This is the part where AB needs to be quiet and chill.
I wouldn’t say he has public opinion fully on his side, but there are many more people questioning the Bucs than they did a few days ago. He released an excellent statement that his lawyers crafted, so he should just lay low and relax right now, especially if he wants to play in the NFL next season.
I would be easy on releasing texts unless he has run it by his lawyers, but that is what he did this morning.
On Thursday, Brown posted screenshots to social media of alleged text exchanges with Arians from Thursday, Dec. 30, and Friday about the status of his ankle, captioned on Instagram with, “Coach said we never talked.”
In another post, Brown said none of his teammates knew about the alleged discussion with Arians.
“Don’t get it twisted. My brothers have been good to me. From Tom [Brady] to practice squad, we were a top-level unit,” Brown posted to Twitter. “They have been good to me and knew nothing about my talks with coach last week. The team mishandled this situation. They let me down and, more importantly, my teammates.”
He also posted a grievance Thursday about a deal with Brady’s trainer Alex Guerrero and tagged Brady in the posts, saying, “@TomBrady guy @ag_TB12 charging $100K never doing the work on me! how u even work wit people like this! This is what I was dealing wit.” He posted something similar on Twitter, which he later took down, with, “… must be was apart of these guys plans all Along.”
As far as Antonio Brown’s future in the NFL, it is clear when healthy, he is still one of the top wide receivers in the NFL, the tape doesn’t lie, but he has now burned bridges in Pittsburgh, Las Vegas, New England, and Tampa Bay. The team that I always thought he would be most comfortable with was the Ravens, and god knows Lamar Jackson could use the help.
Flip the pages for the Texts messages from AB and his statement.