Former NFL TE Martellus Bennett Goes On Epic Twitter Rant About The League, Life After Football

Former NFL tight end Martellus Bennett was in a mood to discuss the darker side of the league on Tuesday night, and he let it all out in a rant on Twitter.

Bennett, who played on five different NFL teams between 2008 to 2017, started his Twitter ramble talking about former NFL wide out and now broadcaster Brandon Marshall wanting a fight with boxing star Deontay Wilder.

The rant went on from there, as Bennett said playing pro football has made him an "angry person" and that the game itself is "dangerous."

“Honestly football made me such an angry person, everything bothered me,” Bennett tweeted.

“Football is interesting. Psychologically it’s some really dangerous s***. To really play the game of football you have to have some f***ed up wiring in your head.

He also claimed that it brainwashes those that take the field, and he cautioned parents to be careful about who coaches their kids.

“It’s chaotic. It takes years and years of brainwashing to go along with a lot of the s***. Lol. It starts at peewee. That’s why you gotta watch who is coaching your kids and what they’re teaching them beyond the game.”

Bennett, who made the Pro Bowl as a member of the Chicago Bears in 2014 and made an estimated $20.6 million during his career, then talked about life after football. He said that is has been tough to adjust to "normal" life and to be healthy now that his career is over.

Bennett's most successful run came during his three seasons with the Bears from 2013 to 2015. He not only made the Pro Bowl in 2014, but in those three seasons, he caught 2114 yards worth of passes and 14 touchdowns.

It will be interesting to see whether there will be any fallout or explanation from the former tight end about his tweets and whether there was a deeper meaning behind what he wrote.