Antonio Brown’s latest social media blast brought another round of backlash, this time after Caleb Williams left the Bears’ loss to the Vikings with a hamstring injury.
Williams was carted off the field at Soldier Field on Sunday, a scene that quieted the crowd and set off concern among Bears fans. Brown jumped on a SportsCenter clip of the moment and posted, “All that for a pulled hammy?” before following it with a homophobic slur aimed at Williams.
The reaction came fast and it was overwhelmingly negative. Plenty of replies pointed to Brown’s own history as a player and questioned why he was in any position to mock Williams at all.
“I’m not in the business of defending the Chi Bears, but maybe he wasn’t sure about the severity and was thinking he tore it and might be facing a long recovery etc? Social media is a plague on society,” one fan wrote.
“From you, of all people? GTFO,” another added, nodding to Brown’s well-known track record of leaving games early during his career.
“You literally took your pads off and walked out in the middle of a game,” a third reply said, referencing Brown’s infamous exit from a 2021 game with the Buccaneers.
Some users turned Brown’s own language back on him.
“Caleb’s a [slur]? You started an OnlyFans, bro,” one person wrote.
Another asked, “how would you describe someone that left the field for hurt feelings?”
And one more told Brown he had “a one way ticket” to hell.
This latest post fits a pattern that’s become familiar. Brown recently used a similar slur toward Patriots receiver Mack Hollins after an unrelated comment about restaurant dress codes. He also went after Bills quarterback Josh Allen with nearly the same language last year, mocking a report about Allen’s pistachio farm with a doctored graphic.
Williams has been a target before, too. Brown previously mocked his painted nails in a post he later apologized for.
At this point, the reaction online feels predictable: Brown posts something inflammatory, the criticism floods in, and the cycle starts all over again.
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