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WR Antonio Brown, FA (8 Viewers)
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Footballguy
He's our frikin President, start backing his a$$. oh wait.. yer talking about antonio. Selfish Clown can play. I like the play on my season ticket return. Up, Up and Up, Im the selfish clown now.
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
he is finally ready to play ball?
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
https://twitter.com/mikesilver/status/1159911464355762176?s=21
Absence and problems with team have to do with the helmet change? What the F? This dude is a psycho.
Absence and problems with team have to do with the helmet change? What the F? This dude is a psycho.
Fred Lane
Footballguy
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Before passing too much judgement, eyelet this play out first.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
I specifically asked that people quit being a thorn in my paw with the foot puns.
We don’t know what AB is going through unless we’ve walked a mile in his shoes.
Stop being a heel.
You should probably wear a helmet before getting into this thread then.I specifically asked that people quit being a thorn in my paw with the foot puns.
We don’t know what AB is going through unless we’ve walked a mile in his shoes.
Stop being a heel.
ShamrockPride
Footballguy
Capella
Footballguy
jm192
Footballguy
Twenty-Four Eighty-Four
Footballguy
Always knew this dude was starting to lose it. Pittsburgh was smart.
HULLOBUDMAN
Footballguy
It just keeps getting better...
Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) tweeted at 3:24 PM on Fri, Aug 09, 2019:
And now this: Raiders’ WR Antonio Brown has told team officials that, unless he gets to wear his old helmet, he will not play football again, per league sources.
And more....
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1159923453237088256?s=09
Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) tweeted at 3:24 PM on Fri, Aug 09, 2019:
And now this: Raiders’ WR Antonio Brown has told team officials that, unless he gets to wear his old helmet, he will not play football again, per league sources.
And more....
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1159923453237088256?s=09
He seemed completely unhinged in Pittsburgh near the end, but some were pushing the narrative that this was an elaborate con job to win his desired trade.
Looks like appearance was reality, though and he really is nuts.
(Which is a real foot to the nuts for fantasy owners, to log the required foot pun for this post...)
kittenmittens
Footballguy
This is a joke, right?
Which helmet is he talking about? Steelers helmet?
How fast does he change course when he finds out he'd have to pay back all the money?
Which helmet is he talking about? Steelers helmet?
How fast does he change course when he finds out he'd have to pay back all the money?
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
Can’t wait for Mayock to cover NFL Draft 2020 again...
-OZ-
Footballguy
TheWinz
Footballguy
ShamrockPride
Footballguy
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if by tomorrow night we hear AB announce his retirement. This is all happening and going downhill so quickly.
Raptors409
Footballguy
You know, I've never owned Antonio Brown. I accepted a deal that included him, Drake, and a 2020 1st Rounder in a package for Gurley.
As frustrated as I could be, I am enjoying this a little bit. Because this directly impacts me, I get to truly absorb the absurdity of it all, lol.
If dude retires, I'm going into a rebuild, lol.
As frustrated as I could be, I am enjoying this a little bit. Because this directly impacts me, I get to truly absorb the absurdity of it all, lol.
If dude retires, I'm going into a rebuild, lol.
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ShamrockPride
Footballguy
Same man. I just traded my 1st round rookie pick next summer for him. I don't know how the previous owner dealt with this every year. I've had some high maintenance players on my team before but this guy is something else...
As a longtime owner, I can confidentally assert that the previous owner did not “deal with this every year.” AB was a no-drama, plug-and-play superstar until about week 13 of last year. (Or perhaps since the Burfict hit if you buy the narrative of gradually increasing erratic behavior...)
kittenmittens
Footballguy
Yep, he's just too dumb to realize that he has to play to keep his money. Can't just sign a contract and then retire and keep the money...
leftcoastheel
Footballguy
Good thing they got rid of that guy Amari Cooper... this is going to go SO MUCH BETTER...!
It’s an odd issue. I for one am libertarian enough to be willing to live in a world where someone could sign a waiver and play with an unapproved helmet, taking the consequences and waiving their right to sue.
But for better or worse, we don’t live in such a world and there would be lawsuits regardless in ours.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
Set it and forget it. Dominance week in and week out.
This is why Big Ben had a hidden locker installed inside his locker.
Are we absolutely sure he had the correct headgear when he went into the cryofacility? We're sure his brain didn't get frostbite, too?
HULLOBUDMAN
Footballguy
From that hack Florio's website...
A very weird story keeps getting very, very weirder.
The latest wrinkle to Antonio Brown‘s absence from the Raiders comes from his refusal to replace his old helmet with an approved model. Unlike Tom Brady, however, the model of helmet Brown wears has not been prohibited. Per a league source, the specific helmet Brown wants to wear is simply too old.
Yes, the grace period for 11 prohibited helmet models has ended, requiring players like Brady to ditch wearing models that were not deemed to be sufficiently safe. For Brown, the prohibiton comes from the requirement that each and every helmet must be certified by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment, and that the NOCSAE will not certify a helmet that is more than 10 years old.
So, basically, Brown wants to keep using his specific helmet. He can wear the same model, it just has to be a new one. Or, more accurately, one that it fewer than 10 years old. Antonio Brown is resisting that, for reasons that may be clear only to Antonio Brown.
And it may be quite as simple as this: Ever since becoming one of the best players in the NFL, Antonio Brown has always gotten his way, on everything. So, naturally, he expects to eventually get his way on this, too.
A very weird story keeps getting very, very weirder.
The latest wrinkle to Antonio Brown‘s absence from the Raiders comes from his refusal to replace his old helmet with an approved model. Unlike Tom Brady, however, the model of helmet Brown wears has not been prohibited. Per a league source, the specific helmet Brown wants to wear is simply too old.
Yes, the grace period for 11 prohibited helmet models has ended, requiring players like Brady to ditch wearing models that were not deemed to be sufficiently safe. For Brown, the prohibiton comes from the requirement that each and every helmet must be certified by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment, and that the NOCSAE will not certify a helmet that is more than 10 years old.
So, basically, Brown wants to keep using his specific helmet. He can wear the same model, it just has to be a new one. Or, more accurately, one that it fewer than 10 years old. Antonio Brown is resisting that, for reasons that may be clear only to Antonio Brown.
And it may be quite as simple as this: Ever since becoming one of the best players in the NFL, Antonio Brown has always gotten his way, on everything. So, naturally, he expects to eventually get his way on this, too.
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Twenty-Four Eighty-Four
Footballguy
The helmet model is approved. It's good current helmet that is just too old. The company that certified the helmets won't certify one over 10 years old. He'll come back to the Raiders eventually I believe.
Raptors409
Footballguy
Lol, right. I should have known better after that crazy interview he had with ESPN.
There's still about a 25% part of my gut that says this guy is going to show up Week 1 for 12 catches / 130 yards / 2 TDs. Dude wants to get paid and besides camp hype Darren Waller.
Who the hell else is catching passes?
JoeSteeler
Footballguy
this whole thing was a elaborate plan - will be traded back to the Steelers tomorrow for a future 7th rounder and the Raiders will agree to pay most of his salary
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
So this is a superstitious thing? He just wants to wear the same old sweaty stank ### helmet he did with the steelers but repainted?
nittanylion
Footballguy
Tyrell time, baby!!!
Capella
Footballguy
I mean their GM was announcing games like 7 months ago so I wouldn’t count out anything.
bicycle_seat_sniffer
Smells like chicken
raiders.........lmfao
barackdhouse
Footballguy
So when the Raiders finish 5-11 and the Bears finish 11-5, the Bears will have given up a late 1st in 2019 and essentially moved back a few spots in 2020, for Mack. Is that 2019 1st the one where they took Jacobs or was it the Cooper 1st from Dallas?
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Gonna be the steal of a lot of dynasty drafts.
$6/500 for me.
according to this article he’s been the hardest to cover receiver on the team.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/raiders/article/Raiders-Tyrell-Williams-not-just-a-No-2-14284971.php
Carr loves him. And they reportedly brought him in to be the WR1 before picking up AB.
Add to that his off-season work with the route running coach that Keenan Allen used and the ceiling is sky high even before this AB nonsense.
I’m optimistic he’ll have a big year.
barackdhouse
Footballguy
I've largely been ignoring him but I will probably have to bump him. If Brown goes nuclear I don't think it helps the Raiders, though. If he isn't there it is not a good thing. And apparently if he is there it's not a good thing either. Is it all a ruse to keep Hard Knocks distracted? Brown and Gruden are punking the world? Yeah right.Gonna be the steal of a lot of dynasty drafts.
$6/500 for me.
according to this article he’s been the hardest to cover receiver on the team.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/raiders/article/Raiders-Tyrell-Williams-not-just-a-No-2-14284971.php
Carr loves him. And they reportedly brought him in to be the WR1 before picking up AB.
Add to that his off-season work with the route running coach that Keenan Allen used and the ceiling is sky high even before this AB nonsense.
I’m optimistic he’ll have a big year.
kittenmittens
Footballguy
Hopefully this doesn't generate too much buzz...
Next thing you know it will be too profitable to not have at least one superstar go a non-criminal, family-friendly form crazy over the offseason to stir up that buzz.
Next thing you know it will be too profitable to not have at least one superstar go a non-criminal, family-friendly form crazy over the offseason to stir up that buzz.
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Faust
MVP
Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
Short term I think it’s a huge boost to TyWill because of the chemistry / trust developing with Carr.
Long term the ideal situation is a healthy Brown returning to the fold, because that opens up everything for Tyrell Williams when Brown is drawing top coverage.
So this is a win-win for Tyrell right now. The only downside is if Brown doesn’t come back (which seems like a really slim chance) and Williams is constantly doubled. But with a massive target increase (in that scenario) that could be mitigated a bit.
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