It’s secure to say Asante Samuel Sr. and Antonio Brown received’t be sending one another any Christmas playing cards this yr. Taking to X/Twitter Friday morning, Samuel blasted Brown for his demeanor and angle throughout his profession with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“If Mike Tomlin by no means babied you @AB84 NFL would’ve been an after thought,” Samuel tweeted. “You couldn’t survive wherever else. The Steelers group and gamers allowed you to behave loopy. Fortunate you by no means performed on my crew. You’ll’ve been handled instantly and never by the coach. Details!”
Blasted out to his greater than 88,000 followers, Samuel’s tweet instantly drew widespread consideration, particularly from Steelers’ followers. And to be clear, that is the Atlanta Falcons’ cornerback who performed from 2003-2013, not Samuel’s son at the moment a free agent.
Drafted by the Steelers within the sixth spherical of the 2010 NFL Draft, Brown grew to become probably the greatest Day Three picks in current draft historical past. With Pittsburgh, Brown flourished right into a seven-time Professional Bowler, four-time All-Professional, and the NFL’s finest receiver for a multi-year stretch.
Mike Tomlin is credited as managing Antonio Brown’s off-field antics nicely. A brief-temper who made waves on social media, together with as soon as filming a post-game speech, Tomlin saved issues below the floor longer than most coaches might. However even Tomlin couldn’t forestall points from boiling over, resulting in Brown skipping apply, being sat down, and requesting a commerce after taking photographs at Artwork Rooney II, Ben Roethlisberger, and JuJu Smith-Schuster.
After a take care of the Buffalo Payments didn’t materialize, Pittsburgh traded him to the Oakland Raiders. Jon Gruden came upon how tough Brown was to handle. He by no means performed a down for the crew together with his lone summer season filled with drama and theater, resulting in his launch in early September. Brown then lasted one week with the New England Patriots after sexual misconduct allegations led to his launch.
Brown discovered briefly stability with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers however infamously undressed and stormed off the sphere mid-game, exiting the stadium, getting right into a automobile, and leaving. He hasn’t performed an NFL snap since and his solely football-related strikes since concerned working an Enviornment League crew into the bottom.
Samuel debated with followers if Brown was a top-ten receiver of all-time, listening to arguments however sharing his personal listing, a prime eight with two vacant spots, that included Brown off it.
Deion Sanders additionally tweeted in the direction of Brown, taking the Twitter excessive street after Brown took jabs at him, together with sharing movies of him working over Sanders’ son Shilo years in the past.
Simply one other day in Antonio Brown’s world. For Steelers’ followers, there isn’t a lot to say. Brown will go after anybody and everybody, even those that apparently had constructive relationships with prior. A tragic downfall to one of the spectacular careers, one overshadowed by all the things that’s come after.
