{"id":1193736,"date":"2022-01-06T11:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1193736"},"modified":"2022-01-06T11:19:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:19:50","slug":"antonio-brown-says-buccaneers-pressured-him-to-play-injured-cut-him-mid-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antonio-brown-says-buccaneers-pressured-him-to-play-injured-cut-him-mid-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Brown Says Buccaneers Pressured Him To Play Injured, Cut Him Mid-Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fantonio-brown-says-buccaneers-pressured-him-to-play-injured-cut-him-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=1193736&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>Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown is telling his side of the story which ended with Brown running off of MetLife Stadium field shirtless during the third quarter of Sunday\u2019s game against the New York Jets.<\/p>\n<p>Brown, who was listed as \u201cquestionable\u201d on Tampa Bay\u2019s injury report due to an ankle injury leading up to the game against the Jets, claims that he was cut mid-game after informing coaches that he was not healthy enough to play.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of my commitment to the game, I relented to pressure directly from my coach to play injured. Despite the pain, I suited up, the staff injected me with what I know was a powerful and sometimes dangerous painkiller that the NFLPA has warned against using, and I gave it all for my team,\u201d Brown said in a statement through his attorney Sean Burstyn. \u201cI played until it was clear that I could not use my ankle to safely perform my playing responsibilities.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After playing for nearly three quarters, Brown said the pain became \u201cextreme,\u201d forcing him to take a seat on the sidelines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took a seat on the sideline and my coach came up to me, very upset, and shouted, \u2018What\u2019s wrong with you? What\u2019s wrong with you?\u2019 I told him, \u2018It\u2019s my ankle,\u2019\u201d Brown said in the statement. \u201cBut he knew that. It was well documented and we had discussed it. He then ordered me to get on the field. I said, \u2018Coach, I can\u2019t.\u2019 He didn\u2019t call for medical attention. Instead, he shouted at me, \u2018YOU\u2019RE DONE!\u2019 while he ran his finger across his throat. Coach was telling me that if I didn\u2019t play hurt, then I was done with the Bucs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t quit. I was cut. I didn\u2019t walk away from my brothers. I was thrown out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown\u2019s statement contradicts those of his head coach \u2014 Bruce Arians \u2014 on Monday, who denied being aware of Brown\u2019s injury.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know that he was (injured),\u201d Arians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-antonio-brown-did-not-believe-he-was-healthy-enough-to-enter-the-game-before-leaving-field-mid-game\">said<\/a>. \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 then revealed that he had an MRI performed on his ankle on Monday which showed \u201cbroken bone fragments\u201d in his ankle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of their ongoing cover-up, they are acting like I wasn\u2019t cut and now demanding that I see a doctor of their choice to examine my ankle,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cWhat they did not know until now is that on Monday morning I had an urgent MRI on my ankle,\u201d Brown continued. \u201cIt shows broken bone fragments stuck in my ankle, the ligament torn from the bone and cartilage loss, which are beyond painful. You can see the bone bulging from the outside. But that must and can be repaired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from Antonio Brown via his attorney \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanburstyn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@seanburstyn<\/a>\u2069: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pJ3VGFBjSy\">pic.twitter.com\/pJ3VGFBjSy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1478908618212884483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the statement, Brown said that he intends to play in the NFL next season following surgery on his ankle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday morning, Brown released what appears to be a text message exchange between him and Arians in the days leading up to the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Health over Wealth # Barbarian <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5pxjpZ6491\">pic.twitter.com\/5pxjpZ6491<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AB (@AB84) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AB84\/status\/1479073303134457858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heading into the game against the Jets, 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 $333,333.<\/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 sports@dailywire.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown is telling his side of the story which ended with Brown running off of MetLife Stadium field shirtless during the third quarter of Sunday\u2019s game against the New York Jets. 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