AB is officially set to debut for TB. On Tuesday, the Buccaneers activated Antonio Brown off of the reserve/suspended list. To make room, they’ve waived fellow wide receiver Cyril Grayson. 
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Brown, who is currently bunking up with quarterback Tom Brady, has been drawing rave reviews in practice. Meanwhile, many in the football world have expressed skepticism about his potential impact in the locker room.
“Mark my words, it’s going to be a problem,” one executive familiar with Brown said recently. “You have no idea the stories we could tell you about this guy. Everything is a struggle. … There were plenty of valid reasons why [Arians] didn’t want anything to do with him a year ago. Unless this guy has completely reinvented himself, and done a complete turnaround, this is going to get ugly.”
Brown, 32, will just $1MM in base salary and bonuses, with the potential to make as much as $2.5MM. If the Bucs win the Super Bowl, AB will receive a $750K bonus, and he has three separate $250K bonuses for receptions, yards, and TD milestones. Those incentives are only in play if the Bucs reach the playoffs.
The Buccaneers advanced to 6-2 after edging out the Giants on Monday night. Brown’s new squad will fight to stay atop the NFC South this week when they take on the Saints, who are riding a four-game winning streak.
That picture is worth 1000 mr. big chest words
and so it begins
Odds on if he makes it to the end of the season?
I say 2 games in and he is not getting enough targets to put him on pace with the incentives and……BOOM!!!! goes Mr Big Chest!!!!
The only guy I hope suffers a career ending injury! FU Brown
Of all places he could go to reshape his image, he ends up in Tampa, FL? Outside of Miami and maybe LA, this might be the worst place for him to try and stay out of trouble. At least he is living with ‘Dad’ so maybe he can keep AB in check for 8 weeks. I wonder if he has a curfew at Chez Brady? If the Tampa nightclubs and strip joints are open during the pandemic, it’s probably only a matter of time before something controversial happens down there. Vegas should put out odds on his chances of staying with Tampa through week 17. I’d say it’s about 50% right now. I’d love to see him turn his life around, grow up and take this opportunity seriously but AB has some serious mental health issues that might prevent him from doing so. Hopefully he is in therapy and working on bettering himself. He still has rape charges pending against him. If he ends up convicted, his career will be over (as it should be). Hopefully they are unfounded accusations and he’s able to turn his life around but AB has a history of destructive behavior and history has a way of repeating itself. You know it’s bad when Drew Rosenhaus drops you as a client. One thing is for sure: this is his LAST chance for him to resurrect his career. We’ll just have to wait and see if he can hold it together long enough to do so. Get your popcorn ready!
Good write up Dorothy.
Thing is, Brown’s issues have had little to nothing to do with nightlife.
Social media, ex’s, and both verbal & physical assault stemming from incidents with people he hires for jobs have been what has derailed his career.
So I’m not sure Tampa itself will be an issue. Dude just needs to not be a scumbag and stay off social media.
Question, Is Gisele living there too? Would not want my wife in the same house as him.
Now, Gisele can come out of their panic room.
Mr. Brown…
Welcome to Ybor City…
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Tampa Bay absolutely DESERVES every negative and/or disastrous occurrence that result from signing this POS. How freakin stupid could a football team be? I’m not a hateful man, but I was rooting for Tampa up until the point where they signed AB. Now I am hoping it turns into a complete nightmare for them because it was so obvious to everyone else, yet they went ahead and ignored it. This guy DOES NOT deserve an 4th chance…or 5th chance…or however many he’s already had. Imagine all the crap that we’ve never even heard about and has never been made public that went on in Pittsburgh and Oakland. You know both teams did all they could to keep as much under wraps as possible to avoid negative publicity and to avoid looking foolish for employing this clown. Tampa really had something good going this year…why they would take such an ignorant, irresponsible, and unnecessary risk just absolutely blows my mind. Someone with most certainly severe case of CRT should not be allowed to continue in the NFL.
Welcome to Tampa Bay!