Report: Steelers' Brown skips workouts, working on contract

[Steeldude]

sure, we could waste it on another tweener bust at LB but I'm figuring the D will suck anyway, might as well get Ben a new weapon to score those 35 pts a game we're gonna need every week.

WRs can be found in the later rounds. More pressing needs than WR.

[X-Terminator]

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[hawaiiansteeler]

Another thread on this subject... ZZZZzzzzz

hey, one can never have enough threads about Antonio Brown having children out of wedlock...

[SteelMember]

OK, that does it. For those of you who constantly complain about there being multiple threads about the same topic, we've already explained this numerous times in the past. We do it because the threads in this forum as well as the Around the NFL forum go out to Twitter and Facebook as news items. Thereby keeping those who may run across our feed/page but don't necessarily want to join a forum informed of what is going on. We don't do it to annoy people or piss people off. On top of that, the times when we DID combine threads into one topic, we had complaints about that too, from people who didn't want their threads buried. So, as usual, we are damned if we do and damned if we don't.

Not sure where this is coming from... maybe some deeper issue. Post all the side bars to the same story you like.

[tube517]

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/04...tary-workouts/

Oh, but AB is selfish.

[teegre]

http://www.steelersdepot.com/2015/04...tary-workouts/

Oh, but AB is selfish.

Maybe AB is so tired, from staying up with his newborn, that he simply forgot to act selfish.

FIRE BABIES!!!

[Lady Steel]

[steelreserve]

So basically ... some idiot made the whole thing up?

[fansince'76]

So basically ... some idiot made the whole thing up?

Or Brown realized he has zero leverage at the moment...

[Lady Steel]

Steelers receiver Brown attends workouts despite contract issues


Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown wasn't planning on showing up to any offseason workouts and threatened to skip at least part of training camp because he wanted a new contract.

Well, that all lasted about a week.

Brown was at the Steelers' facility on Monday taking part in the second week of the NFL's Phase 1 offseason program.

“We had a good day today in the offseason program. He was in the group today so I will leave it at that,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said during Monday's news conference previewing the NFL Draft.

Brown wasn't planning to participate in any of the nine-week voluntary offseason sessions — including four weeks of organized team activities set to start May 26 — and was contemplating skipping mandatory minicamp and training camp because he was seeking a new contract, an industry source told Trib Total Media last week.

Brown, the 14th highest paid receiver in the NFL, signed a five-year extension to his rookie contract in 2012 that was worth close to $42 million despite starting only three games in his two years in the league. Brown is due $6 million this year, $8.25 million in 2016 and $8.71 million in 2017.

Brown could still skip voluntary OTAs.



http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/...#axzz3YX3B2el1

[steelreserve]

Or Brown realized he has zero leverage at the moment...

This would probably be a good time for the front office to make it clear that as long as he's represented by Drew Rosenhaus, they won't be discussing any new contract terms period. If they've got any other players using him for an agent, best to do that for them too.

[tube517]

So basically ... some idiot made the whole thing up?

Can't say it hasn't happened before *cough* Ian Makeupareport *cough*

[teegre]

Can't say it hasn't happened before *cough* Ian Makeupareport *cough*

Exactly.

As as soon as I saw his name, I though: BULLSHIT.

[vasteeler]

harrison working out in full sweats.....thats chuck norris like

[zulater]

Or Brown realized he has zero leverage at the moment...

Bingo! Regardless it's a smart man who knows when to retreat.

[SteelerFanInStl]

harrison working out in full sweats.....thats chuck norris like

It looks like James borrowed those sweats from McCullers.

[Psycho Ward 86]

So basically ... some idiot made the whole thing up?

no. antonio brown knocked up his lady exactly 9 months ago so that he could passive-aggressively make it seem like he's holding out because of his baby or holding out because of his contract for leverage.

that god damn evil genius. how could we have been so naive.

#babygate

[zulater]

Think this thread can be safely closed now.

[Hawkman]