Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians reveals source of Antonio Brown's meltdown!

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wideout Antonio Brown appeared to quit on his team during this past weekend's game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. While the Bucs were driving down the field in the 3rd quarter, Brown was seen stripping off his jersey and equipment, tossing them to fans, and jogging to the locker room on his own despite teammates pleas for him not to.

And if you wanted to know the specific reason as to what caused Brown's meltdown, Bucs coach Bruce Arians has officially revealed the reason. 

Speaking to reporters this afternoon, Arians explained that Brown was pouting over what he felt was a lack of targets, and it finally culminated in the infamous exit. 

“He was very upset at halftime about who was getting targeted,” Arians said. “Got that calmed down, players took care of that. It started again on the sideline. We called for the personnel group that he had played in the entire game. He refused to go in the game. That’s when I looked back and saw him basically wave off the coach. I then went back, approached him about what was going on. ‘I ain’t playing.’ What’s going on? ‘I ain’t getting the ball.’ That’s when I said, ‘You’re done, get the eff out of here.'”

Of course, Brown was active on social media and said that he was being forced to play while injured, something that Arians also responded to. 

“You can’t force a player to play,” Arians added. “I mean, they have that choice. It’s their body. He decided to play. He and Mike both were on pitch counts. And we were trying to manage that the best we could in the first half.”