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Bucs' Mike Evans Recalls Moment That Got Antonio Brown Cut
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One of the most memo- rable parts of the 2021 NFL season might be when Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown took off his pads and jersey midgame against the New York Jets in Week 17 and ran off the field.
Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans spoke to Yahoo Sports recently about that Sunday, and he said Brown was wanting the ball before his dramatic exit.
"What I remember is we were trying to get him to come back in the game," Evans said. "He was saying he wanted the rock, and I mean rightfully so, we should have got him the rock — I mean he’s an unbelievable player. Like ‘Yo, come in the game AB.'"
Bruce Reports Of
Everyone in the NFL world seems to have their own speculation as to why Tom Brady decided to fi- nally retire after 22 seasons, even though Brady himself has made it pretty clear that family was the biggest rea- son.
One report, from former NFL player and current sports host Rich Ohrn- berger, claimed that the re- lationship between Brady and Bucs head coach Bruce Arians had soured.
Ohrnberger claimed that Arians would make sweeping changes to game plans that Brady and offen- sive coordinator Byron Leftwich had already put together, building frustrating with Brady and Leftwich toward Arians.
Arians himself is firing back against those allega- tions;
"It seems like there’s one (story) every day now. Every- body is speculating he’s going somewhere else. That don’t bother me. This other (expletive), the relationship thing, that’s so far-fetched.’
I mean, that’s such (ex- pletive). That’s what pisses me off. I guess probably Byron could corroborate
MIKE EVANS AND ANTONIO BROWN
Evans said both he and Brown were on a pitch count since they were coming back from injuries, and the coaching staff was trying to get Brown to return to the game. Evans went in for his reps, and then came back to the sideline to see Brown still agitated, Yahoo Sports reports.
"So I go back on the drive.
I do my two plays. I come out. And then I see BA still trying to get him to come in the game," Evans said. "And they had like a falling out somehow. And AB goes off. And he’s about to take his pads off. And I’m trying to grab his pads and tell him like, yo, big bro — because me and him have a relation- ship."
Arians Fires Back At Tension With Tom Brady
BRUCE ARIANS AND TOM BRADY
this, too.
First of all, I don’t rehab
my Achilles in the morning. I will go over the game plans and add things, but I don’t delete anything. I don’t have to because they do such a good job.
I’ll see some things. Add some things. It’s an awesome collaboration, one of the best I’ve ever been around."
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