After being released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, disgraced NFL starlet Antonio Brown has said he wants to play with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.
Brown has been a lightning rod for controversy throughout his entire NFL career and was thrown off his most recent team, the Bucs, for his erratic behavior in the middle of a regular-season game in January.
Less than a month later, Brown has gone on record to say he wants to play with Lamar Jackson next and “give him his flowers.”
Antonio Brown says Lamar Jackson is “next in line” of the QBs he wants to play with.
— Jonas Shaffer (@jonas_shaffer) January 24, 2022
Lamar said in 2020, after working out with AB, that he’d be happy if the Ravens signed him.
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In the video clip, Brown notes that Jackson is a “great” quarterback, and “the dynamic of him playing” appeals to Brown.
Jackson has since replied to the video with a purple fiendish-face emoji. We assume it means Jackson wants to play with Brown, too, and that he supports the idea of Baltimore signing the veteran wideout.
— Lamar Jackson (@Lj_era8) January 24, 2022
Will the Ravens pair Lamar Jackson and Antonio Brown in 2022?
This isn’t the first time the two players have been linked.
Prior to the 2020 season, Jackson worked out with Brown in April and told reporters he would be happy if Baltimore signed the wide receiver.
Marquise Brown, who is Antonio Brown’s cousin, also worked out with the two of them and posted a picture of himself, Jackson, and Brown smiling together on a football field.
Antonio Brown ended up going to Tampa Bay that year, but after severing ties with that organization, he now hopes to rekindle his relationship with Jackson.
Playing with his family likely also factors into Antonio Brown’s reason for wanting to play in Baltimore. While Marquise Brown could potentially keep his cousin in check, the two receivers will be competing for targets, and it’s not hard to predict trouble brewing on the horizon.
Off the field, Jackson and Brown share a few mutual friends, namely rapper Kodak Black who sided with Brown when he was released by Tampa.
Despite Jackson and Brown’s close bond, Baltimore will probably steer clear of the testy wide receiver, who has played for three different teams in the past four seasons.
The Ravens are projected to have a stout receiving corps in 2022 with Mark Andrews, Marquise Brown, and Rashod Bateman, and while they could use another productive wideout, they also don’t want to play with fire.
Until further notice, these rumblings are just rumblings, and what Jackson wants — or seems to want — isn’t necessarily best for the franchise.