, then all of his football-related misdeeds. Rap could be the best source for AB, or he could continue to work on his journalistic skills. Either path is more likely than him landing on an NFL team anytime soon.
