Antonio Brown Released By The Oakland Raiders

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Antonio Brown is a free agent.

Antonio Brown has officially been released by the Oakland Raiders. After endless drama, a substantial fine, and voiding of his guaranteed salary, the team has now officially released the super-star wide receiver. At noon today, the team’s official twitter account tweeted out, “The Raiders have released WR Antonio Brown from the team today.”

Brown initially posted on Instagram this morning demanding to be released by the team. Soon after, he sent an email to ESPN’s Jeff Darlington, saying there is “no way” he will be playing for the Oakland Raiders after they took the guarantees out of his contract. “No way I play after they took that and made my contract week to week.” he wrote. 

It seems Brown has gotten his wish and has been released by the team. As for where he will land next, no one can be sure, but sadly, his talents certainly won’t demand an equally lucrative contract to that which he just lost. The event has left Twitter users shocked. Some fans feel bad for the talented player while others are clowning him for his actions. Some even feel CTE is to blame for his recent behavior. Check out some of the most interesting reactions below.


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Cole Blake is currently an Editor at HotNewHipHop based out of Brooklyn, New York. He began working at the site as an intern back in 2018 while studying journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s graduated with a bachelor's degree and written extensively about a wide range of topics including pop culture, film & television, politics, video games, sports, and much more. He’s also covered music festivals such as Gov. Ball and Rolling Loud. You can find him publishing work for HNHH from Monday to Wednesday or on weekends. On the sports front, Cole’s a passionate NBA and NFL fan with his favorite teams being the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Lakers. He also roots for the Yankees whenever he finds himself at Yankee Stadium or the Red Storm when in the company of other SJU alumni. His favorite hip-hop artists are billy woods, Earl Sweatshirt, Cam’ron, MIKE, and Mach-Hommy.
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