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Originally Posted by mooby
https://twitter.com/adamschefter/sta...212884483?s=21
This Antonio Brown drama is getting a little more interesting. Would the Bucs tell him to play on a bad ankle knowing if he declines or does something more dramatic like walking off the field it would make him look like the bad guy? It's not improbable.
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I saw similar posts on FB before this appeared suggesting he was made to look bad to avoid a contract payout which was likely if he played in week 18. I can't see it myself. They're in a bad way for WR's with Goodwin going down, so why force out a WR who's put up good numbers for you? The idea with incentives is they push a player to achieve what the team wants from them, so it makes no sense to cut a player to avoid paying them if they're contributing, and especially when the roster is shredded at that position.
If he can back up his statements on the injury, then maybe there's a shred of truth to what he's saying. After all we've seen plenty of stories of players playing through bad injuries, whether pushed to or not. But it again makes no sense given how short they are at the position.
And given his dumbass behaviour over his vaccination status, you can't help taking what he says with a pinch of salt. Whether he is or not, he looks like the boy who cried wolf.