Seattle Seahawks: Is Antonio Brown a necessary evil?
Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh Steelers. Seattle Seahawks. (Photo by Paula Lively via Flickr)
The Seattle Seahawks must decide if adding Antonio Brown’s elite talent is worth adding, with the significant amount of baggage that comes him.
What is your goal? It’s a question many people ask of themselves and others. Businesses have goals, as well. Whether its production, sales, market saturation, etc., successful companies have targets they strive to achieve. In that vein, the Seattle Seahawks, as a business, have goals as well.
What are the Seahawks goals? Obviously, they want to be successful on the playing field. Success there leads to financial success off the field in areas such as ticket and merchandise sales. For example, winning a Super Bowl is the ultimate on-field success. It’s also a financial boon to an organization, to the tune of tens of millions, as sales go through the roof.
Sometimes an organization such as the Seattle Seahawks have other goals. Acting as a good corporate citizen is, or at least should be, a goal of every company. In a market as socially conscious as the Pacific Northwest, its even more important to be perceived as a good corporate citizen.
Many times those goals go hand-in-hand. Other times they don’t. What happens when those goals conflict—case in point, the Seahawks and wide receiver Antonio Brown.
The Good
Brown’s talent is undeniable. Six Pro Bowl and four All-Pro selections back that up, and his 828 career receptions are 29th all-time. If Brown has two more good seasons, and he becomes only the 15th man in league history to reach 1000 NFL catches. A two-time league leader for single-season receptions, Brown has six 100-catch seasons under his belt. Finally, the man scores touchdowns, 75 to be exact, which ties him with Hall-of-Famer James Lofton for 34th all-time.