The whole Antonio Brown saga is the gift that keeps on giving. On Wednesday night, the disgruntled wide receiver released on Twitter a series of text messages allegedly sent to him by Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians. Brown wanted to prove that Arians was aware of his ankle injury, as he earlier said in his lengthy statement.
Many NFL fans, however—including Buccaneers supporters—were quick to cast doubts on the veracity of Brown's receipts. Some aren't buying it because of Arians allegedly needing to introduce himself as BA to Brown. Others, meanwhile, pointed out the grammatical errors. While some simply find the Buccaneers star hard to believe, especially since he already faked his COVID-19 vaccination card several weeks ago.
But of course, as with any hot issues, hilarious reactions were aplenty on Twitter as the Buccaneers continue to navigate the tricky situation.
Bruce Arians seeing these texts pic.twitter.com/8MIv6ovwq0
— Justin Tucker = GOAT (@TouchdownLamar) January 6, 2022
https://twitter.com/iam_johnw2/status/1479093713213267969
BREAKING: Bruce Arians confirmed to me the texts from Antonio Brown are fake #antoniobrown pic.twitter.com/bgS99KWf8X
— Randy Gurzi (@rgurzi81) January 6, 2022
https://twitter.com/seanlovegrove1/status/1479087182522560513
The leaked Bruce Arians and Antonio Browns texts are pretty damning, I must agree 🤷🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/Yyaf75LwNt
— Some Dude Named Deke (@DekeWhiten) January 6, 2022
Does it bother anyone else that Bruce Arians misspelled “you’re” in his texts to Antonio Brown? #NFL #ThursdayThoughts
— Andy Mattison (@MattisonAve12) January 6, 2022
Some, however, came to the defense of Brown. Their main point: Arians is old.
https://twitter.com/juicebox8810/status/1479255668435697667
Bruce Arians old as hell I know PLENTY of older people that identify themselves first before a text even if they’re number is saved
— Armand Purnell 🫣 (@PhilSama_) January 6, 2022
#DocumentationAlwaysBeatsConversation Thats AWESOME you kept the text @AB84 @nflcommish @NFL investigate @BruceArians #bringit pic.twitter.com/IQyo4SBpva
— The Quarterback Huddle (@2BlessedHighly) January 6, 2022
This whole drama is the last thing the Buccaneers need right now as they head into the NFL Playoffs. Now, Brown has called out Tom Brady and his trainer as well. There's also this laughable mess involving an OnlyFans model who claims to have slept with Brown the night before his controversial meltdown and has now allegedly tested positive for COVID-19.
The Buccaneers will take the field on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers.