Buccaneers Release Wide Receiver Antonio Brown
Wide receiver Antonio Brown/via Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are releasing wide receiver Antonio Brown per Adam Schefter of ESPN. This comes after days of drama between the Buccaneers and Brown as a result of him walking out on the team during Sunday’s game.
Buccaneers are releasing Antonio Brown today, league sources tell ESPN. He is, as Bruce Arians proclaimed Sunday, no longer a Buc. pic.twitter.com/1FmcXO0fZ2
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 6, 2022
Statement From The Buccaneers
— xz – Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) January 6, 2022
Buccaneers GM Jason Licht’s statements on Brown.
Last week, Antonio Brown and his agent requested that the remaining $2 million in incentives in his contract for this season be guaranteed, per Bucs’ GM Jason Licht. The team declined to guarantee those incentives.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 6, 2022
But wait, there’s more….
Bucs made two doctors’ appointments in New York for Antonio Brown so they could place him on IR and pay him for the remainder of the year, and he missed both appointments, per Licht.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 6, 2022
Bruce Arians press conference on the matter.
Video: Bruce Arians talks about the release of Antonio Brown. pic.twitter.com/AYtKe2Lzgp
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) January 6, 2022
This is a developing story, we will update this article as new information comes out.
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