Antonio Brown to the Patriots... and released from Patriots

[rlkats]

Before the Raiduhs got him, I dont remember hearing about to many teams wanting him. I could see the;

Hawks :stirthepot:
Pat's and
Lambs giving him a whirl

 

[Tusc2000]

Left unsaid is how badly the Raiders handled this. Not that they were wrong to fine him initially, but once he did his mea culpa, they went and fined him AGAIN for yelling at their idiot GM over his first fine.

That second fine was $215,000, and no matter how many millions you have in the bank, $215,000 is still one huge pile of dough. And given AB's state of mind, that was literally dousing the situation with gasoline and lighting a match.

So you would have them do nothing when a player cusses at their GM, throws racial epithets at him, threatens to attack him, and has to be physically restrained from doing so by another player?

If I wanted to keep him focused on playing football Sunday, yes, I would accept his apology and try and defuse things.

AB had already been fined $40,000, and we saw his reaction. There comes a time when you have to just let things go in order to successfully move on.

 

[McGruff]

WTH does it matter?!?

The only way any of this is on the Raiders is trading for him and signing a long term deal in the first place.

The rest of this is all on AB.

 

[McGruff]

Left unsaid is how badly the Raiders handled this. Not that they were wrong to fine him initially, but once he did his mea culpa, they went and fined him AGAIN for yelling at their idiot GM over his first fine.

That second fine was $215,000, and no matter how many millions you have in the bank, $215,000 is still one huge pile of dough. And given AB's state of mind, that was literally dousing the situation with gasoline and lighting a match.

So you would have them do nothing when a player cusses at their GM, throws racial epithets at him, threatens to attack him, and has to be physically restrained from doing so by another player?

If I wanted to keep him focused on playing football Sunday, yes, I would accept his apology and try and defuse things.

AB had already been fined $40,000, and we saw his reaction. There comes a time when you have to just let things go in order to successfully move on.

You cant let that go. You just cant.

You let him freezing his feet off go.

You made every effort to back him during to ridiculous helmet demands.

You have given him grace upon grace.

But verbally accosting, deriding and threatening your boss, and following that up by publicly broadcasting a private conversation in which your coach is in fact trying to move forward . . . You cant let that go. All authority goes out the window as soon as you do that.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Let the Niners pick him up and watch him destroy that team. 8)

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

Heavy.com has the Hawks in second place for Brown's landing after the Pats.

https://heavy.com/sports/2019/09/antoni ... -sign-new/

What they said...

Pete Carroll has no problem taking chances on players who are extremely talented but also offer a high degree of volatility. Seattle was at its best with a cast of strong personalities including Marshawn Lynch, Michael Bennett and Richard Sherman. The Seattle Seahawks top wideout Doug Baldwin retired over the offseason.

While the Seahawks seemed pleased with D.K. Metcalf, don’t count the Seahawks out of the running to consider Brown. The Seahawks just made a big splash by trading for Jadeveon Clowney, and Brown is not out of the question. Now that the Seahawks have moved on from most of the personalities mentioned above, it remains to be seen whether they would be willing to start the process over with Brown.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Before the Raiduhs got him, I dont remember hearing about to many teams wanting him. I could see the;

Hawks :stirthepot:
Pat's and
Lambs giving him a whirl

I was hoping your Niners would pick him up. 8)

Also would love *allas to pick him up.

 

[Biscanebay12]

I think he's a cancer no one wants. Think about it he couldn't make it in Oakland.

 

[Tusc2000]

Left unsaid is how badly the Raiders handled this. Not that they were wrong to fine him initially, but once he did his mea culpa, they went and fined him AGAIN for yelling at their idiot GM over his first fine.

That second fine was $215,000, and no matter how many millions you have in the bank, $215,000 is still one huge pile of dough. And given AB's state of mind, that was literally dousing the situation with gasoline and lighting a match.

So you would have them do nothing when a player cusses at their GM, throws racial epithets at him, threatens to attack him, and has to be physically restrained from doing so by another player?

If I wanted to keep him focused on playing football Sunday, yes, I would accept his apology and try and defuse things.

AB had already been fined $40,000, and we saw his reaction. There comes a time when you have to just let things go in order to successfully move on.

You cant let that go. You just cant.

You let him freezing his feet off go.

You made every effort to back him during to ridiculous helmet demands.

You have given him grace upon grace.

But verbally accosting, deriding and threatening your boss, and following that up by publicly broadcasting a private conversation in which your coach is in fact trying to move forward . . . You cant let that go. All authority goes out the window as soon as you do that.

Okay, that's a fair point. My main issue was that the Raiders FO should not have let it get to that stage. Think about how John and Pete would have handled a similar situation, and it's hard to imagine things would have gotten this far off the rails.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Let the Niners pick him up and watch him destroy that team. 8)

 

[sutz]

Left unsaid is how badly the Raiders handled this. Not that they were wrong to fine him initially, but once he did his mea culpa, they went and fined him AGAIN for yelling at their idiot GM over his first fine.

That second fine was $215,000, and no matter how many millions you have in the bank, $215,000 is still one huge pile of dough. And given AB's state of mind, that was literally dousing the situation with gasoline and lighting a match.

So you would have them do nothing when a player cusses at their GM, throws racial epithets at him, threatens to attack him, and has to be physically restrained from doing so by another player?

If I wanted to keep him focused on playing football Sunday, yes, I would accept his apology and try and defuse things.

AB had already been fined $40,000, and we saw his reaction. There comes a time when you have to just let things go in order to successfully move on.

You cant let that go. You just cant.

You let him freezing his feet off go.

You made every effort to back him during to ridiculous helmet demands.

You have given him grace upon grace.

But verbally accosting, deriding and threatening your boss, and following that up by publicly broadcasting a private conversation in which your coach is in fact trying to move forward . . . You cant let that go. All authority goes out the window as soon as you do that.

Probably drafted him in FF and is desperate to have him play somewhere, anywhere. :twisted:

 

[Termite]

A thousand times no


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[Scorpion05]

Left unsaid is how badly the Raiders handled this. Not that they were wrong to fine him initially, but once he did his mea culpa, they went and fined him AGAIN for yelling at their idiot GM over his first fine.

That second fine was $215,000, and no matter how many millions you have in the bank, $215,000 is still one huge pile of dough. And given AB's state of mind, that was literally dousing the situation with gasoline and lighting a match.

So you would have them do nothing when a player cusses at their GM, throws racial epithets at him, threatens to attack him, and has to be physically restrained from doing so by another player?

The racial slurs are unproven claims. But even if, it was never that serious to begin with.

Gruden and Mayock lack experience, and it shows. When you’re disciplining a player, you lay out all the stipulations. We are fining you X, you will apologize, and you will also lose your guaranteed money. You don’t throw in random disciplines and blind side people. That’s not how Belicheck or Carroll would have handled it.

 

[Scorpion05]

Left unsaid is how badly the Raiders handled this. Not that they were wrong to fine him initially, but once he did his mea culpa, they went and fined him AGAIN for yelling at their idiot GM over his first fine.

That second fine was $215,000, and no matter how many millions you have in the bank, $215,000 is still one huge pile of dough. And given AB's state of mind, that was literally dousing the situation with gasoline and lighting a match.

So you would have them do nothing when a player cusses at their GM, throws racial epithets at him, threatens to attack him, and has to be physically restrained from doing so by another player?

If I wanted to keep him focused on playing football Sunday, yes, I would accept his apology and try and defuse things.

AB had already been fined $40,000, and we saw his reaction. There comes a time when you have to just let things go in order to successfully move on.

You cant let that go. You just cant.

You let him freezing his feet off go.

You made every effort to back him during to ridiculous helmet demands.

You have given him grace upon grace.

But verbally accosting, deriding and threatening your boss, and following that up by publicly broadcasting a private conversation in which your coach is in fact trying to move forward . . . You cant let that go. All authority goes out the window as soon as you do that.

You can’t let that go? Lol

People are acting as if the guy’s a terrorist, or as if he just hit a woman. Actually let me back track, committing an actual crime instead of this drama would have been better for AB’s career.

The feet and the helmet issue is as bad as what? A DUI? It was completely overblown by media, I laughed at the outrage. You would think he’d just robbed someone.

The Mayock fight he definitely deserved punishment. But great teams never let it get to that point anyway

 

[Cyrus12]

I would almost think a guarantee he is going to one patriot place....and an easy super bowl win.

 

[QuahHawk]

No way would AB talk to John Schneider that way. IT would never ever have gotten to that point.

 

[Cyrus12]

Left unsaid is how badly the Raiders handled this. Not that they were wrong to fine him initially, but once he did his mea culpa, they went and fined him AGAIN for yelling at their idiot GM over his first fine.

That second fine was $215,000, and no matter how many millions you have in the bank, $215,000 is still one huge pile of dough. And given AB's state of mind, that was literally dousing the situation with gasoline and lighting a match.

So you would have them do nothing when a player cusses at their GM, throws racial epithets at him, threatens to attack him, and has to be physically restrained from doing so by another player?

The racial slurs are unproven claims. But even if, it was never that serious to begin with.

Gruden and Mayock lack experience, and it shows. When you’re disciplining a player, you lay out all the stipulations. We are fining you X, you will apologize, and you will also lose your guaranteed money. You don’t throw in random disciplines and blind side people. That’s not how Belicheck or Carroll would have handled it.

Sh yes...it was a racial slur against a whitey so no big deal...

 

[Uncle Si]

Yes to AB... worth a shot.

 

[JPatera76]

Pats
Cowboys
Or ..


Browns.. (in the fantasy world.. him and ODB holy crap)

 

[JGfromtheNW]

And just like that it’s being reported he’s agreed to terms with the Pats.