BUCS COACH ARIANS SAYS BROWN DIDN'T TALK ABOUT INJURY BEFORE WALKING OFF FIELD:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said Monday (January 3rd) that Antonio Brown didn't say anything about an injury before taking off his pads and shirt and walking off the field bare-chested during the third quarter of the Bucs game against the New York Jets a day earlier.
Arians had wanted Brown to go in the game and he'd refused, with an NFL Network reports saying it was because of an ankle injury that had kept him out for weeks. But Arians said yesterday that Brown didn't tell him he didn't want to go in because he was injured.
Arians on if there were any issues on the team side regarding the way Brown handled his rehab
“No. None whatsoever. He was cleared to play last week [and] played [well]. And [he was] cleared to play this week."
Although Arians had Sunday that Brown was no longer a member of the team, the Bucs didn't officially release him Monday, and ESPN said there are ongoing discussions with the NFL about how to move forward with the situation.