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Antonio Brown hasn’t played a game for the Raiders this season but he’s provided several headaches for the front office already.
During training camp, Brown went missing from practice because he was angry about his helmet situation which pissed off GM Mike Mayock.
GM Mike Mayock issued a statement today regarding Antonio Brown. pic.twitter.com/5ueLsrOmid
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) August 18, 2019
“You all know that A.B. is not here today. So here’s the bottom line. He’s pretty upset about the helmet issue,” “We have supported that. We appreciate that. But at this point, we’ve pretty much exhausted all avenues of relief. So from our perspective, it’s time for him to be all in or all out. So we’re hoping he’s back soon.”
Mayock has now fined AB for the missed practice and the diva wide receiver is not happy about it.
Oh boy. @AB84 posts a “Dear Antonio” letter from @MikeMayock on his IG page.
It reveals the @Raiders fined him 40k for missing camp on the day Mike gave his “all-in or all-out” soliloquy to the media. pic.twitter.com/y7s1YoCBoL
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) September 4, 2019
Antonio Brown posts his displeasure with fines from #Raiders pic.twitter.com/0OMhdwFu7K
— Vic Tafur (@VicTafur) September 4, 2019
“When your own team want to hate but there’s no stopping me now devil is a lie,” Brown wrote in the caption. “Everyone got to pay this year so we clear.”
Of course, Twitter had some thoughts on Brown’s latest tantrum.
https://twitter.com/UncleLe38280853/status/1169263475111223302
This really isn't on Antonio Brown. The Raiders knew — didn't they? — what they were getting. There's a reason they got him for only two middling draft picks. This is on the Raiders and it looks like Mayock is the one assigned to do the tough love.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) September 4, 2019
Raiders: “we’re going to employ a tough love approach with Antonio brown. That’s the best way”.
Tomlin: pic.twitter.com/FsTZfhpcaF— J🍩ey Bag 🍩f D🍩nuts 🍩 (@joeybagovdonuts) September 4, 2019
On Antonio Brown saying Raiders are hating:
Can you imagine skipping lots of work and forcing your colleagues/ bosses to make up for your absence, causing everyone headaches? Then acting like you're a victim because they penalize you for no-showing/ leaving them high and dry?
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) September 4, 2019
Antonio Brown is gonna be a huge problem for the Raiders. The Steelers were smart to get rid of his giant attitude problems.
— Chris. (@iCruells) September 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/AndrewPerlowich/status/1169262568302686210