Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown has not exactly done his image any favors this offseason, constantly badmouthing the Steelers and doing nothing to dissuade those from believing that he quit on his team this past year.
FOX Sports talk-show host Colin Cowherd thinks what Brown has been putting out there is a “horrible look”:
"You look needy, insecure, individual over team, me over we. It's a horrible look."@ColinCowherd on Antonio Brown badmouthing the Steelers pic.twitter.com/8cIZU2ycX7
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) March 4, 2019
Cowherd makes a great point.
Brown has not only taken shots at Ben Roethlisberger and Pittsburgh's organization, but he has also ripped former Steelers players (like Emmanuel Sanders) and former Steelers coaches (like Bruce Arians).
To make matters worse, Brown recently said in a sitdown interview with ESPN that he doesn't “even have to play football” if he doesn't want to, saying that he “wants the game” but doesn't “need the game.”
That quote is not exactly going to make front offices all that happy.
Of course, the biggest story surrounding Brown is what he did during the week leading up to the season finale, where he got into a heated dispute with Roethlisberger that apparently ended in the wide out throwing a football at the quarterback.
Brown then refused to practice, complained of knee pain but refused to go for an MRI and then went AWOL on the team before being consequently benched by head coach Mike Tomlin for Pittsburgh's Week 17 game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Barring a miraculous change in circumstances, the 30-year-old has surely played his last game as a Steeler and will be traded this offseason.
Brown hauled in 104 receptions for 1,297 yards and a league-leading 15 touchdowns this past season.
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