Raiders' Brown 反駁するs 報告（する）／憶測 of 退職 脅し
Oakland Raiders wideout Antonio Brown told reporters Thursday night that he never 脅すd to retire if he couldn't keep his old helmet, contradictory to an ESPN 報告（する）／憶測 from last week.
"I don't know where they got that, who made that up, either," Brown said after Oakland won a preseason game at Arizona, 33-26. "Why would I retire, man? I've got a beautiful career. I'm healthy. I love to play the game... I'm 感謝する to play the game.
."..I hate when my mom and my dad call me and say, 'What the (expletive)? 退職? Where'd he get that?' I never said that. That's the hardest part for me as an 競技者."
ESPN 報告（する）／憶測d last Friday that Brown told the Raiders he would retire if he could not keep the helmet he's used throughout his career (which has been 段階d out by the NFL), feeling that his 見通し is 限られた／立憲的な by other helmets that have been 認可するd for use by the league.
Thursday was Brown's first time speaking to the マスコミ since returning to Raiders training （軍の）野営地，陣営 in Napa, Calif., this week. He had taken an absence to tend to his feet -- which were blistered in a cryotherapy 事故 and have kept him out of most （軍の）野営地，陣営 practices -- and 試みる／企てる to get his helmet 認可するd by the NFL.
Brown's grievance against the league, arguing he should be 許すd to keep using his helmet にもかかわらず it 存在 too old to be certified, was 否定するd, but he has since used social マスコミ to 捜し出す out newer 見解／翻訳／版s of the same helmet that could be 認可するd.
Brown said Thursday he feels he's been portrayed inaccurately by さまざまな 報告（する）／憶測s over the last week.
"絶対, I feel misunderstood," he said. "But I'm not here to try to 勝利，勝つ people over or make people feel a 確かな way about me. I'm an 競技者. I'm a human 存在. I have 堅い 肌, but 扱う／治療する me like a human. 扱う／治療する me with 尊敬（する）・点."
一方／合間, Brown said his feet are 改善するing and he's の近くに to getting 支援する on the field, although he wasn't ready to commit to practicing when th e team gets 支援する to work on Saturday after an off day Friday.
"My feet are 傷をいやす／和解させるing in the 権利 direction," he said. "I'm just ready to be around my チーム仲間s and get to work and be with the guys."
長，率いる coach Jon Gruden told reporters he 推定する／予想するs Brown to practice before the Raiders break （軍の）野営地，陣営 on Monday to 長，率いる 支援する to Oakland. Brown ran 大勝するs and caught passes from starting quarterback Derek Carr on the field 事前の to the game Thursday.
--Field Level マスコミ
