Supply: Brown anticipated at Raiders camp right this moment
Extensive receiver Antonio Brown can be on the Oakland Raiders’ facility in Napa, California, on Tuesday, a supply instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Brown has not been with the Raiders since being restricted in a apply and leaving early on July 30.
He posted on social media Monday that he was wanting ahead to rejoining his teammates on the sector after he misplaced a grievance towards the NFL over carrying his outdated helmet.
On Friday, Brown had a two-hour convention name with an impartial arbitrator to argue why he ought to be allowed to put on his older helmet — a 10-year-old Schutt Air Benefit mannequin — which he’s thought to have been utilizing his complete profession. Brown’s particular helmet is over 10 years outdated and the mannequin is now not made by the corporate, so it isn’t presently licensed by the Nationwide Working Committee for Requirements and Athletic Gear.
Brown has tried out the brand new licensed helmet and believes it protrudes and interferes along with his imaginative and prescient as he tries to catch the soccer. He additionally argued that his helmet made him really feel secure.
The extensive receiver is wanting into whether or not he might discover a model of his preferred-style helmet that’s lower than 10 years outdated to see whether or not that may be acceptable, a supply instructed ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. It isn’t clear whether or not, if he might even discover one and get it licensed by NOCSAE, the NFL would log off on it as a result of the expertise is outdated.
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Brown, acquired by Oakland in a commerce for a third- and a fifth-round choose in March from the Pittsburgh Steelers and promptly given a three-year, $50.125 million contract, had reportedly threatened to retire if he was not allowed to put on his helmet.
Brown has additionally been coping with frostbitten toes suffered in a cryotherapy mishap in France final month.
Info from ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez was used on this report.