Shortly after his lawyer released a statement decrying the Bucs for pressuring him to play with an injury, Antonio Brown released a statement accusing the team of executing an “ongoing cover-up”, saying he was actually cut from the Bucs before leaving the field against the Jets on Sunday.
Brown said that he relented when pressured by a coach to play with an ankle injury, and was injected with what he describes as a “powerful and sometimes dangerous painkiller.” When the pain became too much and limited his performance, Brown said he exited the game and sat on the sideline, where he claims he was admonished by a coach to return to the field.