Antonio Brown to the Bills (or maybe not)

[Proudiddy]

Lol, welp...  AB is in control lol.  The Steelers might not even broker the deal they projected before their own self-imposed deadline.

Honestly, it's playing out like I stated in the other thread about AB...  Once he came out and said the stuff about not having to play and threatening to retire, he tanked the Steelers returns lol.  It was a power play.  They still tried to deal him to Siberia and he wrecked it.  I'm guessing the Bills had close to the best compensation offer AND were a horrible destination and that's why the Steelers tried it...  now, they're gonna be forced to deal in AB's wheelhouse of wishes...  take lesser comp and send him to a more preferred destination.

[Raleigh PF]

 

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

Lol, welp...  AB is in control lol.  The Steelers might not even broker the deal they projected before their own self-imposed deadline.

Honestly, it's playing out like I stated in the other thread about AB...  Once he came out and said the stuff about not having to play and threatening to retire, he tanked the Steelers returns lol.  It was a power play.  They still tried to deal him to Siberia and he wrecked it.  I'm guessing the Bills had close to the best compensation offer AND were a horrible destination and that's why the Steelers tried it...  now, they're gonna be forced to deal in AB's wheelhouse of wishes...  take lesser comp and send him to a more preferred destination.

Take a lesser deal? Yeah, they may have to do that.

Capitulate to his wishes? Not really. Schwartz was right about that.

[poorboysrev]

12 minutes ago, Raleigh PF said:

Why do they have to release him? They are on the hook for about the same money whether they keep him or not.

ETA: Releasing a player does not result in the team receiving a compensatory pick. The player has to be a true unrestricted free agent.

I’m sure they could work out some kind of buyout. Just saying no ones going to give them a high pick if the dude isn’t going to sign an extension. You saw how the bell and brown drama affected that team last year. Can’t keep that kind of shitshow on your team and expect to seriously compete. At a certain point it’s triage

[Wolfcop]

Brown is more in control than not at this point. I'm sure Pittsburgh doesn't want this dragging into another season. They will work out something by draft night with a team that he is willing to play for.

[poorboysrev]

Go to Rosenhaus ask for his short list of teams not in the afc north and trade his ass for whatever you can. Should have known he wasn’t going to play for the Bills 

[Shotgun]

[AggieLean]

lol but but AB has no leverage or power!!!

[Raleigh PF]

1 minute ago, AggieLean said:

lol but but AB has no leverage or power!!!

He really has very little. Sure, he can pull the same trick if the Steelers try to trade him somewhere he doesn't want to go, but at the end of the day, he doesn't play a down of football ever again, unless the Steelers say he does.

There's a lot of parallel to the Barry Sanders situation with the Lions years ago. How'd that work out for Barry?

[SpeedOFLight]

7 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Actual footage of Josh Allen and AB working out together.

This is the kind of laugh I needed this morning lol 

[BlackCats2013]

Release him and sign Funchess what could go wrong for them....

[top dawg]

6 minutes ago, Raleigh PF said:

He really has very little. Sure, he can pull the same trick if the Steelers try to trade him somewhere he doesn't want to go, but at the end of the day, he doesn't play a down of football ever again, unless the Steelers say he does.

There's a lot of parallel to the Barry Sanders situation with the Lions years ago. How'd that work out for Barry?

He already got paid for one game for nothing. I'm sure they don't want to pay him for a season of doing nothing. All he has to do is report to get paid, then he can just slack off and be an ass to make a point. Knowing his feelings and his history, do they really want to take that chance? Regardless if he does play that role, you know somebody is going to sign him in 2020.

[Raleigh PF]

1 minute ago, top dawg said:

He already got paid for one game for nothing. I'm sure they don't want to pay him for a season of doing nothing. All he has to do is report to get paid, then he can just slack off and be an ass to make a point. Knowing his feelings and his history, do they really want to take that chance? Regardless if he does play that role, you know somebody is going to sign him in 2020.

The Steelers cap hit is the same, either way. His cap hit WITH the Steelers is $22M. Even if they trade him, his dead cap number is $21M. It's up to the Steelers if they want to continue down this road, or not. Considering what happened with Bell, I doubt they will ever just release him.

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

AB trade to Bills is dead and no trade will happen.