Antonio Brown Went From Being Guaranteed $30M To Making Just $150K This Season

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How does one allow something like this to happen?

Antonio Brown got himself out of Pittsburgh and into Oakland, who rewarded Brown with a new contract that included $30 million guaranteed.

After doing a bunch of idiotic things including secretly recording Jon Gruden in a phone conversation and threatening to fight Mike Mayock, the Raiders released him.

On that same day, the New England Patriots signed him and it seemed like Brown was put in a much better situation where he could earn back that $30 million.

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But after threatening an accuser in a lawsuit filed against him, Brown was released and missed out on a lot of money:


Unless Brown is picked up by another team — that remains unlikely, he misses out on not only 30 million dollars but an opportunity to play for a Super Bowl.