At the conclusion of the 2018 NFL season, Antonio Brown was a seven-time pro bowler, the consensus #1 wide receiver in pro football, and well on his way to becoming a first-ballot Hall of Famer when it was all said and done. But a controversial exit from the storied Pittsburgh Steelers franchise during the 2018 off-season was followed by a tumultuous stint with the Oakland Raiders and a short-lived tenure with the Patriots in 2019; due to his behavior off the field. With no employment opportunities within the National Football League in sight, Tom Brady seemingly pulled strings for his team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, to sign Antonio Brown to a one-year deal worth up to $2.5 million. In addition to getting AB another NFL job, Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen extended their hospitality to the troubled wideout by opening to doors of their family home to him during the Buccaneer's Super Bowl-winning season back in 2020.
What a difference two years makes. From the moment that Antonio Brown was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, following a dramatic on-field exit from the team's regular season game (2021) against the New York Jets, he has publically thrown shade at Tom Brady for not helping him secure a long-term deal with the Buccaneers, not throwing him the ball enough when they were teammates, etc. When news broke that Tom Brady's 13-year marriage to Gisele Bündchen was headed for the rocks, Antonio Brown appeared to be the one and only A-List celebrity to make a celebratory post on social media that mocked the potential divorce. The former Bucs receiver posted a picture of him and Tom Brady's wife embraced in a hug. Not to be outdone by himself, Antonio Brown recently posted yet another image online that poked fun at the marital problems facing his ex-teammate. This time around AB posted an altered cover of a classic children's book called "Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore." The illustration depicts Tom Brady as the dad who's leaving his family behind while Antonio Brown is sitting inside the family's home, awaiting Tom Brady's wife and children.
Antonio Brown is often compared to Terrell Owens because of his locker room/off-field antics and the toxicity that often follows. Whether it's fair or not, Brown may have seriously hurt his chances of being voted into the NFL Hall of Fame someday. His path into the prestigious club could end up being far more opposed than the one Owens endured before finally becoming a Hall of Famer.
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Source: Daily Mail
