Antonio Brown says Buccaneers pressured him to play with broken bone fragments in his ankle during the Jet game

So far, we all know that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers released Antonio Brown after he left the field during the team’s recent match against the Jets. Antonio is now talking about the situation and says he was forced to play against the Jets while injured.

According to Tampa Bay TimesOn Wednesday, Anotonio issued a statement through his lawyer, Sean Burstin, saying: “Because of my commitment to the game, I gave in to the pressure directly from my coach to play injured. Despite the pain, I got dressed, my staff injected what I now know is powerful and sometimes dangerous painkillers, which the NFLPA warned me not to use, and I did my best for the team. I played until it became clear that I could not use my ankle to perform my playing duties safely. On top of that, the pain was extreme. ”

He later said in a statement that he had an MRI performed on Monday. He continued: “What they didn’t know until now was that they did an emergency MRI of my ankle on Monday morning. It shows broken bone fragments stuck in my ankle, ligaments torn from the bone, and cartilage loss that are not painful. You can see the protruding bone from the outside. But this must and can be corrected. Magnetic resonance imaging was read by two top orthopedic surgeons in New York.

In his statement, he also made it clear that he did not leave the team, but was expelled. “Being fired for a painful injury was bad enough,” he said. “Then came their ‘spin.’ The coach denied that he knew about my ankle on national television. That’s 100 percent inaccurate. “

Statement by Antonio Brown through his lawyer@seanburstyn: pic.twitter.com/pJ3VGFBjSy

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Like previously announced after Antonio left the field during the match, Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said: “He is no longer Buc. This is the end of the story. Let’s talk about the boys who went out there and won the game. “

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