Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Antonio Brown’s unceremonious walk off during the Jets-Buccaneers game is a story that keeps on giving. According to Rick Stroud, a reporter with the Tampa Bay Times, Antonio Brown carried injuries while playing. The revelation followed after Brown went to conduct a thorough medical examination and an MRI scan.
The news broke on Twitter, with Stroud further reporting that a statement will soon be given by Brown’s camp on his current status. Antonio Brown has a history of being a player that creates divisive opinion among NFL fans.
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Many fans who consider this ever developing news to be true, they point towards his elaborate and active exit from the Jets game. He left the game in a very expressive and physically charged way, that makes fans question the legitimacy of his injury.
Antonio Brown has a history of leaving teams midway
A player who is known to resist pain or claims to have a high threshold, the news seems farcical. But there might be some truth to his claims, if there are medical documents that back them. Until then, Brown’s history doesn’t really favor him if one looks back into his past. He quit the Steelers and Raiders with being both franchises displeased with his antics off the field.
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The Patriots and Tom Brady provided him a new lease on life. However, that quickly went awry after legal troubles off the pitch. The franchise had to cut him because of the NFL doing investigations on his supposed allegations.
Bucs coaches told Antonio Brown to leave after he told staff he was too hurt to re-enter Sunday's game, per @RapSheet pic.twitter.com/Am4Td5ozRO
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 3, 2022
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Once again being reunited with Brady at Tampa Bay, Brown won a Super Bowl but once again leaves his franchise in limbo. There is a difference between being troubled and being a trouble. Despite his supreme talents, there is a sniff of pride that gets in his way of making his lasting legacy. The jury over who is in the wrong for this scenario remains out in the open.But it is the Buccaneers organization who might get a raw deal with postseason just weeks away.
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