Antonio Brown’s brother, Desmond Brown, is now speaking out after his NFL wide receiver brother had a major outburst and bizarre ordeal during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ comeback win against the New York Jets.
The former college football player talked with the Daily Caller and not only blasted his brother for his behavior, but theorized the Buccaneers wide receiver came to the conclusion he wasn’t going to reach the incentivized bonuses for hitting certain milestones in his contract and decided to leave the game in dramatic fashion.
Antonio Brown made “a real selfish move to leave [in the] middle of the game like that though,” Desmond Brown told the outlet. The ex-Pitt player added “there’s no honor in quitting.”
He also wondered “maybe something happened in the locker room” prior to kickoff.
“He wanted to get those incentives and realized it wasn’t going to happen.”
Antonio Brown was on social media hours after the outburst, dropping a new rap single and posting a goodbye note to his Instagram.
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“Big MAD (Making A Difference ),” he captioned the photo. “Thanks for the opportunity.”
Brown finished the 28-24 win with three catches for 26 yards. Before leaving the field, he tossed some of his gear into the crowd at MetLife Stadium and tried to amp up the crowd as he cut across the end zone while his team was on offense.
Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians told reporters after the game Brown was out.
Desmond Brown was a special teams contributor for the Pittsburgh Panthers in college but never made it to the NFL.
