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Getty Images The Steelers were determined not to trade receiver Antonio Brown to the Patriots or to any other team in the AFC North. And now, of course, Antonio Brown plays for the Patriots. Both Adam Schefter of ESPN and Mike Giardi of NFL Network report that the Patriots did indeed try to...

Getty Images There was a method to Antonio Brown‘s social media madness over the last few days. As previously reported on PFT, the letter from Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock informing Brown he’d been fined for missing practices was the impetus for the wideout to seek his release from the...

Getty Images Ever since the relationship between Antonio Brown and the Raiders entered its death spiral, league insiders and observers began to ask whether the Patriots would swoop in, if/when Brown is free to be signed by another team. Per a league source, the Patriots should be regarded as a...

Getty Images The timing of the Raiders’ decision to release receiver Antonio Brown takes him out of play for all but three of the teams still to play in Week One. Brown’s release doesn’t become official until 4:00 p.m. ET on Saturday. So he can’t be signed by another team before then. However...

Getty Images There may finally be an exception to the saying, “Once a Raider, always a Raider.” Receiver Antonio Brown, who was never a Raider for an actual Raiders game, is a Raider no more. He posted a parting shot at the team on Twitter. “The child who is not embraced by the village will...

Getty Images It didn’t take long for Antonio Brown to find a new home. Brown was released by the Raiders on Saturday morning and agent Drew Rosenhaus said he’d go to work on finding his client a new place to play. Rosenhaus told PFT on Saturday afternoon that Brown has agreed to terms with the...

Getty Images Antonio Brown was thrilled to be released by the Raiders. At least, that’s how he acted in a video he posted to YouTube shortly after the release became official. In the video, Brown is shown looking at his phone, seeing the news that the Raiders have released him, and then...

Getty Images Patriots wide receiver Josh Gordon returned to the team in August when the NFL reinstated him from the indefinite suspension he earned by violating the league’s substance abuse policy last season. It was the latest violation in a long series for Gordon, who has not spoken to...

Getty Images The Texans kept Trevor Daniel over Bryan Anger in final cuts. That doesn’t mean Daniel is the team’s punter long term. Houston has worked out former Patriots punter Ryan Allen and former Vikings punter Matt Wile, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports. The Patriots decided on Aug. 19 to keep...

Getty Images The NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Packers and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 26 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. Questionable players are uncertain to play, doubtful players are...

Getty Images As the Raiders try to figure out what to do with Antonio Brown, the player seems to be walking right into the team’s nuclear option. The Raiders eventually may be able to put Brown on the reserve/left squad list, if he leaves the team and refuses return after receiving the...

Getty Images When Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was asked last weekend about the team’s plans at center with David Andrews out for the year, he said that the team will “evaluate it as we go.” They’ve reportedly made one evaluation and it wasn’t a positive one for Russell Bodine. Bodine...

Getty Images Demaryius Thomas showed flashes of his old form in the Patriots final preseason game against the New York Giants. But as the page turns from the preseason to the regular season, head coach Bill Belichick says the team is still trying to figure out exactly what they have in the...

Getty Images Mike Tomlin hasn’t had to worry about helmets this offseason. But he is going to New England this week, which means headsets are an issue again. The Steelers coach generally tried to downplay the communications issues that plagued him during their opening week loss in 2015 at...

Getty Images Brian Hoyer didn’t play much quarterback during his two stints with the Patriots, but Tom Brady said Hoyer had a positive effect on the team in other ways. During an appearance on WEEI, Brady said that it was “very difficult” to hear that Hoyer was released over the weekend...

Getty Images After Super Bowl LII in Minnesota, Rob Gronkowski was asked if he would retire from the NFL and he took some time during the offseason before finally returning to play for the Patriots in 2018. The gap between the end of the season and a decision to play was a sign that Gronkowski...

Getty Images The Broncos couldn’t find a way to make Su'a Cravens fit. The Patriots were at least going to see if it was possible for them. According ti Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Patriots worked out the former Broncos safety today. A former second-round pick by Washington, Cravens has...

Getty Images The most successful college football coach of recent years and the most successful NFL coach of recent years are longtime friends and former colleagues, and their relationship and coaching success will be the subject of an upcoming HBO documentary. HBO announced today that it will...

Getty Images The Patriots made a variety of moves at wide receiver over the course of the offseason and their tweaks continued this week when they re-signed Demaryius Thomas and placed first-round pick N'Keal Harry on injured reserve. Thomas didn’t work much this offseason or summer because he...

Getty Images The Patriots won’t have first-round pick N'Keal Harry on the field for the first half of the regular season, but they will have Demaryius Thomas back as a receiving option for Tom Brady. Thomas was released as the team dropped to 53 players on Saturday, but Adam Schefter of ESPN...