{"id":102460,"date":"2021-04-28T08:01:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=102460"},"modified":"2021-04-28T08:01:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:01:59","slug":"antonio-brown-signs-with-tampa-bay-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/04\/28\/antonio-brown-signs-with-tampa-bay-buccaneers\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Brown Signs With Tampa Bay Buccaneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime NFL veteran wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BrowAn04.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Antonio Brown<\/strong><\/a> signed a one-year, $6.25 million contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brown spent the last season of his career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>. Prior to this, he had played for a couple other teams, most notably the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/steelers\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>. He also played one game with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/patriots\/\" target=\"_self\">New England Patriots<\/a> during the 2019 Season, and had signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/raiders\/\" target=\"_self\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> but was released before playing a game with them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Antonio Brown\u2019s one-year deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bucs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bucs<\/a> is worth up to $6.25 million with $3.1M fully guaranteed, including a $2M signing bonus, per his agent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ed_waz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ed_waz<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EMGSportsAgents?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@EMGSportsAgents<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>A nice payday for the seven-time Pro Bowl WR &#8212; and a chance to help Tampa Bay go for two.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1387376120752791553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Antonio Brown, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Agree to Contract<\/h2>\n<p>In the 2020 Season, Antonio Brown was suspended for the first eight weeks of the season (personal conduct). However, in Week 9 of the Regular Season, he signed a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In the eight regular season games he played, Brown recorded 45 catches for 483 receiving yards and four touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Before the 2019 season, Brown was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders from the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers received a 2019 third-round pick (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JohnDi01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diontae Johnson<\/a>) and a 2019 fifth-round pick (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GentZa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Gentry<\/a>) in exchange for Brown. The Raiders then signed him to a three year, $50.1 Million deal. However, before Brown played a game with the Raiders, he was released by them two days before the season opener.<\/p>\n<p>He was released for &#8220;conduct detrimental to the team&#8221; and the guaranteed money in his contract was voided, on top of a $215,000 fine. After this, the New England Patriots signed him to a 1 year, $15 million contract, and he played one game in week two, against the Miami Dolphins. He recorded four catches for 56 yards and a touchdown in the Patriots&#8217; 43-0 win. However, he was once again released after this game and was not signed again until the Buccaneers in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure with the Pittsburgh Steelers, from 2010 to 2018, Brown had seven 1,000+ yard receiving seasons along with 74 total touchdowns. He was statistically one of the most productive players in the league, but the off-the-field problems were the reason he was released several times.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"I1Orua85R79I1o4OqKg4fw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1295678766\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'I1Orua85R79I1o4OqKg4fw',sig:'dL0ybmyCPVcf3RcY842KMUdovp8YxXBbWVZ_LSF-vcY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1295678766',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime NFL veteran wide receiver Antonio Brown is no longer a free agent. 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