Antonio Brown will reportedly not receive his $9 million signing bonus after being released by the New England Patriots on Friday.
According to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, the Pats are not obligated to pay him the signing bonus due to a "contract clause calling for players to disclose situations preventing availability." Brown would have been paid $5 million had he still been on the roster Monday and could still file a grievance, but a source told Fowler that the money is "gone."
ESPN's Field Yates provided a breakdown of the money Brown forfeited as a result of his releases from the Oakland Raiders and Patriots this month:
Field YatesIf Antonio Brown does not wind up receiving his $9M signing bonus from the Patriots (the first $5M was due to be paid on Monday), he will go from a $30M guarantee in March to $9M guaranteed to just $158,333 made for 2019.