Antonio Brown's Drama Derailed Bucs' Super Bowl Run

0:00On March 31st, Tampa Bay Buccaneers rode high with Tom Brady, winning Super Bowl 55 at home in 2020, the first team ever to do it in. Their own stadium. They almost repeated the next year, but fell short. Before that glory, they hit the playoffs, five straight seasons from 2016 to 2020. Then came the drought, missing out completely in 2022 through 2024, and again, last year. Early retired linebacker Lavante David went on the bussen with the boys' podcast, and put some blame on Antonio Brown for killing their backs-a-back. Shot. Brown walked off mid-game against the New York Jets, tanking his career and shaking up the locker-room vibe. David figures Brown's drama hurt team mentality more than his talent helped, even though they beat the Jets without him. They still pushed to the NFC championship, but couldn't top the Rams, who went on to win Super Bowl 56. As Ford, the Bucks are rebuilding without Brady's magic, but David's take reminds us how

1:03one player's chaos can derail a contender's run. From around the league, powered by AI, this is NFL News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.