Antonio Brown is one of the most controversial figures in the National Football League (NFL) history. Brown has played for several major NFL franchises. He has been a part of the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Although he played in the league for over 10 years, his only NFL title came with the Buccaneers in 2021.
Brown was an important part of the Super Bowl-winning squad. Alongside Tom Brady, the wide receiver had an excellent season and earned the first Super Bowl ring of his career. However, the good times did not last for too long. Brown, who is never too far away from negative headlines, left Tampa after his relationship broke down with the franchise.
A bitter Antonio Brown targeted Brady on many occasions after the incident. During Tom and his supermodel ex-wife Gisele Bündchen’s divorce, Brown posted a picture of himself with Gisele. It caused a lot of controversies. Brown also had several legal troubles all throughout his career as well.
Just like his professional life, his personal life was a roller coaster as well. His father Eddie Brown left him and his mother Adrianne Moss to focus on his football career. Antonio Brown had a fascinating childhood. So who is Eddie Brown and is he in touch with Antonio? Let’s find out.
Why did Antonio Brown gift his father a Rolex watch?
Football was in Antonio Brown’s DNA as his father Eddie Brown was quite a good player himself. Although he never played in the NFL, Eddie Brown had an extensive career in AFL. Brown played for Indiana Firebirds from 1994 to 2003. Unfortunately, the AFL league was scrapped shortly after, in 2004.
But, as long as Eddie Brown played, he performed at an incredibly high level. Nicknamed “touchdown,” Eddie had incredible stats in the league. However, he was not really the most family-oriented man on the planet in his prime. Throughout Antonio’s childhood, Eddie Brown did not stay in touch with his son. The AFL legend was more ambitious toward his career and it led to Eddie moving on from Antonio and his mother.
However, they reconciled later and Brown even attended Eddie’s jersey retirement ceremony in 2018. But, things came to a boiling point in 2019 when Eddie Brown commented on his son’s struggles with his NFL career. Throughout his run in the NFL, Antonio fell out with his teammates and coaches. He left the Steelers after clashing with Ben Roethlisberger.
He was then fired by New England Patriots and Brown quit Tampa in the middle of a game! Hence, Eddie critiqued his son for the way things turned out. During an ESPN interview, Eddie asked his son to seek help for his behavior. However, Antonio was not too pleased by it. He revealed in a tweet that he bought his father a Rolex watch as a symbol for missing time. Antonio also labeled Eddie as a “failure.”
My dad a failure with 9 kids working @ups he still pays my mom child support do not take anything he says serious I just bought him a Rolex for waisted time !! Only news he can make talking about me what about your other 8 kids chump
— AB (@AB84) December 24, 2019
Much like his relationship with his father, Brown also had issues with his mother as well. Antonio’s mother, Adrianne Moss, remarried when Brown was only 16. As a result, he basically became homeless at a very early age. However, Brown does not blame her as he thinks his past set him up for the eventual success that he had in NFL.