Antonio Brown Says Bucs Coaches Told Him To Leave After He Was Too Hurt To Re-Enter Game

The back and fourth of why exactly Antonio Brown stormed off the field in one of the strangest things to ever happen on an FNL field continues.

Antonio Brown now infamous took off his jersey and pads, threw his shirt and gloves to the crowd and paraded off the field shirtless in the middle of the 3rd quarter during Sunday’s Jets-Bucs game.

The initial reasoning was unknown, which evolved into the Bucs benching Brown with him in reach of contract incentives. That later turned into Brown refusing to go into the game despite Bruce Arians telling him too. Now, Brown’s camp is saying that he refused to enter the game because he was too hurt to play.

From @GMFB: How and why did #Bucs WR Antonio Brown end up storming off the field shirtless to end his Tampa Bay career? pic.twitter.com/nd6xq0xMLp

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 3, 2022

Bucs coaches told Antonio Brown to leave after he told staff he was too hurt to re-enter Sunday's game, per @RapSheet pic.twitter.com/Am4Td5ozRO

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 3, 2022

Brown was cut immediately after the game’s conclusion.