Fansided · Feb 8, 2019
Why the 49ers should avoid trading for Antonio Brown
The San Francisco 49ers have many decisions to make this offseason. The decision to pass on trading for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown should be an easy one.
NFL teams hold onto 30-year-old franchise wide receivers like a 14-year-old boy holds on to images of the first pinup he found under his older brother’s mattress. Both are clung to until they fade or something better comes along.
So how does a team’s brightest star all of a sudden become available to the highest bidder? In the case of Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, the cause is a culmination of incidents and behaviors that finally moved the needle into the red.
