Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown is certainly a character. Sometimes, it's entertaining. Sometimes, it can destroy a locker room.
Count Hall-of-Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe among those who would not want Brown as a teammate, saying that it doesn't even matter how much he produces:
“Good luck, Raiders with [Antonio Brown] in your locker room,” said Sharpe on Undisputed. “… I wouldn't want to play with him; I don't care if he gave me 160 catches & 1,800 yards. The Steelers don't realize this now, but the best thing they've done was get that guy out of the locker room.”
Sharpe used the New England Patriots' success as a model in his argument, saying the reason why they have been so great for the better part of two decades is because Brown's type of behavior is not tolerated in their locker room.
Brown was traded from the Pittsburgh Steelers last month after a tumultuous final season with the club.
Things reached a boiling point in the week leading up to the season finale when Brown got into a heated dispute with Ben Roethlisberger in practice that apparently ended in Brown throwing a football at the quarterback.
The 30-year-old then refused to practice, complained of knee pain but refused to go for an MRI and then went AWOL on the team before consequently being benched by head coach Mike Tomlin for the Steelers' Week 17 game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Brown's relationship with Pittsburgh only worsened from that point forward, leading to a breakup between the two sides.
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