The NFL playoffs were in full swing, but that didn't stop Antonio Brown from making big news, with the former Pirates receiver saying he would file a lawsuit against the Pirates through a lawyer, believing he was leaving the game against the Jets because of an injury, while coach Bruce Arians ignored his request altogether.
Brown's attorney, Sean Justin, said on a television show that the NFL owes Brown money for ankle surgery, and they will also file a civil lawsuit against pirates, who believe that pirates slander Brown for having mental illness.
"Being said to have a mental illness would make Brown an unreliable person in everyone's mind, which indirectly affected his performance on the court," Justin said, "We will recover our rights as much as possible under the existing collective bargaining agreement, and if not, Brown may consider withdrawing from the existing collective bargaining agreement." We've put all the demands on the table and we're going to pursue the pirates' problems, the manager Arians, the general manager is responsible, they made it impossible for Brown to play well."
Brown didn't say how much money he wanted in compensation, he said he wanted a lot of money to make up for it, and he thought it was unfair for the pirates to always say he was mentally ill.
In previous reports and interviews, Arians said he didn't know Brown had a problem with his ankle, but in Justin's version, the Pirates' general manager Jason Lichte texted him after the game saying that he had synced with Arians about Brown's ankle injury, and the two men's accounts diverged.
Brown also said that when he was in midfield, he felt insecure because he was being targeted too little, saying that he was not worried about Tom Brady, he knew Brady would be on his side, but he did want more chances to catch the ball. The host then asked if Brown wanted to have more chances to catch the ball and then get a bonus for the corresponding number of yards and the number of catches, and Bostine De Brown answered in the affirmative.
On the issue of mental illness, Brown said that the pirates gave him $200,000 to sit on the sidelines for treatment, but Brown refused to do so, saying that he had no problem at all, that he had a wonderful family, and that fans all over the world admired him.
Arians, who did not use the term "mental health" when talking about Brown, said he regretted Brown's departure, but brown could provide it if he needed help.
Brown and his lawyers also questioned the points in weeks 16 and 17 that Brown was injected with a painkiller called Toradol before the game, and while the league still allowed the drug, the NFL made it clear in a memo last June that the drug was at risk of major bleeding.
(Text/Geng Haoyang)