So, Antonio Brown signs a contract with the Patriots about TWO HOURS after being cut by the Raiders? Yeah... I smell some bullcrap. This screams of tampering, but Belichick and the Patriots will again escape any punishment for wrong doing.
Funny how Brown is standing in front of his Raider teammates with team captains at his side, begging forgiveness for his behavior. Then later that night posts on social media that he wants his release? I wonder who called him and said the Patriots would sign him if he could force his way out of Oakland. Belichick? Kraft? Maybe Brady himself. We all know how his phones disappear if any questions arise.
Makes you wonder if this wasn't the plan all along. You KNOW that the Steelers would never have traded him to a playoff rival like the Patriots. But the Raiders? Not much of a threat. So Brown plays the long game, and ends up as a Patriot anyway.
All this does is set precedent for other meatheads that don't like their current contract/team. Act like a complete arsehole, get your release, and sign with whoever you like almost immediately. The league should step in and suspend his *** for conduct detrimental to the league. And they actually mighty have. If he'd have signed anywhere else. But now that he's a Patriot? ~crickets~