There was some brief concern earlier this morning when it was reported that Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown hadn’t actually signed his contract yet. Head coach Bruce Arians said Brown still needed to pass his physical, and it appeared for a second his return to Tampa could be in some doubt.
That doesn’t appear to be the case. The oft-embattled wideout did in fact have knee surgery on Tuesday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network tweets. Rapsheet says the procedure was a success, and that it was just “a clean-out after some issues last season.” Fortunately for the friend of Tom Brady, it’ll apparently only be “a few weeks of recovery, then he’ll be ready to go.”
Bucs GM Jason Licht also confirmed that it’s no big deal. “No, not concerned. The plan all along is to have him come in — I think he is coming in Monday to sign,” Licht told Ira Kaufman of JoeBucsFan.com.
Brown attracts drama like a magnet, but it doesn’t seem like this is going to be a lingering issue. He might be more concerned about the new lawsuit he just got hit with a few days ago.
They’re more concerned he’s going to assault the doctor.
He is having knee surgery. It will give the doctor the ability to get away.
How did his brain replacement surgery go should be the question.
They used one that said “ABnormal”
Zach Links already posted this story hours ago.
So let me see if there is a pre-season pattern here?
2016 – Steelers – Fights with Detroit, almost ejected misses 2 weeks
2017 – Steelers – Partially torn calf, misses three weeks
2018 – Steelers – Quad Injury misses pre-season
2019 – Raiders – Frozen feet, bad helmet, fights GM misses pre-season
2020 – Suspended for “multiple violations of the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy,” misses pre-season
AB just doesn’t want to practice.
Antonio Brown said he doesn’t need to catch any passes in the preseason to be ready to follow the three most productive receiving seasons in a row in NFL history.
link to post-gazette.com
Not sure how the Bucs are going to fit all their receivers onto the roster. But I sure hope they find a way!