Weasel of The Week: Antonio Brown

Earlier today, Antonio Brown, who has burned bridges with three teams now in record time, sent off a series of tweets, claiming he's done with the NFL, although agent-enabler Drew Rosenhaus is trying to find another team (read: patsy) for his client, when the only place the second generation star should be right now is in rehab.

As reported yesterday, the New England Patriots cut Brown on Friday, three days before he was to receive $9 million in guaranteed money after additional allegations came to light courtesy of Sports Illustrated, that Brown had been accused by a second woman of sexual misconduct. Brown allegedly, in a group text, had threatened or intimidated the accuser.

As we noted, had Patriots owner Robert Kraft, cleared of some not exactly similar charges involving a Florida massage parlor earlier this year, known what was going on, he would not have signed off on signing Brown two weeks ago. Brown targeted Kraft in one of his tweets, alleging that maybe, just maybe, Kraft used his money and influence to get the charges dropped against him.

Brown, unfortunately, is a man on a path toward self-destruction. As we've noted, his father, "Touchdown" Eddie Brown, became a local icon in the 90's, playing arena football for the Albany Firebirds, culminating in an ArenaBowl title 20 years ago. Eddie was a solid citizen, and we all thought it was the same with Antonio.

Nope.

After Brown was cut on Friday, there was a roundtable discussion on several cable talk shows, including FS1's Speak For Yourself, which now has Marcellus Wiley as one of its hosts, replacing Colin Cowherd:



Today, on Fox NFL Sunday, former coach Jimmy Johnson spoke for much of the NFL's fan base when he suggested that no one should sign Brown until the NFL completes its investigation, because any team that does (stupidly) runs the risk of wasting money if Brown is placed on the commissioner's exempt list.

Do yourself a favor, Antonio, for the sake of your father, and all of your fans, as well as your dad's fans here in the 518. GET OFF THE BONG! Stop being the NFL's answer to Kanye West. Save yourself, and clean it up ASAP.

Until then, enjoy the Weasel ears.