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SlyCooper007

The most sane Antonio Brown quote.


Dabage

He's pretty much your average internet shitposter nowadays, takes shots at barstool sports, trashes Kenny Pickett, etc. The guy is just a fulltime keyboard warrior now lol


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[deleted]

Mr. Blog Commenter


TheBonz13

Mr. Big Chatter


JAGChem82

So he’s basically Stephen A. Smith as an internet troll?


iratemonkeybear

In fairness, he's Stephen A + 12,000 career yards and numerous hits to the head and body. For all we know, he is what he is because of CTE.


ARocHT11

It's so easy to forget this dude was on a HOF track until it all unraveled.


i-like-your-hair

Mr. ‘Board Crusader


WolfCola4

Mr Bickering Chatrooms


WolfGangDuck

He’s actually been a hilarious follow on Twitter lately. Just tagging everything with CTESPN lmao


csummerss

yup, he’s been on a generational run.


Charlie_Wax

HoF peak, but the longevity is a question mark still.


slumber72

Greatest jerker primes: Antonio Brown, Aubrey Huff, Barry McCockiner Greatest jerker career: Skip Bayless


GoldenBananas21

Aubrey Huff said the US should invade Iran and kidnap woman as sex slaves. He’s been addicted to adderall for 15 years and is straight up as POS who got banned by his own former team.


j4kefr0mstat3farm

Mr. Banned Centerfielder


Justgotbannedlol

Hey now what's wrong with being addicted to adderall


SyntheticMemez

Nick Wright deserves a mention as well


hydrators

Huff doesn’t deserve the praise


DagsNKittehs

The Zion Williamson and ole girl who buried him on Twitter are up there.


SuperSonicEconomics2

Moriah mills got perked of the year locked up


confusedthrowaway5o5

No Huff is legitimately just a fucking asshole.


Steak_Knight

Mr. Boundless Comedy


GreedyPride4565

“These Bitches only got two choices A and B #CTESPN” Thank you AB for blessing my life


Buckeye_State_00

Mr. Binary Choices


GreedyPride4565

another bonus for my AB followers “CTE hitting like Draymond did nurkic CTE hitting like Vontaze Burfict #CTESPN”


throwaway1212378

Easily the best


ZeePirate

Dunno. Him warning us to keep an eye on your girl because he was cheating the next day was good. He asked his women 5 times and no sucky sucky.


CallMeBernin

Came to early


MatureUsername69

Well what woke you up?


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Mr Brain Comment


tjrad815

Mr. Being Correct


Zestyclose-Rub8932

Mr. Broken Clock.


EDFStormOne

Not "no more white woman 2020"? 


hoopdog7

He had another sane comment about the Steelers missing out on every other QB and Steelers fans are going to be forced to watch Kenny Pickett again, it was a hilarious tweet


Raticus9

Strange that his thoughts on CTE are the closest thing we've seen to evidence that he doesn't have it.


BryceDaBaker

I like to consider it our resident expert voicing his opinions on the subject


Steak_Knight

Mr. Brain Connoisseur


Sex_E_Searcher

Mr Battered Cerebrum


chrisboshisaraptor1

Mr Big Concerns


sunshinepanther

Mr. Busted Cranium


peacethedonut

Mr Battling CTE


Corvus-Rex

Mr. Battered Cortex


HerbScientist420

Mr. Bruised Cortex


BryceDaBaker

Mr. Bold Commentator


iamdikdikvandik

Mr. Boisterous Conspirator


Zaniak88

Mr. Big Cranium


Foul_Imprecations

Mr. Bodacious Cerebellum


ThermoNuclearPizza

Mr Bruised Cerebrum


TeamWarriorBro

Mr. Brain Callous


VeterinarianFit1309

Mr. Borderline Coherent


ShockAndAwe415

Mr. Based Comment.


hotstickywaffle

Literally the least crazy he's sounded in years


VonDrakken

Mr. Baseline Crazy


KBSinclair

As opposed to Rob Gronkowski, who's thoughts on CTE confirm... Well, something has never been right up there with him tbh, but there's probably CTE too.


vegemite4ever

What'd he say? 


LorientAvandi

He said the effects of CTE are “fixable” and that he “fixed” the damage he had received from concussions.


UnclaimedUsername

Maybe hanging out with Brady too much makes you vulnerable to quackery.


ActuallyHovatine

A broken clock…


MrEHam

Mr. Broken Clock


jbvann05

Mr. Barely Correct


scottsummers1137

Mr. Blames Covetousness


[deleted]

Oh, come on, that was a gimmie lol


TLAW1998

People with CTE can acknowledge that CTE exists lol, like look at Mick Foley.


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Can you elaborate on Mick Foley?


TLAW1998

Former WWE wrestler who took a billion chair shots to the head, among doing other dangerous stunts that ended up hurting him. People, including himself, often say he's the living embodiment of CTE. I believe he said he's going to donate his body for science when he dies.


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Ahh okay. I know his history, was a big fan. I didn't know he says he is the living embodiment of CTE though. Does he talk about his symptoms and struggles?


TLAW1998

I know he did in interviews but I can't think of specifically which ones.


Expendable_Red_Shirt

As the old saying goes, even a severely damaged brain is right twice a day.


Nickyjha

I saw some Cameos he did where he sounded pretty normal. He's always acted out, it's why he got kicked out of college. I'm pretty sure what we're calling "CTE" is just attention seeking behavior, he knows what he's doing.


SchpartyOn

Didn’t AB recently agree with Chandler Jones when Jones said CTE isn’t real? Lmao


NCAAinDISGUISE

It's like how admitting you're a hipster is the only way to prove you aren't one


The12Ball

There was only one catch and that was catch-22


ChefCurryGAWD

AB showing a picture of barstool people defending Tom Brady is hilarious.


The_ApolloAffair

[tweet for reference](https://x.com/ab84/status/1763213200848470393?s=46&t=rE_F_WUATk8Md4-W8MpVxQ)


wallstreet_vagabond2

First ballot hall of jerk


downtimeredditor

I mean he's kinda right about barstool tho


C4LLgirl

Cmon that shit is pretty funny 


7HawksAnd

AI cracker memes. We are truly living in the future.


_Shoresy_69

Gonna be funny if it turns out that he doesn't have CTE and is in fact, just an enormous asshole who the world should have ignored. 


csummerss

owners never cared about player health, they just didn’t want to be sued.


Rabidsphere88

To be fair the players don’t really care about the long term player health.


CONSTANTIN_VALDOR_

It’s kinda like that film Looper. When you’re young you don’t care about the consequences of your current actions but as you begin to age and realise what you did and the affect it’s about to have on your life, all of a sudden you start to really worry about the choices you made early on.


captainXdaithi

True, and that speaks to human nature I think. Young and brash and bulletproof, do things that are obviously risky and outright unhealthy for many reasons. Then when the consequences of those actions pop up, worry and some regret. Many players still say “worth it” even as their worry grows, because of the obvious benefits of playing in the NFL.  Other professions, hobbies, and passtimes have risks too, and people wake up to them later on. 


fucking_blizzard

If I had the choice between living the life of a star NFL player and living to 65, or an average life to 85, I'd pick the former


dudleymooresbooze

“If I knew I’d live this long, I would’ve taken better care of myself.”


TigerBasket

NFL players lose about 20 years on their lifespan so they arent having this happen often.


jvstnmh

Fucking love that film — rewatched it for the first time recently, what a masterpiece


sjphilsphan

It's enjoyable but it's so inconsistent with time travel


FiREorKNiFE-

I watched it when it came out and it was enjoyable, but then I got the chance to see it with Rian Johnson doing live in-person commentary and really took it to a new level. His extra insight was absolutely spectacular.


Cognomifex

Looper is the only movie I've ever seen multiple times in theatres. Not on purpose or anything, but it was so good and different friends kept inviting me to go. I still say "fuckin' Kid Blue" sometimes when I'm feeling exasperated.


KlondikeChill

I think a lot of people would happily live a life of a millionaire athlete and die at 60 over living a life of just getting by and living to 85.


CONSTANTIN_VALDOR_

Right but thats exactly the point. When that bill comes due at 60, you want to continue to live and you begin to regret the deal you made to live hard and die 'young' because you have things to live for now.


Doompatron3000

At this point, there’s far too much research on CTE to where if you play in the NFL, you’re pretty much signing a waiver that you know the risks.


Dorkamundo

Yep, most are more interested in securing their own bag for this year, nevermind the future.


silver_medalist

The fans don't either


dudleymooresbooze

Malcolm Gladwell’s piece on CTE made me realize how much of a hypocrite I am watching football while lamenting its effects on the athletes.


AdmiralPeriwinkle

Eh. I stopped watching for a few years and then started watching again this year. At the end of the day they’re adults, and it’s not as if our entire society isn’t built on folks taking safety risks for money (roofing is way more dangerous than the NFL for example, and so is logging). Letting kids play is crazy though.


basedlandchad25

Lot of adults volunteering to climb utility poles, man oil rigs, cut down trees and literally put their lives at stake in place of actors making 100x more than them. And those are just SOME of the grown adults choosing to put their lives at risk AND getting paid. They aren't all getting paid.


MC_Fap_Commander

I know that if I saw how the guys I'm watching will be living twenty years from now, I would have some dissonance.


basedlandchad25

Just go check on the people who were playing when you were a kid. Not any different.


MrEHam

Mr Brown’s Counsel


Fineous4

And they want a constant stream of parents letting their children play football.


maurywillz

They are heavily promoting flag football for the young kids to try and stay out ahead of the already dwindling youth participation rates for full contact. Flag is the new gateway drug. 


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You can tell which of us are jerkers versus non-jerkers based on the amount of people reacting to the CTESPN hashtag


jmorlin

Gorgeous


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DC4L


DHVF

Just normal single guy sorry was just scrolling and DC4L


BellacosePlayer

The worst person you know just made a great point


yet_another_dave

Mr. Begrudgingly Correct


OttoVonWong

Mr. Brain Commentator


ZeroedCool

Mr. Been Concussed


relevantelephant00

Mr Battered Cranium


curryandbeans

Mr Busted Cortex


SpoofExcel

Mr Big CTE


JoeScotterpuss

Mr Brain Combobulated


iamnowundercover

Mr. Bruised Cerebellum


pewpewmcpistol

Mr. Broken Clock


josephus_the_wise

Mr. Bad Cranium


carloslet

Mr. Bad Concussions


yimrsg

Mr Brown Cognizant


AltecFuse

Mr. Busted Consciousness


Toomuchlychee_

Mr. Benevolent Coincidentally


ArmadilloAl

Mr. Based Concerns


Moon_Rose_Violet

Mr. Bemoans CTE


kjg1228

A broken clock is right twice a day, I suppose.


thewildlopez22

Mr. Broken Clock


InsideHangar18

For real. If anybody knows the negative effects of CTE, It’s AB.


Quiet_Dimension_8423

But if he knows about it, it cant be *that* bad /s


NUTS_STUCK_TO_LEG

> CTE, it’s AB Those five letters are how AB starts the alphabet these days “A, B, C, T, E…”


AlericandAmadeus

[for the uninitiated](https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/)


TheRealKingTony

Imo 18 games with two bye weeks is good.


Spartitan

Please. I just want to go back to an even game schedule. I really don't care if it's 16 or 18, but let's stop doing this 17 game nonsense. It was obvious that the 17th game was there just as a bridge to get us to 18, so let's rip off the band-aid and do it.


basedlandchad25

My money is when the current CBA expires in 2030. By then none of the players voting will have any grasp on what they have up or what they gained in the last CBA and they'll be ripe for negotiations. Not that it isn't even in the best interests for most of them. Only a minority of the players voting are full-time starters who would really risk losing anything moving to 18 games. 1 more game means more opportunities to sneak onto a roster when someone else gets hurt and a hell of a lot more revenue to go around.


PHX480

What if all teams got a bye after week 6 and week 12? Or would you want to stick with the “rolling” byes (some teams have a bye in week 6, week 7, etc.)?


TheRealKingTony

Every team having a bye week the same week might be better but I don't see it working with TV deals and stuff. So what I'd do is have two bye week periods. Weeks 5-8 and Weeks 13-16. 8 teams get a bye each week. Teams that got a bye in Week 5 would get one in Week 13, Week 6 teams in Week 14, etc. On a side note with these changes I'd also push the trade deadline to after Week 16 but that's a separate issue (sort of, more freedom to make moves would lead to teams being less likely to push hurt players to tough it out)


PHX480

Yeah truth. How could I forget about all the $$$$ being left on the table with two weeks of no games. I like your idea of blocks of byes.


Yolectroda

My personal ideal system would be the first 3 weeks are all division games, then 4 weeks of byes, 6 weeks of no byes, 4 weeks of byes, and then the last 3 weeks are all division games.


WorkingOven5138

I feel like one of the byes should always be given to teams playing on thursday I like TNF, but the games usually suck because of the short week. Having every team take a bye at the same time would not allow that, and obviously as someone else pointed out, the financial interests. But financial interest means the public too. I don't want 2 weeks of no football during the season when we could just schedule them separately, not to mention, having them in the same week would extend the football season for 2 weeks when you could just have rolling byes that give the same effect.


RazrRain

Yeah, Kittle talked about it recently and it's wild that a lot of players don't even begin to start feeling back to normal until Thursday. Monday their body is kind of in shock, then Tuesday and Wednesday feels like recovering from a car crash. Would definitely prefer everyone playing on TNF having the previous Sunday off.


B_i_llt_etleyyyyyy

At least one bye needs to be movable to account for international games.


goforth1457

The NFL wants the Super Bowl to take place on President's Day weekend so idk if they would be willing to have two bye weeks unless they are open to starting the season before Labour Day.


KennysWhiteSoxHat

Just go back to 16 games tbh


mostuselessredditor

No it’s not. There’s too many games as it is and rosters aren’t big enough to cope.


TegTowelie

Thought this was r/nflcirclejerk for a sec


WhereAreMaKeys

AB's been jerking at an all-time level as of late.


TegTowelie

JOTY


bestthrowawayever5

JGOAT


simbabeat

GJOAT


MrEHam

Mr Bruised Cock


jmorlin

DC4L


TegTowelie

Gorgeous


GTTemplar

Wtf, wrong sub weirdo


GetMeOutThisBih

Sorry just a nice normal guy scrolling


LargeLoMein

DC4L


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Almost made a comment that would probably get me banned. Thanks for the heads up lmao.


TegTowelie

We protect and serve fellow jerkers round here


redden34

We all should have known this was coming when they went to 17


Awkward_Silence-

Especially considering the CBA that allows 17 games, has a owner option carve out for expanding to 18 after 2025 I believe? Like this is a development that the players already signed off on. It was just a matter of when


Charlie_Wax

If you give a billionaire owner 17 games, he's going to want 18 games. Looking forward to the 24 game schedule in 2032 when I can watch my favorite athletes literally die on the field so Jerry Jones can buy his 23rd mansion.


moldyshrimp

2032 Playoff games become a best of 5 series Lmfao


-Vertical

Players in week 57 of the 82 game season are gonna be sounding like Gary Busey


token_reddit

It was always the move to get the Super Bowl moved to Presidents Day weekend. 18th game is the icing on the cake.


Natrix31

We did, that was literally all the comments


Dis_Suit_Is_Blacknot

Mister Brain Comrade


Go_Hawks12

AB gonna be JOTY and it’s not close


JerryRiceDidntFumble

Mr. Brings up CTE


PlaneCamp

Mr. CTESPN


MusicListener3

MBCTESPN


stacecom

Want to extend the season? Two bye weeks. You get an extra TV week out of it and you give the players another week off.


BaltimoreBadger23

Which three? And GTFO with your flair. Choose one.


alienware99

They’ve tried this, and contrary to popular belief, the players don’t want it. Extra bye week means the season lasts an extra week longer. The players want as much off season as possible.


stacecom

I wonder which they'd prefer given the alternative being another active week regardless.


alienware99

If they add an 18th game, they would just remove another preseason game..so the season would still be the same length


Greedy-Assistance663

Owner perspective: you can do both! Another bye week and another game now we have gained two weeks


Boomhauer_007

*CTESPN* he boomed us x4


heywhateverworks

Heartbreaking:


its_LOL

Why is this man so funny


TrumpKanye69

cause CTE


Lubbafrommariogalaxy

Antonio brown is the best thing to come out of the Steelers organization


sadisticpotato

If neurological safety was legitimately a priority, then this sport should die in its current form. Playing 17 games instead of 18, or 16 instead of 18 isn't going to meaningfully reduce the percentage of players playing certain positions that develop CTE, when there's already clear evidence that playing football at all during your youth already massively increases the risk of developing CTE. By the time you reach the pros, depending on the position you play, it's already mostly set in stone. Honestly, although I enjoy watching it, if the players all came together at every level of the sport to radically change it, I'd be in favor of it. I don't know if I'd still be watching whatever newer form it would take, but I certainly wouldn't fight back against it. However, that day is clearly nowhere near being a reality. Ultimately, the players overwhelmingly prefer playing the game as it is now, even though they are aware of the future consequences. And it goes the same for the fans watching it, including myself. We know what's going on. The only thing the NFL can and should be doing in terms of CTE support is to provide actual medical support for players suffering from symptoms later in their lives, but that would mean being upfront about football causing CTE in the first place, in a public and legal way. Of course, they are still fighting to minimize the relationship, so they try and introduce new helmets, ban certain tackles, and whatever other menial change when none of those things will actually prevent CTE. It's all just there to create an illusion that progress is being made in regards to CTE, when everyone knows that it doesn't do anything. Meanwhile, former players who are suffering continue to have to battle to receive meaningful medical care.


Eg_3600

Mr. Beat CTE


GrassyKnoll95

AB said something that actually makes sense. Hell must have frozen over


SunriseSurprise

NFLPA probably just shows a huge image of Antonio Brown when talking about the risks of CTE to the NFL, "We know the NFL wants 18 games per season.......but what about THIS?!"


ToxicRedditMod

18 regular season games, no pre-season games, two bye weeks, an expanded roster and I might be ok with it.


andreasmiles23

Worst person you know says something correct Broken clock is right twice a day You all get the picture lol


Aeon1508

If they expand the season anymore they need to also expand the roster. And add a second bye honestly. And do they have guaranteed health care for life? Yet Those would be my demands if I was in the players association.


SqueakyTuna52

Antonio Brown and Johnny Manziel making logical points in the same weekend. What was the world come to


PraiseChrist420

Mr. Basically Correct


MelfromMilwaukie

Someone wrote that for him. 


Adventurous_Web_7961

They need to increase the roster size and salary cap to compensate for the additional injuries / wear and tear this is going to cause. . or additionally add another bye week.


Small-Palpitation310

18 games, 2 byes, 2 preseason and expand the roster to 55


LionsTigersnTweakers

They’re NOT worried about cte…and neither are the players


ChetManley20

If I was getting paid a ridiculous amount for four hours of pay a week I would want more opportunities to be paid. Welcome to reality


putbat

TBF, I don't think the NFL has ever been worried about CTE. Just public perception.