Is Antonio Brown Worth the Risk for Brady and the Bucs?

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🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Antonio Brown is back in the NFL after agreeing to a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday. On the field, Brown is one of the most prolific wide receivers in NFL history, with over 11,000 receiving yards and 80 touchdowns in a career that began as a humble 6th round pick. But off the field, Brown has had ongoing issues: from social media outbursts to troubling sexual assault allegations and an arrest. After serving an eight-game suspension for violating the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy, Brown will reunite with Buccaneers QB Tom Brady, who was Brown’s teammate for one game in New England last season, before Brown was released by the Patriots. Mina Kimes, who profiled Brown back in 2015 for ESPN the Magazine, joins the show to discuss his tumultuous journey to this point, and to assess whether the hall-of-fame caliber wide receiver is worth the risk for an already surging Buccaneer offense. Then, Pablo weighs in on the surprising news that the Philadelphia 76ers are reportedly about to hire former Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tom, you've played with Antonio Brown.
0:02.5	How would you describe him as the player and the person?
0:06.9	Well, he's a tremendous football player.
0:09.1	And, you know, I play with him for a brief period of time.
0:12.3	So looking forward to working with him again and, you know, see what role he can come in.
0:17.8	And, you know, he's a very hardworking guy.
0:21.8	That was Tom Brady, doing his best to say nothing interesting about his newest Bucks
0:27.7	teammate, Antonio Brown.
0:31.2	It's been more than a year since Brown last played in the NFL with Tom Brady in New
0:36.3	England.
0:37.4	But after just the latest in a series of
0:39.5	troubling allegations emerged, the star receiver was cut by the Patriots and banished from
0:44.9	the league until this week. Today, our very own Mina Kimes traces Brown's insane trajectory
0:53.1	from childhood all the way to Tampa Bay and whether
0:57.1	the potential reward for Brady's bucks is worth the risk. I'm Pablo Torre. It's Thursday, October 29th.
1:07.1	This is ESPN Daily.
1:16.8	Mina, you once profiled Antonio Brown.
1:19.2	How long has it been since you reported that story?
1:20.7	Oh, my goodness.
1:24.9	It has been five years.
1:29.1	Mina Kimes is the host of the Mina Kimes show featuring Lenny Podcast.
1:33.2	She profiled Antonio Brown for ESPN in 2015.
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