“Nah, if I had CTE I wouldn’t be able to have this beautiful gym, I wouldn’t be able to be creative. I wouldn’t be able to communicate. He didn’t hit me that hard. You know, I got up and walked off the field. We won the game. I was all right. You play the game long enough, everyone get hit hard.”
Antonio Brown‘s behavior has been well chronicled over the past year, and the embattled wideout is finally speaking out about his dizzying 2019. Brown spoke with ESPN’s Josina 
Anderson about the various issues that have kept him out of the NFL since last September.
This interview followed Brown’s most-recent fiasco, which saw him turning himself into authorities on charges of battery and burglary. Brown was later released on bond. This latest event followed a long list of problems for the 31-year-old, including several accusations of sexual assault/misconduct. The wideout has been an NFL limbo since being released by the Patriots earlier in the season.
While the entire article is worth reading, we’ve compiled some of the notable soundbites below:
On his behavior over the past year:
“I think I owe the whole NFL an apology and my past behavior. I think I could have done a lot of things better.”
On Roger Goodell’s recent comments:
“I was pleased to hear that after 140 days that there was some positivity about me because as of late I’ve just been the cancer of the NFL. The problem child, the guy who gets in trouble, the kind of guy who has the bad narrative about him.”
On his sexual assault/misconduct allegations:
“I feel like I never really got in a conflict with no woman. I just feel like I’m a target so, anybody can come against me and say anything [that] I have to face. There’s no support, there’s no egos, there’s no rules in it, anyone can come after me for anything. No proof or whatever. ‘He said, she’s saying.’
“The media will run with it, so even if I’m not guilty, I already guilty because they already wrote it, put it on TV and put that in people minds. So for me to have to sit here and hear those the allegations of me is just unfair to me every time.”
On if he’s frustrated with the NFL’s lack of progress on resolving his potential punishment:
“Yeah, because one thing it does seem like when you’re comparing this to other cases, it does seem like those other cases have been decided upon a lot quicker and this has extended into, we are now days away from the Super Bowl.”
On whether he has concerns about a brain disease (especially following a vicious hit from former Bengals linebacker (and future temporary teammate) Vontaze Burfict):
“we all need mental help” yeah, some more than others
AB you are still delusional….stop being a clown if you don’t have CTE
that’s why i dont like the cte argument. its on him, not on an injury. even if he has cte, it surely wolnt do this on its own.
“surely”? Well, as long as you’re sure.
Not that I disagree with the personal responsibility perspective… Just seems like you’re interpretation conveniently supports your narrative.
im not gonna say he doesnt have cte as well, but i think its at least partially personality.
Saying everyone needs mental help is another way of saying big time
It’s a shame Marlon Brando is around to conduct interviews with Antonio Brown.
link to youtube.com
How many apologies can the guy offer in one year? I mean this is worse than a boyfriend/girlfriend going back and forth. His words are so hollow.
As hollow as his head….after I seen his video post confrontation with his baby mama and the police, I am convinced this guy needs serious, professional help….sooner than later..
This is the only apology this year, it’s January
“One year” doesn’t necessarily mean Jan 1 – Dec 31. “How many apologies can the guy offer in the past 365 days” is another way of saying the same thing.
I wouldn’t even go as far as to call it an apology, definitely not a sincere one. Look at the phrases he uses after saying hes “sorry”…
– theres “a bad narrative about him”
– I never really got in a conflict with no woman
– I get no support…anyone can come after me for anything, no proof or whatever, he said she said
– the allegations of me is just unfair to me every time
– it seems like those other cases have been decided a lot quicker than mine (…not possibly because he does something new every week)
– we all need mental help
I cleaned up the grammar in some of them… but the point is, the “apology” seems like a throw-away line when placed in contrast with the rest of the interview.
He has no remorse, just excuses. Honestly, he sounds like an addict, trying to justify his usage.
He needs to be ignored, we’re enabling him.
He needs professional treatment.
PRIDE goeth before a FALL …
Unless he says “I screwed up and I’m sorry and I take full responsibility” I don’t care. The fact he still things this is a narrative is a sign he has learned nothing and hasn’t change.