{"id":1184308,"date":"2022-01-03T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184308"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:49:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:49:52","slug":"report-antonio-brown-did-not-believe-he-was-healthy-enough-to-enter-the-game-before-leaving-field-mid-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-antonio-brown-did-not-believe-he-was-healthy-enough-to-enter-the-game-before-leaving-field-mid-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Antonio Brown Did Not Believe He Was Healthy Enough To Enter The Game Before Leaving Field Mid-Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-antonio-brown-did-not-believe-he-was-healthy-enough-to-enter-the-game-before-leaving-field-mid-game%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184308&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The details surrounding former Tampa Bay wide receiver Antonio Brown\u2019s abrupt departure from Sunday\u2019s game against the New York Jets continue to emerge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the Buccaneers 28-24 come-from-behind victory Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium, Tampa Bay head coach Bruce Arians announced that Brown was \u201cno longer a Buc\u201d but refused to go into details as to why Brown became upset and left the field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brown \u2014 who earlier in the season was suspended three-games for misleading the league regarding his vaccination status \u2014 also was dealing with an ankle injury that has him listed as \u201cquestionable\u201d on the Buccaneers injury report for the game against the Jets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported that the Buccaneers coaching staff told Brown to enter the game, but Brown refused as he did not feel that he was healthy enough to enter the game. The coaching staff then threw him off the sidelines and cut him from the team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMidway through the game yesterday, Bruce Arians and the offensive staff told Antonio Brown to go into the game,\u201d Rapoport said. \u201cThey believed that he was healthy. Antonio Brown did not believe that he was healthy. He had been battling an ankle injury for the last several weeks. He did not practice Thursday, did not practice Friday, and I know personally had some doubts whether or not he would be able to be out there and play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he told the staff, from what I understand, is he was not going into the game because in his mind he did not feel he was healthy,\u201d Rapoport continued. \u201cThe response then from the offensive coaches and from Bruce Arians was if you are not going to go into the game when we tell you to go into the game, then you cannot be here. At that point, they threw him off the sidelines and then cut him from the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Entering the game, Brown needed eight more catches to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spotrac\/status\/1477739671794892805\">earn<\/a> a $333,333 bonus, 55 receiving yards to earn another $333,333, and just one more receiving touchdown to earn an additional bonus of additional $333,333.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey essentially told him that on the sideline,\u201d Rapoport said. \u201cSent him packing, leaving Antonio Brown with a $1 million incentive right within his reach. He was going to get it. He left all of that, left the field and is no longer a member of the Buccaneers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gmfb?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GMFB<\/a>: How and why did <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bucs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bucs<\/a> WR Antonio Brown end up storming off the field shirtless to end his Tampa Bay career? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nd6xq0xMLp\">pic.twitter.com\/nd6xq0xMLp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1477980644584140800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Arians said that Brown did not tell him that he was unable to enter the game due to an injury.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know that he was (injured),\u201d Arians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/buccaneers\/2022\/01\/03\/bruce-arians-antonio-brown-didnt-mention-injury-before-storming-off\/9079170002\/\">said<\/a> Monday. \u201cIt was pretty obvious what happened. He left the field and that was it. We had a conversation and he left the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown played in his first game since week six in Tampa Bay\u2019s victory over the Carolina Panthers in week 16. He had 10 catches for 101 yards, but reportedly tweaked his already injured ankle during the game. Brown had three catches for 26 yards against the Jets before he abruptly left the field.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to&nbsp;sports@dailywire.com.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court. 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