NFL: Antonio Brown fails to show up at practice

[hockeykicker]

Could be something, could be nothing who knows

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[What the Faulk]

Sounds like nothing

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Lol that PR staffer was talking that shit though good on AB for responding to him.

 

[Voight]

As nice as it is to make millions every year playing football, shit like this makes you think about what they really go thru.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

As nice as it is to make millions every year playing football, **** like this makes you think about what they really go thru.

Annoyance has to be one of the biggest things.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

The Steelers really hate their star players. (Except the QB).

 

[StreetHawk]

Could be something, could be nothing who knows

Monday’s are for reviewing game tape and getting treatment for their recovery. No missed practice time. They need to let their body recover.

Not a huge deal so long as the coaching staff knew as was ok about it.

 

[m9]

Brown is amazing, competitive and works as hard as anyone in the league, but this kind of stuff drives me crazy.

He's just extremely selfish and not a smart guy.

 

[mouser]

The Steelers really hate their star players. (Except the QB).

Well, by all accounts Big Ben hates the coaching staff.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Sounds like nothing

This is what we call "Damage Control". He, along with the rest of the Steelers star core, is a diva. After watching year after year of this core this is the only conclusion I can come to. Tomlin has no control of this team and the inmates are running the asylum.

Ben - throws everyone under the bus, takes credit for successes, skirts blame for failures. Threatens to retire every season so that he gets his way, but then complains when the Steelers draft a potential replacement.

Brown - Doesn't get the ball enough so he goes on the sidelines and cries about it. Getting in the face of the QB coach on the sidelines. Now he's not showing up to teem meetings for "personal matters" the day after throwing a tantrum on the sideline. Tomlin wouldn't confirm that the absence was excused, and knowing him he would have squashed it quickly if the team was fine with it. Judging by his remark about looking forward to meeting with AB, he clearly didn't speak to AB about it first.


Bell - Do I even need to explain? Guy can't even play a whole season, suspended multiple times, injured multiple times, but he wants to biggest RB contract in NFL history. He's now taken to trolling his team on Twitter/Instagram. First by posting an 'inquisitive' emoji after the Steelers tie (read:loss) to Cleveland and now by liking posts about them losing to KC. On top of that, he's been working more on his rap career than his football career.

Bryant - Albeit, he's gone now, he was developing the Diva attitude under the tutelage of Bell, Brown, and Ben. He saw how the team was run and fell into line with it. The Steelers bent over backward to take care of Martavis Bryant and he repaid them by demanding a trade and promptly getting himself suspended long-term AGAIN.

 

[BigMac1212]

I bet a certain bald guy at FOX is starting to facepalm...

 

[m9]

Well, by all accounts Big Ben hates the coaching staff.

Just making things up now?

He reportedly didn't get along with Haley (who is no longer on the coaching staff) but is a huge fan of new OC (and his former QB coach) in Randy Fichtner. Never heard of any Ben/Tomlin issues either.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Just making things up now?

He reportedly didn't get along with Haley (who is no longer on the coaching staff) but is a huge fan of new OC (and his former QB coach) in Randy Fichtner. Never heard of any Ben/Tomlin issues either.

Saying "hate the coaching staff" is definitely over-board at this point, but it's not wild to say that he has a problem with coaches. Many believe the Firing of Haley and hiring of Fichtner was to appease Ben.

I'm sure #7 likes Tomlin because Tomlin has no back-bone and lets Ben run the show.

 

[m9]

Saying "hate the coaching staff" is definitely over-board at this point, but it's not wild to say that he has a problem with coaches. Many believe the Firing of Haley and hiring of Fichtner was to appease Ben.

I'm sure #7 likes Tomlin because Tomlin has no back-bone and lets Ben run the show.

Ben's only coaches are head coaches, OC's, and QB coaches.

No issues with either Cowher or Tomlin.

Loved Arians, loves Fichtner. Fichtner was already on staff as a QB coach for one of the best offenses in the league, him getting a job as an OC was a logical hire.

No question that Ben & Haley didn't get along all of the time, but they made it work.