Antonio Brown

[Patjew]

This is still going? Man, if only I had a million dollars for every post in this thread I’d be almost as rich and mediocre as Kirk Cousins.

 

[luuked]

There really isn’t much speculation just a chain of events and an obvious conclusion.
Beat reporters have speculated. None have given confirmed facts.

Let me get this straight. You are calling your gut feeling that consists of speculation on each of those steps more reliable than individual beat guys citing sources and giving a similar picture (i.e. for Kraft it was the texts that broke the camels back) ?

I think that's a new level even for you.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

It’s pretty simple if you exercise a little thought.
AB got here and a civil suit was filed.
AB played.
An SI article came out.
AB practiced with the 1s.
An accusation of texting complaints came out.
AB practiced with the 1s.
After that practice AB met with management to discuss his actions going forward.
AB was cut.

There really isn’t much speculation just a chain of events and an obvious conclusion.
Beat reporters have speculated. None have given confirmed facts.

Anything stand out to you on this list?

 

[Mack Herron]

This is still going? Man, if only I had a million dollars for every post in this thread I’d be almost as rich and mediocre as Kirk Cousins.

No. Cousins is way more mediocre than you.

 

[farn]

No. Cousins is way more mediocre than you.

I agree. @Patjew, you need to work on your confidence. You’re better than that.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

I agree. @Patjew, you need to work on your confidence. You’re better than that.

Agree. When is the last time @Patjew had an entire city doing facepalms about his salary?

 

[Huckleberry1]

Let me get this straight. You are calling your gut feeling that consists of speculation on each of those steps more reliable than individual beat guys citing sources and giving a similar picture (i.e. for Kraft it was the texts that broke the camels back) ?

I think that's a new level even for you.

It’s true because I say so.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Agree. When is the last time @Patjew had an entire city doing facepalms about his salary?

2016 is my best guess.

 

[Biffins]

Walked out on his team with their season on the line. Acted out repeatedly and threatened to punch his GM in the face. Didn’t tell the Patriots about the pending lawsuits against him. Then he posted pictures of his accusers children and aggressively tried to intimidate her in a series of text messages. You can go ahead and root for that sack of sh.t, I’m really glad he’s gone. He’s a malignant narcissist who only cares about himself, and as such has never been on a championship team. F.ck him, good riddance.

Since the Pats were comfortable with all the stuff he did before coming to the Pats, I am ok with it. And since BB and Brady were comfortable with keeping AB around even after him acting up in camp, I am ok with that too.

 

[Biffins]

What magic knowledge do you have to know that those accusations are “bogus”? Unproven at the current time, absolutely. But what do you have besides you want that POS Brown to be on the team to be so unequivocally sure it’s “bogus”?

Power of deduction.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Since the Pats were comfortable with all the stuff he did before coming to the Pats, I am ok with it. And since BB and Brady were comfortable with keeping AB around even after him acting up in camp, I am ok with that too.

No one said the Patriots were “ confortable “ with the things Brown was accused of before becoming a Patriot, they just weren’t going to fire him for an unproven civil suit, and were willing to continue employing him pending NFL or legal actions. However they clearly weren’t going to allow for any kind of acting out once he was here, and he couldn’t make it through a month without sending intimidating texts to his accuser. So you can be “ ok” with anything you want, but his behavior will never change, and you will be stuck supporting a true piece of sh.t.

 

[TheRainMaker]

 

[Ring 6]

Let me get this straight. You are calling your gut feeling that consists of speculation on each of those steps more reliable than individual beat guys citing sources and giving a similar picture (i.e. for Kraft it was the texts that broke the camels back) ?

I think that's a new level even for you.

I’m saying I put the facts together and reached a logical conclusion. There are no facts that differ from mine and those beat writers are giving an opinion.

If the texts broke the camels back why was he at practice running with the 1s?
See I have no agenda in my analysis, no reason to “break a story” just common sense.

 

[Ring 6]

Anything stand out to you on this list?

We know that ab met with management after practice. How? Because it was reported and because after it he was cut.

 

[MainePatsFan26]

Is this the granddaddy of all threads yet?

Sadly, the Antonio Brown Saga (TM) -- equally tragic, vituperative, diva-esque, and all-consuming -- already may have eclipsed the team's six, or possibly more, Super Bowl victories of the BB/TB era.

There is a kernel of Russian Literature in this whole thing. Years from now, the high school students will read of the glorious Brown's exploits alongside "Anna Karenina." A delightful narcissistic rogue? Or a serial rapist and abuser? The students will ponder such questions as they wonder what could have been.

Or, alternately, everyone will move on to discussing Dunkin's latest morning special.

Whatever.

 

[Uptown]

 

[maust]

There will be a lot of sound and fury around texts or comparisons to what others may or may not have done. From my admittedly limited viewpoint it would not surprise me if as far as his grievance against new England goes his purposeful failure to disclose a known adverse condition during negotiations isn't interpreted as bad faith bargaining that negates the bulk of their contractual obligation to him. That he wasn't dismissed when it first came to light is actually a plus in that scenario as it could easily be seen as the team trying to make the best of a bad situation and could be construed as good faith on the team's part.

 

[patsbrasilpatriotas]

Probably gonna recoup some money, not all. He texted the lady and that was a violation of his contract.

 

[Biffins]

No one said the Patriots were “ confortable “ with the things Brown was accused of before becoming a Patriot, they just weren’t going to fire him for an unproven civil suit, and were willing to continue employing him pending NFL or legal actions. However they clearly weren’t going to allow for any kind of acting out once he was here, and he couldn’t make it through a month without sending intimidating texts to his accuser. So you can be “ ok” with anything you want, but his behavior will never change, and you will be stuck supporting a true piece of sh.t.

And yet BB was unhappy on being forced to release AB by Kraft. And Brady has clearly been upset at the way the situation has been handled. So while you might think this was a clear-cut egregious behaviour, atleast in BB and Brady's view it wasn't so apparent. Kraft forced the issue.

 

[Biffins]

Probably gonna recoup some money, not all. He texted the lady and that was a violation of his contract.

Which part of the contract did he violate by texting the girl "she's broke" "you're lying" or some variant of it, on a story that originally surfaced years ago and was dug out again by a SI hack journalist. There's no civil or criminal suit here.