Antonio Brown Mega Thread (Was: AB is upset he's being fined by the Raiders

same, I respect Mike Mayock for doing this. of course, he had no choice once AB threatened to punch him in the face in front of the whole team...

 

Joe Thomas‏Verified account @joethomas73

Nice job by Mike Mayock for finally disciplining the spoiled child, starting to treat him like every other player on the roster, showing him what accountability looks like and we might actually see a different Antonio Brown... But I’m not counting on it

5 Sep 2019

 

Wouldn't it be something if he flames out so bad that he doesn't make the HOF? Or has to wait like TO!

 

Alex Kozora
@Alex_Kozora

The last two WRs Kevin Colbert sent Oakland.

Martavis Bryant - Cut by Raiders September 1st, played in eight games, caught 19 passes for no touchdowns. Steelers got a 3rd round pick.

Antonio Brown - Team planning to suspend him September 5th. Steelers got a 3rd and 5th.

Sep 5, 2019

https://twitter.com/Alex_Kozora?ref...ew-helmet-saga-and-offseason-in-Oakland/page5

 

I'm decidedly meh on this.

They only have to discipline him because they were arrogant/stupid/naive enough to trade for him. While the short time and the severity of actions may be surprising, the ultimate outcome isn't. It was totally predictable and avoidable. The guy is a problem child and always will be. The Raiders knew it, but thought they could handle him. They couldn't.

In short, they needed to put their foot down earlier, i.e. not trading for him and giving him a new contract.

 

Steve Young just said on ESPN that Mayock was wrong to fine AB. He should be announcing that AB is special and will live under different rules than the rest.

He cited his time with Jerry Rice when his GM made it clear that #80 had different rules.

I wouldn't have expected that from Young!

 

Its funny that all the ex nfl players all had his back when this fist started in pittsb

Steve Young is a idiot , JMO

 

I'm with you. Never liked him as a player, don't like him as a talking head......

 

I doubt they will ever trade with us again the rest of this entire century.

 

Keep rolling the dice Antonio and you might be more poor than you think.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/suspension-antonio-brown-wipe-29-171129852.html

 

That is very interesting. That tells me that suspending him for game 1 is a no-brainer and a hell of a way to hold leverage over him.

 

Which of course he will reject and take as a challenge to him, and he will lash out at some point making it even worse.

 

So the guy who spent his entire career ignoring one of the pillars of his religion(working on Sunday) thinks Brown should get special treatment? Yeah seems about right.

 

Absolutely not. It has turned in to to the proverbial sh!t show.

 

sounds like business isn’t boomin' for AB right now...

 

Drew Rosenhouse was just interviewed at the Bears Packers game and he did NOT look like his confident arrogant self. He said they (he and Brown) just want to be back with the raiders.

 

When will Tomlin and the rest of the front office start getting apologies from all the media that were stating that Tomlin had lost the locker room.

Apparently Tomlin and the rest of his staff were doing a hell of a lot more than what was getting out keeping AB in check all those years.

 

Everyone who beeyotched that the Steelers should have gotten a 1st round pick for AB look pretty stupid right now. The FO is looking like they made the right deal by getting a 3 and a 5 for this miserable POS.

What a f**king clown

 

that's because he's acutely aware of the nearly $30 million guaranteed AB could lose...

 

The raiders haven't actually paid AB anything yet. He gets his salary for the season if he is on the roster for game 1. If he is suspended game 1, then they can pay him game by game. Plus, his signing bonus was only $1m which he was only scheduled to get half this season and half next season because it was a workout bonus that he had to attend 85% of team workouts. He obviously hasn't even showed up. Then add in the $53K in fines and this dumbazz is upside down. Real genius.

 

Gordon was never a problem in the locker room. He had outside issues.

 

I want to thank Brown for bailing the Steelers out. One of my concerns about trading him was that it demonstrated that if a star player wanted out of his contract with the Steelers, all he had to do was throw a tantrum and eventually the team would cave. That is what happened, but Brown's behavior as a Raider has now reached the point that people will see that as a unique situation.

Two organizations stupidly gave Brown everything he wanted no matter how badly he behaved, so his behavior got worse. If you really think this crap happens without the Steelers caving and the Raiders being dumb enough to give sign him to a contract with that much guaranteed money, you're kidding yourself. None of this changes the reality that the Steelers handled things badly by enabling Brown for years and then letting him run right over them in the offseason, but the consequences of their mistakes aren't nearly as bad now that Brown has upped the ante. Thank you, Mr. Brown.

 

Don't get too excited! Tomlin did lose the locker, and a ****load of fans. Maybe there were some mitigating factors but it was Tomlin and company who created the environment that AB thrived in.

 

Just couldn’t give up the weed. That’s it. I’m sure he was just a regular joe