Tony Dungy Criticizing Robert Kraft for Patriots' Antonio Brown Signing is Borderline Idiotic

Tony Dungy is an NFL coaching legend, but he's flat-out wrong in this instance.

The former Colts and Bucs coach claimed he was disappointed in the New England Patriots for signing disgruntled wide receiver Antonio Brown after his controversial exit from Oakland, and he pins the blame solely on Robert Kraft.

What?

"I coached 13 years, and every year my first message to the team was, ‘We want to win the Super Bowl, yes, we want to be talented, but we have to be role models’," Dungy said.  "These kids in our country look up to NFL players and coaches, and I really think this sent the wrong message."

When you're as talented as Brown is, the message doesn't matter. Winning is the only end result with any importance, and Kraft understands this. If AB can help the Patriots secure an NFL record seventh Super Bowl, the drama surrounding his name won't matter. Dungy, of course, does not see this. Somebody was going to sign him anyway, man!

"I know coaches want to win but I’m disappointed in Robert Kraft," Dungy said. "I think at some point you say, ‘Just as an organization, we're not going to do this.'"

The Patriots are not above winning, which is the obvious end goal for all 32 clubs in the NFL. Despite Dungy's pleas for justice, this is just how things work in the modern national football league. Talent trumps all else.