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Former Pittsburgh Steelers Pro Bowlers Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell had been allowed in the identical room collectively Monday.
Brown’s “CTESPN” podcast hosted the 2 ex-stars in a dialogue of their unceremonious exits from Pittsburgh.
They opened up about their ideas and fears about power traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
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The illness causes psychological degeneration to those that have had repeated concussions and traumatic mind accidents. It is frequent amongst NFL gamers.
Brown, specifically, has been suspected of getting the illness. He has repeatedly claimed he has it in social media posts, like one from September 2023, when he wrote, “She know I got CTE that’s why she licking me” in a video posted to X. In April, he wrote, “My CTE acting up.”
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During Tuesday’s interview with Bell, Brown requested his former teammate if he thought he had the illness. Bell stated he did not suppose Brown had it, nor did he suppose he had it himself.
Brown then floated his personal definition for the illness, which is much completely different from the medical one. Brown denied the concept CTE causes “brain damage.”
“I don’t want to say it’s brain damage because you can’t live if it’s brain damage,” Brown stated. “I feel like people try to frame CTE as a concussion you may have, but yo, we had a bunch of concussions. You know what I’m saying, like, you could live after a concussion.”
Antonio Brown of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers warms up previous to a sport towards the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium Jan. 2, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Elsa/Getty Images)
Bell initially stated he believed CTE was immediately associated to mind harm. But he did not make any change to his stance later within the dialogue.
Brown stated he thinks CTE is a group of traumatic incidents. He pointed to an incident that Bell stated he went by means of earlier within the present, when he was simply 4 years outdated and needed to play on the defensive and offensive line as a result of his uncle needed him to get used to soccer hits.
“I feel like it’s a characteristic of traumas that we all as people go through,” Brown stated. “Any kid having to go through that is building some kind of trauma because now, as a kid, you just become more aggressive. You develop anger.”
Le’Veon Bell (26) of the Pittsburgh Steelers stiff-arms Pierre Desir (35) of the Indianapolis Colts throughout the second half at Lucas Oil Stadium Nov. 12, 2017, in Indianapolis. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
But Brown beforehand stated he thinks his CTE was attributable to successful from his teammate, former Steelers linebacker James Harrison, throughout an Instagram dwell session Feb. 4.
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“I wanted to tell you guys that I think James Harrison gave me CTE,” Brown stated. “James Harrison had an illegal helmet for over 20 years in the NFL, and he hit me one time. And, ever since he hit me, I’ve been super aggressive. So, blame James Harrison for my CTE.”
In December, home costs had been introduced towards Brown after an incident at his residence in Florida. The costs had been in the end dismissed. In October, he was ordered to pay a transferring truck driver $1.2 million after an alleged assault in February 2020.
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