Having nothing to do in remote GB could be a blessing.
A total of 47 players were placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list today, all as a result of a positive test. That's the most ever for a single day that the NFL has ever had.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) December 20, 2021
Notable names include Travis Kelce, Joey Bosa and Jared Goff.
The local Applebees' owners spits in your general direction.
@packerboi posted:
Well Arians is escorting Faketonio Brown back onto the roster so they should be good.
Yeah, any doubt that Brown would remain a Buc ended with that ACL.
Not sure what you mean. From sportingnews.com:
Antonio Brown (suspension) will be "welcomed back" in Week 16, according to Bruce Arians, and it couldn't come at a better time with Mike Evans (hamstring) and Chris Godwin (knee) dealing with injuries. His three-game suspension for "misrepresenting his vaccination status" is over, and he's supposedly healed from his foot injury after being out since Week 6. He'll immediately move into a key role against the Panthers in Week 16.
What I mean is for weeks Arians wouldn't commit to what would happen with Brown after his suspension ended. But they lost Godwin. The option of releasing Brown during the Brady Super Bowl window quickly became a non-option.
But that was probably just tough guy talk all along to save face on his original statement on Brown when they signed him - "he screws up one time and he's gone".
Brown is probably cutting a swath through South Florida as I type. Dude must think he’s bulletproof now. He belongs in jail not between the lines.
@H5 posted:Having nothing to do in remote GB could be a blessing.
@PackerHawk posted:What I mean is for weeks Arians wouldn't commit to what would happen with Brown after his suspension ended. But they lost Godwin. The option of releasing Brown during the Brady Super Bowl window quickly became a non-option.
But that was probably just tough guy talk all along to save face on his original statement on Brown when they signed him - "he screws up one time and he's gone".
I think Brady's role in personnel decisions in Tampa far exceeds AR's in Green Bay. Brady wanted Brown. I think Brown would have to kill someone for them to release him (and even then they'd wait for an investigation to conclude).
@ilcuqui posted:Brown is probably cutting a swath through South Florida as I type. Dude must think he’s bulletproof now. He belongs in jail not between the lines.
A friend of mine played football with Brown at Central Michigan. Multiple graduate assistants were assigned to him to make sure he woke up in the morning and at least went through the motions of going to class and stayed out of trouble. He only ended up at CMU because he couldn't get into Florida State for academic reasons and got expelled from FIU for fighting a security guard.
This colleague said that Brown had a horrible childhood and didn't trust anyone. He said Brown knew people only cared about whether he could play football and developed no close friendships. Everyone at CMU thought Brown was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off at any time. I'm sure he'll come back and play for the Bucs this year, but he'll be a guy we read about at some point either ending up in prison for killing someone or getting killed himself.
From WIKIPEDIA:
North Carolina Tech Prep
Coming out of high school, Brown applied to Florida State University. His admission was denied over academic concerns.[7]
After attempting to attend Alcorn State, he decided to enroll at North Carolina Tech Prep.[8][9] Playing in just five games at quarterback, Brown passed for 1,247 yards and 11 touchdowns, while rushing for 451 yards and 13 touchdowns.[10] Once he finished his lone season at North Carolina Tech Prep, he received a scholarship to play at Florida International University, but he was expelled before the season for an altercation with security.[11] Brown then began reaching out to wide receivers coach Butch Jones at West Virginia, since he had been highly recruited by him. After learning that Jones had left West Virginia to become the head coach at Central Michigan, Brown enrolled at the school and started his college football career as a walk-on freshman.[12]
“@TomPelissero: Sources: The #Bucs are signing RB Le’Veon Bell, pending physical.”
Getting AB a buddy, I see…
Fournette was dinged up against the Saints. Looking for some insurance I guess but he’s looked rather ordinary in his past few stops.
There's going all in and then there's just adding turds to the punch bowl.
@JimBobDuggar posted:
We just played Typhoid Raven, what did you expect?
@"We"-Ka-Bong posted:We just played Typhoid Raven, what did you expect?
And now they are going to play Diptheria Cleveland.
@ilcuqui posted:“@TomPelissero: Sources: The #Bucs are signing RB Le’Veon Bell, pending physical.”
Getting AB a buddy, I see…
Fournette was dinged up against the Saints. Looking for some insurance I guess but he’s looked rather ordinary in his past few stops.
Bell had one semi-decent game with Baltimore but yeah, he's cooked.
Bucs cut Antonio Brown. Do they give him cab fare from NY?
If AB had any brains he would ahve long gone from the lockerroom before the game ended. If the Bucs hads lost he may have had the hell beat out of him.
Per PFT:
"Meanwhile, Chris Myers of FOX said during the broadcast that Brown left the stadium and got into a police car, with the expectation that he’ll fly back to Tampa on his own. Thus, if he’s already gone, any obligation to take him home will be moot."
Maybe Antonio Brown has a vaccination appointment, settle down.
— Joe Osborne (@JTFOz) January 2, 2022
Since when do cops run you to the airport?
Is this a service I haven't been using when it was available to me?
Or just a matter of lets get this asshole out of NY/NJ?
Something tells me that won’t be his last ride in a cop car.
Hopefully the cop was taking him to a psych facility. That dude is messed up.
Can't be him. He's wearing a shirt.
From what Brady said after the game, it seems like Brady has some inside info that AB needs some serious help.
@FLPACKER posted:Given his past and present behavior, it really isn't "inside info" .... the guy has some serious mental health issues.
As I've posted before, I have a close work colleague who played football with AB at Central Michigan. A lot of people are referencing the Burfict hit on him that they are speculating caused CTE. While that may be true, AB had a lot of the same behaviors back then (and while he was being recruited as a 17-year-old) as he does now. He had a terrible childhood
CMU put a lot of resources into enabling him.
Mike Tomlin tolerating things he wouldn't from other guys for years.
https://bleacherreport.com/art...ecause-of-production
Tom Brady (let's face it, this was always a Brady decision - it wasn't Arians) put a lot of effort into enabling him because he's one of the top dozen or so people ever to play WR in the NFL in terms of pure talent.
It will be interesting to see what the HOF discussions about him are like in 10 years. He had the most statistically dominant 6 year stretch of any WR in NFL history from 2013-18: 6 seasons, 686 catches, 9145 yards, 67 TDs. He was a top 5 punt returner for about 5 years as well. I don't think he gets in, but just based on production he should.
Disagree on HOF for him.
Ankle didn't look too bad as he pranced off the field.
I understand not giving AB the benefit of the doubt but I’m not going to totally dismiss his explanation. Arians is a grade A asshole.
Stripping on the sideline is bizarre behavior either way, so it doesn't give him a whole lot of credibility.
Meh. Couldn't happen to a more deserving pair of assholes.
I hope Arians has to deal with the flak for the next few weeks, however.
IMHO... it seems to be a lot of overblown drama at this point. I would think anything to do with personnel matters would be strictly regulated by the CBA, and I tend to doubt that a Head Coach can "fire" a player.
Brown likely had better options, but his 'reaction' is what it is. FWIW, I'm not sure his actions match up with his story, but this whole mess seems to be better suited for TMZ.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:It will be interesting to see what the HOF discussions about him are like in 10 years. He had the most statistically dominant 6 year stretch of any WR in NFL history from 2013-18: 6 seasons, 686 catches, 9145 yards, 67 TDs. He was a top 5 punt returner for about 5 years as well. I don't think he gets in, but just based on production he should.
I wonder what Hub Arkush thinks? 
There’s clearly a lot of behind the scenes stuff going on. Despite what Arians said on Sunday about Brown no longer being a Buc, he is still on their roster and hasn’t been cut yet.
Evidently trying to strong arm him or buy his silence hasn’t worked. I’m no AB defender but Arians and the owners (Glazers) are arrogant jerks and I’d enjoy seeing them get roasted. Arians knows how to play the media game though and he and Brady have a lot of media in their pockets.
@Timmy! posted:Meh. Couldn't happen to a more deserving pair of assholes.
I hope Arians has to deal with the flak for the next few weeks, however.
IMHO... it seems to be a lot of overblown drama at this point. I would think anything to do with personnel matters would be strictly regulated by the CBA, and I tend to doubt that a Head Coach can "fire" a player.
Brown likely had better options, but his 'reaction' is what it is. FWIW, I'm not sure his actions match up with his story, but this whole mess seems to be better suited for TMZ.
Some might say Arians single handedly created this disaster by not holding true to his own word. Such a stand up guy he is.
Any way you slice it, not a good day for the NFL or it’s beloved “shield”.
Never thought it possible but Arians is a bigger asshole than Urban Meyer. However anything that distracts from the Bucs playoff prep is good for the Packers.
