The receiver didn’t practice the next two days after the disagreement due to his ankle. Rapaport said Brown looked good in the Jan. 1 walkthrough and pre-game warm-up, so he played.
“[He] didn’t get the ball as much as he wanted in the first half, and then, from what I understand, very loudly made it clear that he was very upset with the situation at halftime,” Rapaport said on NFL Network.
The Buccaneers held off on releasing Brown because they wanted to help him get mental help, according to the NFL insider.
“Get [Brown] counseling, help himself as Bruce Arians and [quarterback] Tom Brady have said multiple times they believe it’s in his best interest,” Rapaport said. “Antonio Brown has said he does not want to do that. Eventually, after today’s Twitter storm, they finally moved on.”
