Martavis Bryant...

Really? You'd make excuses for that bad behavior? If we were losing, I'd be looking for leaders and those who want to be here even more.

 

He aint going anywhere this year. The steelers are not going to let him dictate to them. They are not going to get rid of a player who is an injury away from being very important. He is just going to have to shut the hell up and play. Especially if he wants a pay day from anyone

 

It's not about excuses for bad behavior. It's about opportunities in the passing game. Bryant is passionate about making plays, etc... but his performance is not up to par. He has to make some plays in order to get Ben's trust earned back.

I don't blame Ben for looking for Smith-Schuster. JuJu usually gets the #3 or #4 corner in coverage. Why not exploit that?

 

https://www.thescore.com/news/1405096

 

He just blew off a mandatory meeting

 

Can't argue with that. But I think we're beyond him proving himself on the field. He needs to start acting like he belongs in our locker room.

 

I really think Marijuana has a lot to do with keeping this guy focused and up to par of playing on a high level (no pun intended).

So now he is staying clean and his play has dropped off badly.

But, when he fails drug tests he was lighting it up (once again no pun intended).

 

Guess he'll never be a tv announcer.

 

He likely has very limited social and coping skills and is probably extremely uncomfortable in a sober world. Most likely been self medicating for past 12-14 years. It will be interesting to see where his career goes. Had the potential to be a steal at the 4th round but can't get out of his own way. His intitial interviews at camp were probably rehearsed with his agent and PR people to show he had matured and how much of a team player he was. So much for that.

 

He really has a maturity problem... "I busted my ass to get back ain't nobody helped me but me"

Nobody put baby boy in the corner but himself! If he hasn't figured that out by now, I don't really know what sending him home for a week or more will do to straighten his ass up. I don't know what his trade value is either but I see a scenario where if they do, his ass will somehow end up on a roster that we don't want to see him on down the road.

I believe He thinks the Team is against him for whatever his perceived reason is and his immature ass is gonna kick and scream and pout his way out a la Blount.

I want to see him thrive here, but if he's already checked out I don't know if he can be reeled back in here... It just doesn't appear to be in his nature to man up and keep working. Probably doesn't help that he has a this ain't fair teenage mouth piece in his ear pumping him up either. Dude just hasn't shown that he can own up and move forward. Always somebody else's fault. I don't know that any discipline is gonna straighten his head up.

I don't know how you handle the situation but his ass needs to be collared one way or the other. Hate to see him go nor do I want to see him light us up as an opponent, but you can't have him wrecking the club house either.

 

He missed mandatory team practice today. He is all but gone anyways

 

Marijuana is legal in Colorado, Washington state and Massachussetts. The NFL should recognize the laws in those states. IMO, players who play for Broncos, Patriots or Seahawks shouldn't be penalized for recreational marijuana use. Maybe Bryant would do better on one of those teams if the NFL would loosen it's laws. Then again.. hell no for Bryant going to the Patriots. He would be Randy Moss 2.0 there with Brady throwing him passes.

 

If that was the case, the rest of the league would have a hard time fielding a team hahahahhaha

 

You may be right.

 

This organization stuck by this clown through his own poor choices, now he wants to turn his back on the Rooney's? Deactivate him, and dress guys that want to work hard and get rewarded for it. The Rooney's owe him nothing. This team has championship aspirations, they don't need some childish, immature brat drawing attention away from the ultimate prize.

 

https://247sports.com/nfl/pittsburg...rent-going-to-trade-Martavis-Bryant-109355330

 

The fact that he is not ignoring trolls is very telling of where he is mentally at... I mean if all it takes is some blow hard saying JuJu is better sets off another social site rant/deleted quip/now missing team obligations then the kids not living in reality to begin with.

I'm not putting any stake into this is Ben's fault or Haleys fault or whomevers fault. Dude just don't have it between the ears or in his chest. I was happy he made it back...keep rooting for him but the pattern is getting stupidly obvious the past 2 weeks, and needs to be settled one way or another.

I'm sure he'll apologize AGAIN and say he meant what he wants is more touches not to be traded but it's hard to deny the fact that he's being a little brat that wants to take his ball and go to another park.

 

Why would we complain about Bryant when he was playing well? Short term memory? What's your point... if a guy plays well 2 years ago we need to support him the rest of his career? That Bryant you speak of is no longer playing. The ONLY reason he's getting blasted now is because the selfish / immature jerk completely fails to recognize he was the reason for the suspension. He failed his team by getting a year suspension. Now he's not playing well and he still thinks it's everyone else's fault. Many teams might have dumped him after 2 suspensions. In stead of being a man, taking responsibility, and working his ass off to help the team win, he's crying about his own stats. He doesn't care if the team won. Now he's trying to distract the team because poor ole Martavis isn't getting enough balls thrown his way. If my 5 year old was acting like that I'd pull him off the field and bench him.

not to mention his slam of juju. "no way he's better then me" was the jist of his quote. JuJu is in everyway better then him becase juju didn't get suspended.. Juju shows up to meetings, practice, and camp to work his butt off in an effort to improve his game... while Martha Bryant skips meetings and cries on Instagram about not getting enough balls.

 

It's only a matter of time before he smokes again anyways. He's obviously frustrated, angry, etc. This is how bad habits return. Justin Blackmon, Josh Gordon... Martavis Bryant... The writing is on the wall.

 

It would be great if we could trade him before everyone else figures out he is worthless. We will be fine without him. Management, just don`t be stupid and send him to NE or something where he may get a short term attitude change and help that team.

 

That quote was from last week. Missing a mandatory meeting is big. Whatever they do they cannot trade him. Bench him.

 

But that is not a part of the current CBA between the League and the Players.

With the current CBA the players have agreed to testing. Until the new CBA up they aren't going to change the rules.

I definitely see a strike coming. Between drug testing, penalties, suspensions, fines, CTE, 18-game schedule, standing of sitting for the national anthem. There are a lot of hot button topics.

 

He's not the sharpest tool in the shed.... wonder if his doctor visit was to request medical marijuana? If the NFL needs a reason for their random or follow up tests.... do it now.