Antonio Brown Announces Retirement … Again
Former Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown posted a series of tweets that seem to indicate he’s retiring.
Is it time to walk away i done ✅ everything in the game ?!!
— AB (@AB84) July 20, 2020
at this point the risk is greater than the reward thank you everyone who been part of this journey i sincerely thank you for everything! life goes on 84!
— AB (@AB84) July 20, 2020
The last 19 months of Brown happenings have been nothing short of wild.
He sat out Pittsburgh’s final game of 2018 after feeling “under-appreciated” and blowing up at a teammate in the week of practice prior to the game.
Then, the Steelers shipped him off to Oakland before the 2019 season. However, he didn’t play a single snap for the Raiders.
In his offseason with Oakland, he got into arguments with both head coach Jon Gruden and GM Mike Mayock, he was fined for missing practice time, and he posted a video including audio from a private phone call with Gruden. Finally, he was cut.
Next, the Patriots scooped up the former Pittsburgh star. Two days later, sexual assault accusations surfaced from Brown’s former trainer, Britney Taylor.
Despite the accusations, Brown played in Week 2 of the 2019 season against the Miami Dolphins. Five days later, the Patriots released him, but only after new allegations surfaced of Brown sending threatening text messages to another alleged assault victim.
A week after playing in Miami, (Sept. 22, 2019) Brown tweeted that he would not be playing in the NFL again. So far, he’s been correct.
Antonio Brown announces he is retiring from the NFL for the first since he announced he was retiring from the NFL on September 22. pic.twitter.com/dRAHtR9Z3F
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) July 20, 2020
Fast forward to this month where Brown posted video of him catching passes from Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.
Now, this retirement. We’ll see if this one sticks.
For at least the third time since last September, free-agent WR Antonio Brown announces on Twitter he’s done with the NFL. https://t.co/U6WHSw1vgC
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) July 20, 2020
