Patriot's players still open to Antonio Brown reunion.

captain stone said:

Not all of us old men...

It was a mistake to sign him to the contract as it was written, without insurance;
It was a Bigger mistake to release him before the league placed him on an exempt list.

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If they waited to release him they would have had to pay him to not play.

Todd Bradley said:

Exactly.

Everyone wants to scream “exempt list” but they don’t look at this angle. The NFLPA would go to war and that’s pretty bad look with a new CBA looming. This is a giant game of chicken they’re currently winning big time.

If an NBA head coach can get accused and sued for the exact same thing and still be an NBA head coach, there’s zero reason Brown can’t play in the NFL.

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Like they went to war over Brady being railroaded? Over Garrett getting an indefinite suspension when the rules do not allow it? Like they did over bountygate? Kaepernick?

you have a mixed up opinion of the nflpa and a funny idea that they have any power at all.

Ring 6 said:

If they waited to release him they would have had to pay him to not play.

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They're already paying him to not play!

Todd Bradley said:

Luke Walton got accused of the same exact thing as AB, sexual assault civil suit and everything...

Funny, the Sacramento Kings didn’t cave under any pressure and kept him on as head coach. Today the accuser dropped the suit.

Zero reason Brown shouldn’t be re-signed.

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You seem to be ignoring about 20 other transgressions by your lord and savior AB.

BradyFixesEverything said:

They're already paying him to not play!

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No they aren’t. They cut him. They aren’t paying his salary and they cut him before a bonus was due that they didn’t pay him.

Ring 6 said:

No they aren’t. They cut him. They aren’t paying his salary and they cut him before a bonus was due that they didn’t pay him.

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Hear me now and believe me later: They're going to pay the signing bonus.

It’s really telling about how Big Ben is as a leader. First James Harrison and now Antonio Brown. Both are lifelong Steelers who are around Brady for a short time and then essentially renounce their Steelership and become lifelong groupies.

If Brady’s life path had gone another way, I think he could have started a cult.

Ring 6 said:

No they aren’t. They cut him. They aren’t paying his salary and they cut him before a bonus was due that they didn’t pay him.

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What does this year's salaray cap say? Why didn't they get TE help at the trade deadline? Why didn't they get a #1 receiver at the trade deadline?

Mack Herron said:

Absolutely. And 3 cone and 40 times were off the charts.

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Do you think his corpse would accept league minimum?

Deus Irae said:

NFL league officials and team owners always amuse me when they talk about dangers to things like privacy and speech. Their ability to be absolute hypocrites may be unmatched by any other U.S. group other than national-level politicians.

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I think they don't care about dangers to anything other than their wallets.

Ring 6 said:

Like they went to war over Brady being railroaded? Over Garrett getting an indefinite suspension when the rules do not allow it? Like they did over bountygate? Kaepernick?

you have a mixed up opinion of the nflpa and a funny idea that they have any power at all.

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Brady is a different story. He got a suspension. You forgot big ben who played on his first civil case.

XLIX said:

Hear me now and believe me later: They're going to pay the signing bonus.

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Maybe, maybe not.
But if he was under contract and on the exempt list they would be paying his salary.

NYCPATS4LIFE said:

Brady is a different story. He got a suspension. You forgot big ben who played on his first civil case.

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Brady is totally applicable because it shows the Union has no power at all. The suggestion was the nfl is afraid of the Nflpa which is laughable.

BradyFixesEverything said:

What does this year's salaray cap say? Why didn't they get TE help at the trade deadline? Why didn't they get a #1 receiver at the trade deadline?

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I don’t understand what you are saying.
The point was that they weren’t foolish to release him before he went on the exempt list. If they waited they would be obligated to pay him while he was on it.
What do those other things have to do with that?
I’m not on your lawn.

Ring 6 said:

I don’t understand what you are saying.
The point was that they weren’t foolish to release him before he went on the exempt list. If they waited they would be obligated to pay him while he was on it.
What do those other things have to do with that?
I’m not on your lawn.

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As far as the NFL is concerned, they paid him (or WILL pay him). That's why the money counts against the salary cap, and that's why they couldn't sign anyone else with the 0 room they had left.

And let's pretend that in the 1% chance they get the salary cap money back next year - how does that help winning this year (in what could be Brady's last year as a Patriot)? It doesn't. The Patriots lost the money for this year, at a bare minimum. The only opportunity they have left to improve their team this year is by signing AB to a vet minimum and agreeing to drop the signing bonus grievance (i.e. agreeing to pay him what they already owe him as reported on the salary cap).

What is to be lost by signing AB

Imagine having a free agent, top-15 all time WR still in his prime, publicly begging to play for your team that's struggling mightily on offense -- and not signing him.

BradyFixesEverything said:

As far as the NFL is concerned, they paid him (or WILL pay him). That's why the money counts against the salary cap, and that's why they couldn't sign anyone else with the 0 room they had left.

And let's pretend that in the 1% chance they get the salary cap money back next year - how does that help winning this year (in what could be Brady's last year as a Patriot)? It doesn't. The Patriots lost the money for this year, at a bare minimum. The only opportunity they have left to improve their team this year is by signing AB to a vet minimum and agreeing to drop the signing bonus grievance (i.e. agreeing to pay him what they already owe him as reported on the salary cap).

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What does any of that have to do with the point?
The point is someone said they should have waited until after he was placed on the exempt list to cut him.
The only thing that would have accomplished would have been to make the patriots pay him his salary.


As far as the unrelated comments you made, what in the world would ever have you think that AB would sign for the vet minimum? Are you crazy? Additionally if he is signed he wouldn’t play this year anyway because of the imminent suspension.

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fightingirish595 said:

What is to be lost by signing AB

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Ask the Steelers and raiders.
The more relevant question is what is to be gained? Since he will be suspended and won’t be on the field.