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Despite all the rumors, it doesn’t seem like Tampa Bay Bucs head coach Bruce Arians is interested in teaming up Tom Brady with Antonio Brown.
For the past week, it had been reported that Brady had been trying to get potential teams to bring in AB so that he could reunite with his former Pats teammate.
As @TomPelissero and I discussed on TV, the word among teams interested in Tom Brady were among the impression that Brady wanted to bring Antonio Brown with him to a new team. Brown is still under investigation, and remains to be seen when he can play. But Brady is close with him
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 18, 2020
On Thursday afternoon, Arians went on the Tiki and Tierney radio show and was pretty blunt when asked about whether he was considering signing Brown.
#Bucs HC Bruce Arians on possibly signing Antonio Brown: "It’s not gonna happen. There’s no room… It’s just not a fit here.”
What if he wants to come on the veterans minimum? “No. I just know him and it’s not a fit in our locker room.”
(via @TikiAndTierney)
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) March 26, 2020
News: Even though he expressed interest in joining them, the #Buccaneers will *not* sign All-Pro WR Antonio Brown.
Bruce Arians confirmed.
""Yea, it’s not gonna happen. There’s no room. It’s just not gonna happen. It’s just not a fit here."pic.twitter.com/Yf6ZUrth95
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 26, 2020
According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Arians wasn’t a big fan of Brown when he coached him in Pittsburgh back in 2010.
New #Bucs QB Tom Brady may want to bring Antonio Brown with him to Tampa Bay, but it doesn't sound like coach Bruce Arians enjoyed his previous time with AB. pic.twitter.com/HivirRnQAV
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 19, 2020
He’s had Antonio Brown before, he had him a couple of years in Pittsburgh, it does not sound like it went well, it does not seem like the direction the Bucs will be going