I agree. I understand why we released him at the time and didn't blame the team. He was getting so much bad publicity from his bad behavior with the Raiders, then for being cut and signed by the Pats. Then the rape allocation and the SI article with so many allegations of bad behavior followed by his angry/threatening texts. It was all blowing up so fast.
Now it's died down and when I look back, what did he really do? Arguing with the Raiders management and skipping practices has nothing to do with the Patriots. The rape allegations sounds like it was bogus and possibly extortion by the girl. Has she even refiled the charges like she said she would? I don't care about the lawsuits of him not paying bills. I don't think walking into a room with the painter while mostly naked is a particularly big deal and it's only her word.
Then we're left with the angry text messages. It was obviously dumb for him to send them. He was obviously trying to intimidate her, but he was not threatening to harm her or her kids. He was threatening to expose her. He pointed out the picture of her kids to comment about her financial situation. Most people seem to think he was mocking her for being poor. I took his comment as sarcasm with his point being she's not the starving artist she claims to be. He said she chases after celebrities to take advantage of them and to contact Meek Mills. That's not a threat to physically harm her or her family and I don't think people would have reacted the same if it wasn't for everything else. It's understandable for him to be angry at someone bad mouthing him to the media.
His teammates reportedly liked him and were upset with him being cut. Brady in particular appears to be supporting him and he probably has more of an inside understanding of Brown's issues since they were living together at the time. The team is going to have to pay him the signing bonus anyway. We need offensive help and may have to give up draft picks and use salary cap space from next season to trade for a lesser player.
As others are saying, let him and Kraft meet and if they can come to an understanding, bring him back. This team's offense and chance to win another ring will be so much better.