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Brady Does It Again With Comeback
Bruce Arians Told Antonio Brown To 'Get Out' After Brown Refused To Play
Win Over Jets
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown erupted on the side- lines during Sunday’s 28-24 win over the New York Jets, taking off his equipment and throwing some of it into the stands before walking across the field and toward the locker room.
Bucs radio Host T.J. Rives reports that Brown had been benched by Bucs head coach Bruce Arians just before the outburst.
After the game, Arians told the media that Brown was “no longer a Buc.”
Arians also told the media that Brown was on a snap count during the game
Tom Brady Stresses Compassion, Empathy With Antonio Brown
ANTONIO BROWN AND TOM BRADY
Tom Brady led a vintage game-winning drive in the final moments of Sunday’s game against the New York Jets, marching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 93 yards with no timeouts, and throwing a 33-yard game-winning touch- down to Cyril Grayson, Jr. with just 15 seconds remain- ing.
As impressive as Brady’s 410-yard performance was, it was overshadowed by a side- line outburst from Antonio Brown that eventually led to Bruce Arians telling the media that Brown was no longer a member of the team.
After the game, Brady was asked about what hap- pened with Brown, and the Bucs quarterback stressed the importance of compassion and empathy with regards to Brown’s “difficult situa- tion.”
Michael Strahan stated Brown needs help and peo- ple shouldn't turn their heads from this.
It wasn’t always pretty, but the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers over- came adversity of all kinds to pull off a dramatic comeback win in the final seconds Sun- day against the New York Jets, 28-24. The Bucs play the Carolina Panthers Sunday at Raymond James. Game starts at 1 p.m.
Not much in the first half, outside of a 13-play touch- down drive on Tampa Bay’s first offensive possession, which Tom Brady capped off with a four-yard scoring toss to Mike Evans.
After the Jets expanded their lead to 24-10 in the third quarter, the Bucs found their groove on both sides of the ball.
The offense answered with another 13-play touchdown drive, with Brady hitting Cameron Brate this time for the score to cut the Jets’ lead in half. The defense kept New York off the scoreboard for the rest of the game, in- cluding a clutch fourth-down stop deep in their own terri- tory in the final minutes of the
TOM BRADY
fourth quarter.
That handed the ball back
to Brady, who needed to march the Bucs 93 yards with no timeouts, needing a touch- down instead of just a field goal. Just like he has so many times before, that’s exactly what Brady did, finishing the comeback with a perfect 33- yard touchdown strike to Cyril Grayson, Jr. to take the lead with 15 seconds left.
Grayson had a big day for the second week in a row (6 receptions, 81 yards), while Rob Gronkowski led the Bucs with 115 yards on seven receptions. Evans had 47 yards and a touchdown on four receptions, inching closer to his eighth consecutive 1,000-yard season.
BRUCE ARIANS AND ANTONIO BROWN
due to a nagging ankle injury that kept him out of practice for most of this week.
Later on Sunday, Arians told Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer that Brown was told to enter the game but refused, which eventually led to his outburst.
Arians was asked if he saw Brown take his jersey off. “Yeah, I did. Never seen anything like it in all my years.”
during Sunday’s game against the New York Jets, Brown left the field in the middle of the game and did not return. After the game, Bucs head coach Bruce Ari- ans told the media that Brown is no longer a mem- ber of the team.
Later on Sunday, Brown posted a photo from the game on Instagram, with a caption that read in part, “Thanks for the opportunity.”
While he’s still officially a member of the team, this sure feels like a farewell post from Brown.
Brown needed 14 catches to get a $1.5 million dollar bonus.
Maybe, Brown snapped because of that.
Vincent Jackson Tragically
Antonio Brown On
Instagram: 'Thanks
For The Opportunity'
It appears that wide re- ceiver Antonio Brown has played his last game for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
After a sideline outburst
Died From Chronic
Alcohol Use At Age 38
Retired Tampa Bay Bucca- neers star wide receiver Vin- cent Jackson’s autopsy has revealed that the NFL veteran tragically passed away due to chronic alcohol use.
At the age of 38, the ath- lete died on February 15th, 2021. Earlier this year, his cause of death was listed as natural causes. However, the Hillsborough County, Florida, medical examiner’s report was recently updated and Jackson’s cause of death is now listed as “chronic alcohol use.”
ESPN reported that he had a blood alcohol content of 0.28% at the time of his death. In addition, the au- topsy revealed that Jackson, “suffered from alcoholic car- diomyopathy, hepatic steato-
VINCENT JACKSON
sis and fibrosis, esophageal varices, ascites, jaundice, re- mote pancreatitis, renal fail- ure and hyponatremia dehydration, cardiovascular disease, and intoxication by ethyl alcohol.”
The ex-San Diego Charg- ers and Tampa Bay Bucca- neers player was found unresponsive in a hotel room after his family had reported him missing the previous week.
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