Antonio Brown is ready to put all the drama behind him, at least for now. The star wide receiver has been in the headlines for everything other than football this offseason, but things are finally starting to get back to normal. Now that OTAs are underway, he can finally start practicing with his new Oakland Raiders teammates.
Brown spoke to the media after practice on Tuesday and said his new coach Jon Gruden has been pushing him. Per Scott Bair of NBC Sports, Brown said Gruden has been challenging him every day.
Gruden will “challenge me from the meeting room to the field, lining me up at all kind of positions, hurrying up the offensive tempo to see if I'm able mentally pick up what I’m doing where I’m lining up pretty fast, there’s never a dull day with coach. Always challenging, always high energy,” Brown explained.
So far, it sounds like everything is going good with the Raiders and Brown. The wideout appears to be buying into everything Gruden is selling, which has to be music to the ears of Oakland fans. With all the distractions this past year, it's been easy to forget that Brown is still one of the most dominant players in the game.
Hopefully, for the Raiders, all the offseason drama will fade away as the start of the regular season gets closer. However, they might not be so lucky. There's been a lot of speculation that they'll be on HBO's ‘Hard Knocks' this summer, which would put their big personalities, like Brown, right back into the spotlight.
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