For those who may have wondered what in the heck happened to Antonio after he ran through the tunnel, I found the following. The chauffeur did not say where he took him, though.
Antonio Brown all smiles being picked up by NJ driver after sideline meltdownBy Joseph Staszewski
January 2, 2022 8:18pm
Antonio Brown didn’t have an Uber drive him away from MetLife Stadium.
Instead he had a chauffeur to some of the NFL’s biggest stars pick him up after his sideline meltdown got him kicked off the Buccaneers on Sunday.
The 33-year-old receiver was seen smiling in the back of New Jersey driver Danny Chalet’s car on a post to the chauffeur’s Instagram story. The post came hours after Brown stripped shirtless and angrily walked off the field during Tampa Bay’s win over the Jets, ending his rocky tenure with the team. It meant Brown was not going to travel on the team jet back to Tampa.
Chalet, a Bloomfield, NJ, native who lists Odell Beckham Jr., Saquon Barkley, Jamal Adams, Brooks Koepka and others among his clients, posted a photo of himself on FaceTime with Brown requesting a ride.
Chauffeur Danny Chalet posted about the ride on his Instagram Story.Danny Chalet/Instagram
“When my brother call me I’m there…” Chalet wrote. “You know how I’m coming…”
He’s then seen in a series of videos with Brown — apparently in New York — including one with Brown on his phone smiling in the back of Chalet’s car.
Brown, in his first comments since the incident, posted a photo of him in a Buccaneers jersey to his Instagram account with the caption “(Big MAD (Making a Difference) Thanks for the opportunity.”
Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians told Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer that Brown refused to enter the game when he asked him to before storming off.
His stadium exit seems to have ended with him entering Chalet’s ride.
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Why state troopers wouldn’t give Antonio Brown a ride after bizarre meltdownBy Jaclyn Hendricks
January 3, 2022
When a shirtless Antonio Brown ran through the tunnel Sunday at MetLife, security believed that it was a random fan and not one of Tom Brady’s top targets.
“We thought he was a jumper,” a security officer said Sunday, according to ESPN, following Brown’s mid-game meltdown.
Brown, who stripped off his jersey on the Buccaneers sideline in Sunday’s eventual win over the Jets, gestured to the crowd before entering the tunnel, where he asked New Jersey state troopers for a ride to the airport. The now-former Tampa Bay receiver was told “no,” per ESPN.
“He was shirtless and didn’t have his wallet,” the security officer said.
Brown did find a ride, however, courtesy of New Jersey chauffer Danny Chalet, whose clients include some of the NFL’s biggest stars. The 33-year-old receiver was seen smiling in the back of Chalet’s vehicle, according to a post on the driver’s Instagram Story.
“When my brother call me I’m there…,” Chalet captioned an Instagram Story that featured the pair FaceTiming. “You know how I’m comin…”
As for what’s next for Brown, it won’t be a return to the Buccaneers. Following the receiver’s bizarre scene, head coach Bruce Arians confirmed postgame that Brown is “no longer a Buc.”
Arians also told Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer that Brown refused to enter the game. When the receiver refused a second time, the Bucs coach reportedly told him to get out.
Brown later took to Instagram following his wild Buccaneers exit, posting a photo of himself in a Tampa Bay uniform.
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