By this point, no one should be surprised by anything Antonio Brown does, louisahthomas writes. But, in the N.F.L., bucking authority in public may be the gravest sin.
As end-zone dances go, Antonio Brown’s performance during the third quarter of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ win over the New York Jets on Sunday was pretty tame: no twerking, no taunting, no, for old time’s sake—just a few roof-raising sashays and a peace sign as he ran toward the tunnel. Except that Brown wasn’t wearing a shirt, having stripped off his jersey, pads, shirt, and gloves, tossing some of the items toward a bench and others into the crowd. Also, Brown hadn’t scored a touchdown.
Stadium security initially thought that a spectator had streaked onto the field. The crowd and the commentators seemed confused. One sideline reporter said that Brown had been benched before throwing the tantrum; another said that the Bucs’ coach, Bruce Arians, told Brown to get into the game, but that Brown repeatedly refused, at which point Arians told him to “get out,” an order that Brown seems to have taken at face value.
But, in the N.F.L., if you’re as skilled as Brown is, there is usually someone else willing to take a chance. For a good stretch of his long career, Brown was the best receiver in the league, and, at thirty-three, he is still capable of helping a team, as he did with the Bucs last season. It is easy to be cynical about this, to question why someone should get a second, and a third, and an eighth and a ninth chance, simply because he’s good at running routes.
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