a lot of things went on last year that very proud of him and
I made a decision that this was best for our football team.
What was the decision making process for you? Like knowing
that some people might go back to those comments. You made
publicly about Brown and say wait a minute hasn't this guy
had enough chances.
I could give
only thing. I care about this football team
and what's best for us.
Hey, don't care about the fact that Antonio Brown was lying
about being vaccinated and potentially putting himself
a three-time cancer, survivor or 83 year old offensive
assistant. Tom, more risky, don't care about that
cares, about winning football games
because about get another Super Bowl. At least he's honest
about it least he's honest about it. I'm not saying it's
right, but they're all that way.
Look, if Antonio Brown wasn't good.
He'd be gone already.
He passes the test.
It's a very simple. Standard excuses are made for the
Examples are made of the scrubs.
If you're not good enough and you do something, you shouldn't
do, you're gone because we can't tolerate that kind of
behavior. If you're good enough. Well, the history has
changed or whatever. It was. I mean,
look on the way and they were getting criticized for giving
Antonio Brown his latest second chance. So so Bruce Arians
sticks, his chest out face turns red and he says he screws
up one time and he's gone,
right? That was October 20 20,
and I understand it. He's proven his value since then
if he hadn't proven.
Has value, he would be gone. He would already been gone for
something else. He's proven his value and although as I said
yesterday after the injuries on Sunday night, Chris
Antonio Brown could show up with a full deck of fake
vaccination cards, and they're keeping him because they need
him. Now. This isn't well, we're going to keep me around
because we don't the Packers to get him.
This is we're keeping around because we got to get him on
the field because Chris goblins out for the year. And who knows
how long my Kevin's going to be out? He's week to week with
a hamstring injury. Well, yeah, that's why you keep them
though. I know.
It is again. Then you keep them because of the insurance
policy. Okay. Well, we saw that you're cashing in
the insurance. Yeah, I got it. Exactly right and I wouldn't
let him go because I wouldn't want the Packers to get them
either. I mean period.
And I'll again I mean I'm not going to just like oh, I mean,
you know bite off my nose to spite my face there. That's
the one, you know, Bruce Arians. Listen,
I'm I guess I'm going to stick up for him to a degree in
the fact that hey. Yeah, bite off his nose to spite his face.
Yeah. I realized I know but uh,
I know yes exact possible to
divide it know. I've done this before. Lisa's been down this
before. I know. Well, I'm still dumb. They like before. Okay,
but either way, I think, like, you know, Bruce Arians. Hey,
I'm sure Antonio Brown came into town and he wasn't
the biggest fan
of it. You know, Bruce at one point was in Pittsburgh. I'm
sure he heard other Horror Story said. Yes, said he heard
anywhere never signing. I said it. Well. Okay, then you got
Tom, Brady. Brady vouches for From that maybe seed makes him
look at Antonio Brown a
degree differently,
you know, then he sees what Antonio Brown does on a daily
basis to work ethic, how much he loves football. So he
evaluates it for what he sees even though he made those
comments, I get it.
All right, but I mean at the end of the day
to me, you don't like
you don't teach a lesson
just to teach a lesson at the expense of the rest of the team,
you know, the rest of the team they understand to like what
your said. Hey, the Stars they get they get some free passes.
That's the NFL. Welcome to the NFL everybody. Yes,
and also I think if you took a poll of all those guys in
the Buccaneers locker room, they'd want it. You know, you went.
All right, we can either teach Antonio a lesson and not be our
best and probably not the win. The Super bowl or we can go and
Tony. Oh, you're a jerk,
but we still got a chance to win the Super Bowl. All
the players going to go up. Just let's call him a jerk and I'd
rather win this.
Super Bowl. The hell would that we don't need to teach them A
Life Lesson here to at our expense. Let alone. Hey you
Bruce Arians and Tom Moore. Don't have an issue with being
old and what he did,
you know, and surviving cancer.
Then who the hell are the rest of us to have an issue with it,
I guess. And so yeah, at least like you said, Bruce, Arians is
honest. I'm not going to be that mad about it. Well,
he's honest in his dishonesty. Yeah. Okay.
He's willing to tell us that he's full of crap that only
what it comes down to. Well don't pay attention to any. Let
me finish. Let me finish y'all. You gonna let me finish. He
doesn't care what we say about him now, but the reality is
he like he says, whatever he has to say in the given moment.
It's all very transactional. It's all very malleable. He
says back when he doesn't want Antonio Brown in 2020.
We're not signing the guy then
he's got Tom, Brady working on him and maybe he's got a little
need. Okay, well sign him but he screws up on time and he's
gone. Then he finds out antoniou Browns. Not know. He's
not a bad player. He's still got some gas in the tank,
helped us win
a Super Bowl. Maybe I need him.
Who gives a crap about anybody.
Sizing me. We're bringing him back.
It's all based on the broader objective of doing what you
want when you want. And the words are just the things that
come out of your mouth to justify doing the thing that
you want to do.
That's what it is. That's all it is.
He's doing what he wants to do
and he's saying whatever he has to say to justify doing
whatever he wants to do and there's a certain honesty and
his dishonesty. So,
you know. Well and it allowed to re-evaluate its you're
allowed to re-evaluate like Like that's, that's ridiculous.
Don't say. But then don't submit Chris. You make yourself
look like a freaking buffoon.
When you say on the way through the door. He screws up one time
and he's gone because I'm the coach and he screws up and he's
out of here. And, well, he said circumstances that, then he
said
don't say it. Then
why don't puff out your chest. I
tried to let him know that he's gonna. I don't think there's
that big of a deal. I mean, I got my give him respect.
I don't even carry. Screws up one time. He's gone unless I change
my mind and I reserve the right to change my mom. Now. He
dumped her.
All right, he's there change my mind. But if he screws up on
time, he's gone like my cue sound. The can't have it both
know. You can't, you can't have it both ways. You can you
can't, you know, you can't. You can look at the pandemic
and evaluate things and then go, you know what? We need to
change because I have other circumstances and tenants don't
know, nothing. Do can say one, don't say, you shouldn't do
this. That's wrong. Might know. It's like that's your hope and
stuff. You
said last week now exhale. Completely different
circumstances, different, your re-evaluated a, they've
re-evaluated. He's allowed to say it. And then change his
mind. He's allowed to
you're being very stubborn in that is she's allowed to. Yeah,
of course is allowed to but don't give us the fake tough
guy routine, which we see from Bruce, Arians all the time.
Look part of this is and I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Bruce Arians
won't be on the show in the future. I really don't care.
I've had enough of the fake tough guy. Bully routine, from
him. And the only, you know, there's a fine line between
guys like him and guys, like Urban Meyer because there's
a lot of bullying. That's insane. That's ridiculous.
He's not even closer
admire that so long as also there's a lot
that's not a low blow. It is bullying. That happened about
Urban Meyer. Who's a dysfunctional idiot and you're
gonna get Bruce, Arians are, it's not true. That's what I'm
talking about. The
there's a bullying. Element Y. What is he saying?
What? What? Did he believe you did?
What did he call it? Sin?
Why did it take four weeks for somebody to finally ask him
about his words from October of 2020.
Why did why were why were reporters tiptoe?
Around him at every press conference. He comes out with
the right hook and he makes it clear. He's setting the agenda.
Look, I've been on the wrong side of it. He Perkin called me
out earlier this year
for something that I didn't say.
There's there's there's a
not-so-subtle bullying Factor there Chris. It's not, it's not
saying he's kicking people there, but I'm just telling
you, he wants it his way and he doesn't want to be questioned.
That's the message when he says, I don't give an S about
it. He wants to do it his way and no one is going to question
him because he's always To do it his way. I mean, it's how
I feel about it and I so don't don't come off with this
tough-guy routine.
If you are going to be flexible, you're either flexible
or you're not. So if you act like you're inflexible,
you could paint on land for animal. You're wrong to be
tough and flexible. You know, it's ridiculous. You undermine
your toughness you want. But do you could be doesn't undermine
and nobody cares on his team. They all think he's
tough. Well, talks tough. He is tough as team plays tough.
They've always played tough. You're wrong. They get. Sorry.
I think you're wrong. And he's Are everyday with Antonio Brown
and you're not. Okay, so you're wrong.
Yes. I listen. Listen,
the point is this
and we haven't mentioned Antonio Brown,
who as we would expect
is very humble and contrite
about everything that he's been through.
He tweeted yesterday,
put some respect on my name, all of y'all. And you know,
this is a guy who submitted a fake vaccination card, violated
federal law. He starts to worry about getting prosecuted but
it's okay. You can help us win football games. Come on back
in.