Hours after being released from the Raiders, Antonio Brown inked with the Patriots and in doing so makes the AFC East again, all Patriots. The question is how did Bill Belichick pull this off.
For starters, Brown was a pain in the rear end for the Raiders. The Raiders traded a 3rd and 5th round pick to the Steelers for Brown and gave him a brand new shiny contract. Brown did nothing more than sabotage their off-season.
After a run in with GM Mike Mayock, Brown issued and apology that he quickly took back after he received a fine in the $250,000 range and had his guaranteed money stripped from his contract.