Antonio Brown Had Surgery
May 19th, 2021
Went under the knife.
The Antonio Brown saga deepens.
So Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians is on record saying the reason furniture-tossing, bicycle-throwing receiver Antonio Brown had not signed his agreed-upon contract is that he couldn’t pass a physical due to his bum knee injured in the Saints playoff game last January.
Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht then told prize-winning JoeBucsFan.com columnist and Pro Football Hall of Fame selector Ira Kaufman this morning (Wednesday) that he had no concerns Brown would sign his contract, and expects him to do so early next week.
Well, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports Brown had surgery yesterday on his bum knee and Brown and the Bucs expect a contract to be signed soon.
So now it all appears clear. Brown couldn’t pass his physical, so he had minor surgery that should allow Brown to pass his physical so he can put pen to paper and help guide the Bucs to “Go for Two” season.
Does that sound clear to all? Works for Joe.
May 19th, 2021 at 1:17 pm
Fine. As long as it is minor.
May 19th, 2021 at 1:18 pm
Sounded clear on the PR pod the other day from BA. I’m not sure what wasn’t clear for you till today tbh.
May 19th, 2021 at 1:24 pm
If it weren’t minor it’s doubtful he would’ve waited all off-season to get the scope.
May 19th, 2021 at 1:28 pm
C’mon, Mort. Not everyone heard the podcast.
May 19th, 2021 at 1:32 pm
HE AND TB ARE PROBABLY IN REHAB TOGETHER
May 19th, 2021 at 1:39 pm
Hide yo kids, hide yo wife cause they scopin e’rybody up in here!
May 19th, 2021 at 1:40 pm
Crystal Joe 🙂
May 19th, 2021 at 1:42 pm
Rub some dirt on it AB…You’ll be right as rain in a few weeks
May 19th, 2021 at 1:57 pm
It didn’t seem to be bothering him during offseason training videos… interesting that he waited until now if surgery was needed.
May 19th, 2021 at 1:59 pm
This guy isn’t even needed till week 10 or so. It’s all good as long as he lives on Tom’s boat
May 19th, 2021 at 2:10 pm
AB’s knees have quite a few miles on them…So, for me…It’s buyer beware at this point in his career.
May 19th, 2021 at 2:11 pm
Little Napoléon over at PFT just HAD to have his little take on the AB situation
May 19th, 2021 at 2:16 pm
Better late than never. Like we don’t have the depth at receivers to back it up. Passing offense is going to be RIDICULOUSLY good. Especially if starters can remain healthy together through 17.
May 19th, 2021 at 2:17 pm
Nothing a lil’ avocado tequila won’t fix.
May 19th, 2021 at 2:19 pm
@Robert LMAO
May 19th, 2021 at 2:21 pm
Sounds like a simple meniscus issue to me.
May 19th, 2021 at 2:22 pm
His first surgery in his career, and its for a clean up. I have no worries here.
May 19th, 2021 at 2:37 pm
Works for me too, he was a huge part of the win last season, glad he is back!
May 19th, 2021 at 2:57 pm
joe – someone needs to ask the buccaneers why they havent been able to restock their inventory since the super bowl! the jerseys on sale havent changed and they havent sold one white brady or devin white (or many other players) jerseys since before the super bowl. i want a white one with the patch. the glazers could be making way more cash! i get the winter maybe they didnt have inventory but what gives??
May 19th, 2021 at 3:07 pm
Chris L:
Not sure where you are looking. Within a minute Joe found a white Devin White jersey.
Brady too.
Just choose “Select Player” option.
May 19th, 2021 at 3:32 pm
ah thanks joe. i was meaning when you search for jerseys they have the players (non custom) in the red with the LV super bowl logo but not white. the custom one for whatever reason even if you select player is more expensive.
i spent money for years on this team to break my heart and now i spend more after they win the super bowl. im a sucker for the bucs!!
May 19th, 2021 at 4:17 pm
Perhaps Giselle woe him out and he got his Wee-Knee fixed.
May 19th, 2021 at 4:17 pm
Wore him out
May 19th, 2021 at 5:40 pm
I’m not concerned about this at all. The Bucs have a deep receiver corps. As far as I’m concerned, he can sign his contract well into training camp, maybe even game three of pre-season. Veterans can do that. If he can’t go, how’s Julian Edelman’s knee?
May 19th, 2021 at 6:51 pm
Now I see why they trade up for Darden.
May 19th, 2021 at 6:54 pm
AB will be fine, he’s a f****** soldier… He wants a second ring… Everyone deserves a 2nd & 3rd chance in life….
May 19th, 2021 at 8:00 pm
Can you imagine a healthy Evans and Godwin… a healthier Brown than we saw at the end of last season? Gronkowski in football shape from day one? Tyler Johnson and Scotty with another year of experience? A healthy OJ? Brady completely up to speed with all the terminology of the system. Cappa back from his injury. The D backs with another years experience? Sounds pretty promising, wouldn’t you say?
May 19th, 2021 at 11:44 pm
Why did he wait till now to have surgery? He lost at least 3 quality months of healing time. Now we’re see him taking time off early because of this surgery. This is the crap that irks me about these prima donna athletes.
May 20th, 2021 at 4:38 am
Minor meniscus scope… Lavonte David did it in training camp and was fine by the season
May 20th, 2021 at 7:35 am
AB probably didn’t want being scoped being held against him in determining his price in free agency–pretended he didn’t need it, or actually hoped so.
May 21st, 2021 at 11:21 am
Mort assume nothing.