Former NFL star Antonio Brown Mar 26, 2022; Miami, Florida, USA; Former NFL player Antonio Brown gestures to the fans while standing in from t of former professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. during the second half between the Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets at FTX Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has always been known to speak his mind, especially on social media where he frequently tweets out rather wild content. But on Friday, he received a ton of criticism from fans for a pretty disrespectful tweet about Buffalo Bills star Damar Hamlin.

Hamlin is perhaps best known for his extremely unfortunate injury suffered in a 2023 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, collapsing on the field and going into cardiac arrest.

Well, Brown made light of the incident inΒ response to a Twitter post that stated to name β€œA fictional character’s death that you have not gotten over”, posting a picture of Hamlin.

Naturally, many fans took notice of this dig at Hamlin and immediately blasted him for the rather distasteful tweet.

It didn’t take long for Hamlin to take notice of the tweet, ripping Brown by calling him a “burnt out old head”.

“You just DM me on Monday? guess you playing lame games on twitter with my situation because I ain’t DM you back,” wrote Hamlin. “I pray God don’t ever let me turn into a burnt out old head like you. I used to look up to you damn near shit sad frfr. Talk bout a clone bring the real AB back!”

The sad part of this situation is that Hamlin likely isn’t lying about looking up to Brown as a kid. He grew up in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, which is less than five miles from downtown Pittsburgh. Hamlin also notably went to the University of Pittsburgh to play his college ball.

Despite all this, Brown opted to poke fun at a near-death situation from Hamlin, which is a bit shameful as far as I am concerned.

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About Reice Shipley

Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.