So... Brown is seemingly off the hook for his antics. Now he is tweeting for the Raiders to release him.
I do wonder if this has more to do with his feet than anything? That some kind of permanent damage was done, and it’ll be clear he isn’t the same player now. EDIT: Just caught news on the bottom of the ESPN screen: the Raiders have now fined him a total of $200K. Not sure which side is coming off worse in all of this?
Now he's secretly recording his coach and posting it on YouTube? I'm sorry, but that's bush league bullshit.
It's a pretty bad situation when no one looks good. But, the Raiders will come off looking worse, in my opinion, just because of how it presents the organization.
The fine was for conduct detrimental to the team (which is more than a fair claim), which allowed them to void his guaranteed cash. Holy moly, what a shitshow.
I mean, don't get me wrong. Any of y'all who have followed me in the baseball threads know that 99.99999999 percent of the time, my take is "always side with labor, fuck management." But Brown is either just an asshole, or has actual mental health issues that desperately need to be addressed. Best-case scenario, he’s just acting like a dope, and there is nothing wrong with expecting a grown-ass man to act more mature than how he's been behaving. Worst-case scenario, the dude is acting irrationally, and needs some mental help immediately. I'm reminded of the old phrase, something about if you're in a room with 99 other people and you think all of them are assholes, it's probably you that is the asshole.
AB: "Your honor, I just frostbit my feet and I wanted to play with my old-ass helmet!" OAK: "You missed practices, walkthroughs, and threatened to punch your general manager in the face."
I hate the Patriots. I hate Belicheck. Can't stand 'em. Not that I have much to cheer for in the NFL anyway. Especially with the Texans being one clown short of the truly artful Clown Town that Oakland is.
We can hope Brown is finally the clubhouse cancer that brings the Pats down. Is Houston anywhere near the dumpster fire the Raiders are? I mean, the Raiders have been at this for decades.
Confirmed. Brown’s with the Pats for $15M - the Dirty Dozen of the NFL. I agree in the hope that his toxic shit show of an attitude will start melting the paint off the Pats’ locker room.
The Texans are a dumpster fire for sure. But we do have a better QB, as long as he's still standing that is.