Glennfs wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:07 am
Brown left the field because he was upset at being put in the game in non passing situations. He was very close to receiving a large bonus.
He simply wanted to catch passes not block or be a decoy. Given his history he deserves mo benefit of the doubt
Cut from Pittsburg because of attitude
Cut from Las Vegas because of attitude
Cut from New England because of attitude
Cut from Tampa because of attitude
Remember 4 foul balls and you're out
“ Antonio Brown Wanted $2M In Contract Incentives Just Days Before Outburst, Team Tried To Help His Mental Health”
“ The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released Antonio Brown on Thursday, but new information suggests things were headed in the wrong direction when concerns about the guarantees in his contract apparently came up before his ordeal during the team’s game against the New York Jets.
Brown signed a one-year, $3.1 million contract, which included a more than $916,000 in base salary, a $2 million signing bonus and more than $370,000 in a roster bonus, according to Spotrac. He also had some statistical benchmarks to hit in which he could gain more incentives.”
“ The now-former Buccaneers receiver is said to have requested the remaining $2 million worth of incentives in his contract for 2021 be guaranteed, according to Tampa Bay GM Jason Licht. The team declined Brown and his agent’s ask. Brown was eight catches shy of unlocking one bonus and needed 55 receiving yards to secure another. The 33-year-old receiver was one receiving touchdown short for the third bonus.
On top of that, the team took some time to release him because they were actively trying to get him help for his mental health.
“Let’s talk about Antonio Brown and when this started,” Rapoport said. “It did not start on Sunday. It started in the middle of last week when Brown and his agent went to the Buccaneers and asked them to fully guarantee his $1M in incentives. He was close to getting it, but went to them and said ‘can you guarantee this?’ That’s not really something teams do, but that’s why some of the frustrations started then.”
https://www.totalprosports.com/2022/01/ ... al-health/
“ According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Buccaneers sources revealed that Brown was agitated about not getting the targets that he was expecting during the game against the New York Jets. He allegedly had to be calmed down at halftime before Tampa Bay took the field again for the third quarter.”
https://thespun.com/nfl/nfc-south/tampa ... -on-sunday