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Danny Smith Says Antonio Brown Didn’t Like Being Taken Off Punt Returns

In almost every respect, the addition of Jacoby Jones was a disaster. Not only was it counter-productive to the team, it turns out Antonio Brown was very unhappy over being replaced for punt return duties. The always-honest Danny Smith explained the story yesterday during his press conference to discuss 7th round pick Demarcus Ayers.

“When last year we went with the Jacoby Jones experiment. And we made that decision to make that change. After that meeting, AB came to my office and very distinctly said, ‘Danny, I don’t like it.