Seattle Seahawks having ‘serious and ongoing’ discussions with Antonio Brown

[ATL96Steeler]

Pete Carroll has done a pretty dang good job managing personalities throughout his Seahawks tenure. As a fan of an NFC rival team that routinely has to face the Seahawks in the postseason, I hope this doesn't happen. AB is probably more likely to hold himself together under Carroll than any other coach in the NFL.

In spite of his talent...I think Brown has been shocked into the reality that he's literally on his last leg in the NFL...it could be any team assuming the money is right, I don't expect any new trouble out of Brown.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

In spite of his talent...I think Brown has been shocked into the reality that he's literally on his last leg in the NFL...it could be any team assuming the money is right, I don't expect any new trouble out of Brown.

Yep. The longer he went without a contract the more his ego subsided. Basically sitting out 2/3rds of a season was probably the best thing for him. He went from being a weekly headliner in the news for all the wrong reasons, to FINALLY being a quiet observer on the outside looking in.

He still has a 2cent brain, but the talent is still there for at least another couple years. I'd be more afraid of what a return to superstardom would do. Would it reinflate the ego, or would he finally act right?

Is that risk worth the media circus & drama? As a GM, you're looking at eating all that while he serves a suspension. Not exactly a comforting choice.

 

[RP-29]

In spite of his talent...I think Brown has been shocked into the reality that he's literally on his last leg in the NFL...it could be any team assuming the money is right, I don't expect any new trouble out of Brown.

Malcontence (malcontentment?) and egomania are personality traits. I think he can probably suppress them short term, but it will certainly not last. Once he becomes comfortable in his environment, the old AB will trickle back in because that's who he is.

 

[night]

Most wide receivers are divas. You ask him to shut up and play and hope he doesn’t embarrass you too much. If he pushes everyone’s button leave a poison pill in his contract where you can just toss him to the curb.

 

[Judge Fudge]

Called it.

Well we are good with attitude and "problem players" or players with a past.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Malcontence (malcontentment?) and egomania are personality traits. I think he can probably suppress them short term, but it will certainly not last. Once he becomes comfortable in his environment, the old AB will trickle back in because that's who he is.

AB is a nutcase...I agree...but he's a calculated nutcase...if you noticed...once he got to NE...(a place he clearly wanted to be) most of the stupid stuff ceased that we saw at the end in PIT and his short time in OAK.

He got booted for the off the field stuff that happened long before he got to NE.

I do agree he is who we think he is, but he's all about the money right now imo and he knows he's on his 8th life in the league...if he gets another shot...he can count it as his last. He'll keep his mouth shut until he's ready to leave for good.

 

[RP-29]

AB is a nutcase...I agree...but he's a calculated nutcase...if you noticed...once he got to NE...(a place he clearly wanted to be) most of the stupid stuff ceased that we saw at the end in PIT and his short time in OAK.

He got booted for the off the field stuff that happened long before he got to NE.

I do agree he is who we think he is, but he's all about the money right now imo and he knows he's on his 8th life in the league...if he gets another shot...he can count it as his last. He'll keep his mouth shut until he's ready to leave for good.

Like I mentioned, I think he'll be on good behavior until he gets comfortable. If he gets another shot, it will last as long as his coaches and teammates keep him in check.

I also don't see him walking away on his own terms... There's too much Terrell Owens/Chad 85 Johnson in him.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Like I mentioned, I think he'll be on good behavior until he gets comfortable. If he gets another shot, it will last as long as his coaches and teammates keep him in check.

I also don't see him walking away on his own terms... There's too much Terrell Owens/Chad 85 Johnson in him.

Some truth there, but I don't really see him getting overly comfortable...Brown wants cash and he knows this is his last opportunity to cash NFL checks.

 

[RP-29]

Some truth there, but I don't really see him getting overly comfortable...Brown wants cash and he knows this is his last opportunity to cash NFL checks.

In that same breath, though, some people are incapable of getting out of their own way. ...Like an alcoholic that gets arrested for a fourth DUI and swears to everyone he knows that he'll never drink again.......................then..................

...I guess we'll see how much control AB has of himself...

 

[ATL96Steeler]

In that same breath, though, some people are incapable of getting out of their own way. ...Like an alcoholic that gets arrested for a fourth DUI and swears to everyone he knows that he'll never drink again.......................then..................

...I guess we'll see how much control AB has of himself...

You could be spot on with Brown...he's always had some diva in him, but I wouldn't confuse that with nutcase Brown....Nutcase Brown came out when he was trying to get more money...get out of PIT, get out of OAK. Like I mentioned earlier...when he got what he wanted in NE...he was more like diva Brown.

You said it best...we'll have to see.

 

[Tapey]

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.
Now it looks as though they're here to stay.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Wasn’t it just last off-season that Percy was tryin to make a comeback?

It looks like he is attempting a comeback.... He’ll be 32 starting the season should he make a squad ...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cb...ought-i-was-done-but-that-itch-came-back/amp/

 

[Schmoopy1000]

Weird response. I'm not sure what the 2020 4th place Rams have to do with this thread.

ouch! LOL

 

[Schmoopy1000]

hes still trying to make a comeback

he looks exhausted moving just 5 yards.
Not sure about any PEDs but ego is not your amigo son.

 

[Schmoopy1000]

That might look purdy on paper but Lockett is still going to get the most targets and Metcalfe will be second. And Greg Olsen will be third.

I knew like year 2 that Lockett would be a weapon. it is kinda weird how people outside of Seattle area dont know this.
I dont think of myself as some kinda WR guru or anything, but how do you not see that danger coming? (out of area ppl)

 

[Tapey]

If the Seahawks do get Brown then you can no longer be a run first team with how many weapons they would have receiving, trying to run in spite of that would be super counterproductive.

 

[Jikkle]

For what the Seahawks do and want to do on offense he's not worth the potential headache.

Seahawks want to be a run first team and they really only become a volume passing team when they have to make a comeback.

They were dead last in 2018 and I'm sure they would've loved to have been dead last in 2019 but they had a lot of games that Wilson had to pass them back into.

I just don't see the targets being there to keep him happy and it's the one quirk that Carroll has in bringing in guys on offense that he'll hardly use when the best moves they could make on offense is building a stellar offensive line which always seems sorta an afterthought for them.

 

[seattlefan75]

The problem with the seahawks WR corp is depth. If either Lockett or Metcalf go down we would be going into games against the 49ers or Rams or even the cardinals with Philip Dorsett as our 2nd best option. That is not a good situation to be in. Brown also gives us an option at punt return

 

[jarntt]

Wait, Antonio Brown is eligible to play in the NFL with all the shit he has done? How is that possible?

 

[GNG]

Seahawks having ‘serious and ongoing’ discussions with Antonio Brown: Report

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