Tampa Bay Bookniers are all coming inside.
As expected, free agent wide receiver Antonio Brown and the Buccaneers have finalized and agreed to a one-year deal, NFL network insider Ian Rapoport reported Monday, according to the source.
The one-year deal will be slightly higher than the league minimum but will give Brown the opportunity to earn more through individual and team incentives, said NFL Network’s Mike Gerafolo.
Brown arrived in Tampa on Friday night and began the first day of the COVID-19 protocol. If all goes according to plan, Brown will be eligible to play for the Bucs in Week 9, following the eight-game suspension service given to him by the league for several violations of the league’s personal behavior policy.
Brown, 32, has not played down in the NFL since September 2019 when Talk Brad D threw him into New England for the entire game. It was the culmination of a rocky year that began Pittsburgh’s erratic exit through trade, the dramatic off fees that led to his release from the Riders, and after a two-week standoff with the Patriots, Brown’s 2019 ended between the second release. Were suspended.
With a chance to hit the reset button later in his career, Brown rejoins Brad D and joins the Trump team, which has invested heavily in winning all these years. In one of their games together last season, Brady and Brown clearly found chemistry on the field and it is not surprising that the future Hall of Fame quarterback had a hand in re-establishing this alliance.
Should Brown return to form, Brady’s options on the receiver will acknowledge the wealth by pushing the dynamic trio with Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. While the injury-prone 2020 season has begun for Evans and Godwin, Brown’s arrival could provide the playmakers’ unprecedented collection with enough temporary relief.
Brown has 104 passes in 1,297 and the league’s leading 15 touchdowns in 2018, his last full season in the league.
The Buccaneers (-2-6) currently sit in the NFC South for six weeks and are looking for their first division title since the 2007 season. The addition of Brown this season goes to show that they have a lot more goals than that.
