Brown finds new house, agrees to take care of Pats
Antonio Brown has agreed to a take care of the New England Patriots, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday.
New England is giving Brown a one-year deal value as much as $15 million, Rosenhaus mentioned. It features a $9 million signing bonus, $10 million assured and $5 million in incentives.
The settlement comes hours after the receiver was launched by the Raiders, ending a tumultuous stint with Oakland after it acquired him through commerce in the course of the offseason.
Brown took to social media after he agreed to the deal.
LFG #GodsPlan pic.twitter.com/MflFD1MqoT
— AB (@AB84) September 7, 2019
Brown was eligible to signal with any group at Four:01 p.m. ET Saturday. Due to that, he isn’t eligible to play till Week 2 on the earliest, that means Brown will miss New England’s opener Sunday night time in opposition to his former group, the Steelers. The Patriots and Raiders don’t play this common season.
The Patriots should make a corresponding transfer as soon as they formally signal Brown, however for now, their receiving corps consists of Tremendous Bowl LIII Most Invaluable Participant Julian Edelman, Brown, Josh Gordon, Phillip Dorsett, and undrafted rookies Jakobi Meyers and Gunner Olszewski. First-round draft selection N’Keal Harry has opened the season on injured reserve.
The settlement comes after Brown requested to be launched by the Raiders in an Instagram put up earlier Saturday. Oakland had fined him $215,073.53 for conduct detrimental to the group, sources advised Schefter, a transfer that voided the $29.125 million value of assured cash in his deal.
As well as, the Raiders despatched Brown a letter stating that he not could be entitled to termination pay, sources advised Schefter. Consequently, Brown would have been enjoying on a week-to-week foundation with each his assured cash voided and lack of termination pay.
Oakland, in flip, lower Brown unfastened Saturday afternoon, and Rosenhaus mentioned he’d instantly attempt to discover a new house for the seven-time Professional Bowler.
“Antonio is trying ahead to a brand new starting,” Rosenhaus mentioned.
The acquisition of Brown moved the Patriots previous the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and into the function of Tremendous Bowl favorites at a number of Las Vegas sportsbooks. The Patriots went from 6-1 to Four-1 to win the Tremendous Bowl on the SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas. The Chiefs are 6-1.
ESPN’s Mike Reiss and David Purdum contributed to this report.