Antonio Brown was officially released at 4 PM EST. In an hour he had a new home. The diva wide receiver has found a hole in what some may call the most unlikely of places, New England.
The defending Super Bowl champions have signed Brown to a one-year deal worth $15 million including a $9 million signing bonus.
For his part, Brown now gets to team up with Tom Brady, Julian Edelman, Josh Gordon, and Demaryius Thomas giving the Patriots one of the deepest and most talented receiver rooms in the league—and maybe in the history of the NFL.
When Rob Gronkowski announces his retirement in March (two weeks after Brown was traded to Oakland) the starting receivers for the Patriots were projected to be Phillip Dorsett, Edelman, and Matthew Slater—a career special teams player. With Week 1 they have significantly upgraded what was once considered a weakness.
Brown won’t be eligible to play on Sunday night, which sees his new team face his former, former team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
All the drama between Brown and the Raiders have been well-documented. However, none of that will fly on Bill Belichick’s team. If the wide receiver can’t fall in line he will be out of New England almost as quickly as he got there.
Social media was been a big part of Browns short time with the Raiders. He released this video earlier today documenting him finding out that he was let go by Oakland.
Now, things like this obviously won’t fly in the robotic constraints of the Patriots organization—pour one out for fun—but the 31-year-old has to know that if he plays by the rules for one year he’ll likely get a Super Bowl ring and another shot at big money this offseason.
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