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Antonio Brown and Bucs head coach Bruce Arians have a bit of a tumultuous history which could make things a bit awkward in Tampa Bay. Arians, who had coached Brown back when they were both with the Steelers, didn’t seem interested in signing the wide receiver this offseason because he thought Brown was a “diva”.
On Friday night, ESPN’s Adam Schefter revealed that the Bucs decided to sign Brown to a 1-year deal despite Arians’ comments after Tom Brady pushed for the team to pick AB up.
Tom Brady has been a driving force behind Tampaβs interest. Now both sides working to make it happen. https://t.co/rIyKcYN3Mu
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 23, 2020
Update: Antonio Brown and the Buccaneers have reached agreement on a one-year deal, per sources.
Language still has to be finalized, COVID protocols passed, but Brown is likely to make his Bucsβ debut in Week 9 against the Saints.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 23, 2020
Immediately after the signing fans dug up an old tweet from 2019 of Brown bashing Arians, who had been critical of him at the time.
https://twitter.com/AB84/status/1085630975579774982
Fans thought it was funny Brown was going to play for Arians after publicly bashing him on Twitter just last year.
https://twitter.com/InsideASCIF/status/1319874130817261568
This is gonna go great lmaoo https://t.co/loCKok9Vxg
— jay π©π΄ (@jaydaagoat) October 24, 2020
This should be a great relationship lol. https://t.co/T9MUhzplbq
— Vergil (@MoonCake3441) October 23, 2020
https://t.co/JtnJdbGc26 pic.twitter.com/HNKLnClrww
— Jimmy (@EaglesMonkey) October 24, 2020
Thats your coach now. Good luck @AB84 https://t.co/ARmcj3M27i
— sβββ ππ²π° π½π±π²π·π°πΌ π¬πΈπΆπ²π·π° (@number7coming) October 23, 2020