Antonio Brown played in his first game back after getting suspended for turning in a fake vaccine card to the league, but he clearly did not want to talk about it with the media.
When ESPN reporter Jenna Laine tried to ask Brown about his coach having back during the suspension, the Bucs wide receiver flipped out and began yelling “next question.”
When asked about his suspension, initially Bucs' Antonio Brown didn't want to address it before addressing it: "I don't want to talk about that. You guys are all drama. It's all about football. We're going to talk about Carolina or I don't want to talk to you."
— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) December 26, 2021
#Bucs Antonio Brown's answer to Jenna Laine's question today. pic.twitter.com/XQv2iX96AC
— Dan Lucas (@WFLADan) December 26, 2021
Later in his postgame press conference, Brown went on to blast the media for creating drama.
Asked about his injury, Antonio Brown goes back to suspension: "It's a lot of drama you guys create, a lot of drama people create who want stuff from me. That's a part of life, a part of being in the position. I can't control what people want from me, what people write about me."
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) December 26, 2021
Update: Jenna Laine has responded to Brown’s tirade at the press conference.
I certainly meant no disrespect to @AB84 by asking him what it meant that Bruce Arians stood in his corner after what some would have considered a "screw up." He's allowed to answer how he feels. That's his right. But I can assure you, I care about honesty — not "drama."
— JennaLaineESPN (@JennaLaineESPN) December 26, 2021