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We have almost reached the halfway point of the 2020 NFL season and some players are starting to get a little restless with their roles.
Antonio Brown’s cousin Marquise “Hollywood” Brown ripped the Ravens for not throwing him the ball enough after the team’s loss to Steelers.
On Sunday, another wide receiver, Golden Tate of the New York Giants also expressed some frustration after scoring a touchdown, yelling into the camera, “Throw me the ball!”
WR Golden Tate is a player the Giants are trying to move. The money (still owed almost $4.5M this year) could be prohibitive.
But Tate’s role with Giants has been shrinking (54% of snaps on Monday night). Only 5 targets past two weeks. Frustration growing?
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— Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) November 3, 2020
He apparently isn’t the only one in his family who thinks the Giants need to target him more than six times he’s been thrown the ball in the past three games.
Tate’s wife Elise is also angry about it and absolutely went off on the Giants on her Instagram story for not throwing the ball to her husband enough this year, reports the New York Post.
“HE NEEDS TO BE FED THE BALL,” Elise wrote in all-caps. “Period. Watch the film. He always comes down with the ball.”
She continued, “I’m lit. 11 years in the NFL I’ve never said something like this online, but it’s excruciating to watch and killing his stats this year but you can’t have yards on a few to no targets. He’s CRAZY making the most of what comes his way that’s for sure.”
Elise Tate also said her husband “was open the entire game” and added, “Golden is always a team player and wouldn’t never [sic] say this. I can’t watch such a playmaker be under utilized.”
She also said that Golden didn’t put her up to saying these things, “He’s gonna kill me for saying all this so I’ll [probably] have to delete this soon so until he sees it … and his teamplayer self, gonna make me take this down.”
Too late.
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