Antonio Brown ejected from training camp after fight, ripping off helmet

Antonio Brown was booted from the Buccaneers’ joint practice with Tennessee on Thursday after he punched Titans cornerback Chris Jackson. 

Brown and Jackson were doing some one-on-one drills when things turned violent, TMZ reports. The veteran receiver reportedly complained that he was being held by Jackson so he grabbed his helmet and ripped it off Jackson’s head.

Brown reportedly left practice to cool off, later returning for seven-on-seven drills.

One Twitter user reacted to the incident by noting that Brown signed a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, so “not a problem to cut bait if they chose to.”

Another tweeted, “This is exactly what happened in Pittsburgh, people babied him and made excuses for him constantly. Tampa Bay is falling into that same trap except, brown isn’t nearly as good as he used to be.”

A third added, “AB is human. Everyone makes mistakes. Can’t keep bringing up his past everytime something goes wrong. Even calm level headed players like Andre Johnson got into altercations. Stop the hate.”

Gene Villarreal, another football fan on Twitter wrote, “Camp fights happen all the time. It’s hot out there, both teams talking shit It’s going to happen. Raiders- rams practice ended early because of fighting. This is a thing because it’s AB. No one is getting suspended. Safe to say no starters be playing week 2 of preseason.”

Thursday’s practice was disrupted by another altercation between Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons, Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette, and Tampa Bay center Ryan Jensen, CBS reports.