NEW: The Oakland Raiders released disgruntled star receiver Antonio Brown on Saturday before he ever played a game for the team.
The Oakland Raiders released disgruntled star receiver Antonio Brown on Saturday before he ever played a game for the team.
Oakland instead decided to cut ties entirely. The Raiders had been counting heavily Brown after trading a third and fifth-round pick to Pittsburgh for the game's most prolific receiver in March. They also gave him a new three-year contract worth $50.1 million that now is void following the release. Brown posted on his Instagram account Saturday morning that he's not angry but wants the"freedom" to disprove his skeptics.
ESPN reported the new fine was for $215,073 for conduct detrimental to the team. That allows the Raiders to release Brown before the season opener without having to pay him more than $29 million in guarantees over the next two years, although Brown could still contest that in a grievance. The video ends with Brown saying,"I'm more than just a football player, man. I'm a real person. It ain't about the football. I know I can do that. I show you guys that on the daily. This is my life. Ain't no more games."
But Brown was unable to practice at the start of training camp after getting frost bite on his feet during a cryotherapy accident in France.
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