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OP-ED: What Can Brown Do For BA?

Background: EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - JANUARY 02: Antonio Brown #81 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers warms up prior to the game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on January 02, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey

As a long-time Cardinals’ fan, I immediately intuited what happened to Bucs’ WR Antonio Brown this past Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Didn’t you?

You see —- when things started unraveling for Bruce Arians in Arizona, there was another situation of what a Brown could do for BA. When John “Smoke” Brown was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, the team doctors administered accommodations for Brown, one of which was to limit for how many full speed reps he should be expected to perform in practice.