Time. Now for PFT on Yahoo! Sports, Peter, King and Mike
Florio, all the big stories in the NFL and the biggest story
right now continues to be the aftermath of whatever it is
that we saw transpire in the third quarter of the Buccaneers
Jets game at MetLife, Stadium on Sunday,
Antonio Brown removing, the
shoulder pads and Jersey and undershirt, and gloves and
running off the field. Maybe for the last time, ever,
in the NFL, Peter. What? What's your
big takeaway? Away, now that we've both had a couple of
nights to sleep on it and reflect on what we saw. And
also
the news that has come out over the past day or so.
Well, Mike, I think regardless of what
led to the eruption
by Antonio Brown
and leaving the field in a very odd manner
to put it mildly
at The Meadowlands.
Just, you know, if we want to move ahead, six, eight, ten weeks.
I mean,
I would be stunned if no matter what his rehab is done,
mentally physically. If Antonio Brown gets another chance
from another team,
you know, he's already basically
ruined his,
you know, his chance to be an impact player for two years in
a row on a Bowl team.
And regardless, as I say,
if there is some
mental problem. Right now, with the Antonio Brown,
or as Chris Nowinski of the
concussion Legacy Institute in Boston
has said, you know,
if it is some form of early form of CTE, which no one can
know,
whatever it is. Let's all just sit back and figure out what
exactly the reasons are. Our
before we make any long-term value, judgments
about a Antonio Brown. However,
in terms of, whether anybody would take a chance on him anymore.
I just really don't see a way that you can do it
based on his history of
irrational Behavior,
but, you know, he's come back from a lot worse than what we
saw on Sunday. What we saw on Sunday was just different from
anything we've seen before, he had off-field incidents with
real victims. Justly, if not actually, in the past, he's
had criminal misconduct. He was on probation for felony
charges. So he's done a lot worse in the grand scheme of
things and
you know, Peter Talent continues
to Rule the Day for professional sports.
The Buccaneers gave him another second chance after the fake
vaccination card incident, despite everything that Bruce
Arians had huffed and puffed about in the past and including
you better not jeopardize me
or Tom or Tom or 80.
Three years old Bruce, Arians a multiple time, cancer survivor
and you're bringing the
potential virus in an unvaccinated person into
the facility into the building into the locker room, out of
the sidelines, because you're lying about your status. Came back
from that. I
I have a feeling that if he's available
one of these contending teams and is trying to grab the brass
ring and the chiefs of the team that is first on my list
because they gave Josh Gordon his latest second chance and
he's got five catches for 32 yards and 11 games.
Antonio. Brown can do that in his sleep.
I think that's one of the reasons why the Buccaneers
didn't cut him yesterday. I'm starting to think
the Buccaneers are looking for a way to keep him off their team.
But to just make sure
no one has a chance to give into the temptation
to add him and put the Bucks in a position
where they have to
deal with him at some point in the postseason.
Yeah, I just don't see it. Mike, I can't. Can you imagine
if a Coach goes to some owner right now?
I mean maybe Andy Reid could do it with Clark hunt. I don't
know. But if I was any owner in the league and my coach came to
me in the next two weeks and said, we can get antoniou brown
just to come in here and Scotch tape a banged-up receiving
Corps. If I were the owner
who said I would say, don't even think about it. I just,
yeah, I can imagine.
In a year when a guy did something felonious
and falsifying a vaccination card. And now this,
I think it would be crazy to consider signing them.
I'll tell you what one last point if he is shunned by
the NFL.
I wonder what he knows about the entire fake vaccination
card subculture. Not just in Tampa but elsewhere
and if he would decide
to Bare his soul to someone maybe it's in the NFL's
interest for him to end up with another team. We'll see how it
all plays out. We'll see you next time for more PFT on Yahoo
sports.