TAMPA, Fla. -- Antonio Brown's attorney says the Tampa Bay Buccaneers terminated the wide receiver's contract this week for failing to show up for a doctor's appointment that he could not make, calling the move a "surprise attack" in a series of tweets.
"We were in the midst of scheduling an appointment with the Bucs' chosen surgeon when we learned, via Twitter, that they terminated AB on Thursday for not seeing that very same surgeon," attorney Sean Burstyn tweeted. "The Bucs picked an arbitrary appointment time outside of normal business hours early Thursday morning.