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Antonio Brown Goes After Daniel Jones, Giants on Social Media

Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown made his stance known regarding the Daniel Jones debate.

Ezekiel Trezevant IV

Antonio Brown Goes After Daniel Jones, Giants on Social Media
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New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is, by all accounts, a nice guy, a hard worker, and someone who is trying to navigate the difficult circumstances of his pro career.

It's been his play at quarterback that has sharply divided the fan base and pundits. Half empathize with his string of misfortunes, and half want the team to move on.

Put former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown in the latter camp. Brown, who isn't believed to have a connection to Jones, recently went after the quarterback on social media, mocking the player and the Giants for their willingness to stand by the man they gave the four-year, $160 million contract to a year ago.

Brown's first post doesn't consider that unlike Justin Fields, Kenny Pickett, Mac Jones, and Zach Wilson, all of those quarterbacks had the same head coach in place. On the other hand, Jones is in his third head coach in Bran Daboll and has had as many as five play callers (if one counts those times in which Daboll allegedly called plays last season) before their respective teams gave up on them for failing to develop.

The current Giants regime has seen the best and worst of Jones. In 2022, they saw a guy who led them to their first winning season and postseason berth since 2016 and were encouraged enough to give him a new contract. 

But there was still a degree of hesitancy on the Giants' part, thanks largely to Jones's growing injury history. After lying dormant in 2022, it resurfaced in 2023 when he suffered his second neck injury in three years and a torn ACL. That injury history is widely believed to be the reason behind the team's decision to put an escape hatch midway into the four-year deal.

Brown wasn't done mocking Jones, who showed up on stage at a concert a couple of weeks ago.

During his time with the Tampa Bay Buccanneers, Brown famously left a game against the Jets in the third quarter, ripping off his jersey and saluting the crowd before disappearing into the tunnel after allowing his emotions to boil over.

The former receiver, who has not played in the NFL since that bizarre outburst, is entitled to his opinion just like everyone else on Planet Earth. But regardless of what he thinks about Jones as a quarterback, no one can question the time or effort the former Duke signal caller devotes to his craft—even if the desired results haven't always been there.  

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Ezekiel Trezevant IV
EZEKIEL TREZEVANT IV

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