Report: Antonio Brown fielding interest from NFL teams

Antonio Brown is about as controversial as a free agent gets when it comes to the NFL. Still, even with all the perceived baggage, plenty of teams are apparently still interested in a potential return by the 34-year-old receiver and former All-Pro.

CBS6’s Chet Davis shared a report on Brown with an update from his adviser JR Rickert. He confirmed that teams ‘have been inquiring about (Brown)’ and are wondering if a return to the NFL is possible for AB.

In addition to suiting up for the Albany Empire’s next home game, owner Antonio Brown is also fielding interest from NFL teams, according to adviser JR Rickert.

Rickert says “I can confirm that teams have been inquiring about him playing.”

— Chet Davis (@ChetDavisCBS6) May 17, 2023

Brown cemented himself as one of the NFL’s best players in the last decade. Over his 12 seasons with Pittsburgh, Oakland, New England, and Tampa Bay, he caught 928 passes for over 12,200 receiving yards and 83 touchdowns. He led the league in receptions and receiving yards twice as well as touchdowns and receiving yards per game once apiece.

Even so, the way his career ended mixed with some off-field issues have made many skeptical of Brown. Since his last season with the Steelers in 2018, Brown has dealt or been a part of it all by being benched, traded, released, and suspended while also dealing with health, lawsuits, and general uproar.

As far as the NFL, the last time we saw him was when he took off his uniform and ran off the field in a road game for the Buccaneers against the New York Jets. That was in the second to last game of Tampa’s 2021 season.

Still, it now seems like that may not end up being the final image of Brown on a football field. It could still be but, at the moment, it appears he may have at least piqued enough interest from teams where he may make a return sometime down the line.

Brown sympathizes with NFL ownership over social media

Antonio Brown is sympathizing with NFL ownership as he enters his next venture in his roller-coaster life.

The former star wide receiver is now a part-owner of an Arena Football League team, so he now recognizes what he put his team’s ownership through during his playing career. Check out his latest tweet, where you can almost see the lightbulb going off above his head.

As a owner I finally see now why it's important to make everyone know no one is bigger then the Team '! As a player I always thought opposite !

— AB (@AB84) April 8, 2023

“As an owner I finally see now why it’s important to make everyone know no one is bigger than the Team,” tweeted Brown. “As a player I always thought opposite !”

Of course, no owner ever wants to deal with what Brown put his past teams through over the latter parts of his NFL career. Who could forget the shots he took at New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft, or the shirtless walkout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Better late than never, I guess. Antonio Brown has seen the light. It won’t get him back on an NFL field, but at least his in the mood for some reconciliation.