Patriots Keeping Schtum on Antonio Brown

The New England Patriots clearly knew what they were getting when they signed Antonio Brown. His history with the Steelers and the Raiders saw to that.

What remains to be seen, and what no one will say, is if they knew exactly what they were getting.

Since Antonio Brown moved to the Patriots, the sky has fallen down on his and the team’s head. A sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by his old trainer puts his summer of playacting into a starker context. 

Nobody from New England is saying much although they are throwing their support behind Antonio Brown – for now.

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Team captain Matthew Slater was literally scared to talk about the situation:

“I certainly don’t wanna minimize the seriousness of a situation like this. Very sensitive manner, and don’t wanna minimize it at all. But that being said, I certainly don’t think that I should be speaking on it, or I’m qualified to speak on it, because I don’t have any knowledge of the situation.”

Bill Belichick was a little more verbose, although he did refer to the Patriots’ statement rather than comment further.

“On Antonio’s situation, both Antonio and his representatives have made statements, so I’m not going to be expanding on any of those. They are what they are. We’ve looked into the situation. We’re taking it very seriously, all the way through the organization. I’m sure there are questions, but I’m not going to be entering a discussion about that today,” he said.

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“What I want to emphasize to everybody is, please allow the situation to play itself out,” said Drew Rosenhaus, Brown’s agent.

“Antonio will cooperate. He will cooperate with the Patriots, with the NFL, with any investigation, with the NFLPA; and in time, Antonio will be cleared,” he said.