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Antonio Brown pulled off the impo sible. After forcing from the Steelers and getting a large raise from the Raiders in the proce s, he might end up being the biggest winner of the 2019 Arlington Hambright Jerseys offseason.
Rarely do NFL players with next to no leverage even attempt something like this. It is even more rare that the player comes out on top. Brown's public spat with the Steelers, which began late last season, grew worse when he suggested his time in Pittsburgh was done. He wanted to be traded, he wanted a new contract, and he threatened to retire if the Steelers did not move him. The team owed him a $2.5 million bonus if he was on the roster on the fifth day of free agency, and he refused to push that date back.
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Despite all of that posturing, the Steelers held most of the cards. They had no real reason to trade Brown or to give him a raise. He signed a Brian Piccolo Jerseys new deal in 2017 and was under contract through 2020. Had Brown actually refused to report to training camp, the Steelers would have hadthe right to begin to recover up to $4.63 million per year from him. The $2.5 million roster bonus never would have been exchanged, either, as the money from that would have been withheld as part of the forfeiture.
Because of this,the team and the player would have reconciled about 99 percent of the time. But this was a rare happening.
We can think of only two similar instances in which a player has wanted out for a new deal and has actually forced his way out: Darrelle Revis in 2013 and Terrell Owens in 2006.
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The Steelers did not want to deal with the public spectacle of the situation any longer, and their decision to move him at all costs became . Brown turned $38.925 million with an Jason Peters Jerseys effective guarantee of $15 million from the Steelers into $50.125 million with an effective guarantee of $30.125 million from the Raiders. The raise will bring Browns current contract value up to $79.2 million, an average of $19.8 million per season, the most for a receiver in NFL history. There are also incentives that can boost the value a few million more.
The Steelers come out the big loser in all of this. They extended Brown in 2017 and paid him $29.075 million in new money for what wound up being just the 2018 season. They could have just tagged him at $16 million, avoided the drama and let him walk. Or, they could have just let him walk in the first place. Either way, they would have been in line to receive a third-round compensatory draft selection for him.
Instead, they received that same third-round pick plus a fifth-rounder, and now they sit with $21.12 million in dead money for Brown. The Steelers also set a bad precedent for themselves one year after holding firm on the LeVeon Bell contract.
The Raiders are a slight winner. They were desperate for a receiver and did not give up much for the rights to Brown. They will pay Brown $16.7 million a year, which is in line with what Brown Ryan Griffin Jerseys would have received in free agency had he been released. Ultimately, the Raiders can spin it to say they traded Amari Cooper, a third-round pick and a fifth-round pick for Brown and a first-round pick exceptional value.
In some league circles, though, Oaklands willingne s to rework Browns contract might be viewed as enabling the player side in negotiations.
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As for long-term impact of this deal in the NFL, it was the first real use of player-controlled media, both social and traditional, to continue to hammer the situation. We have come a long way since Owens had to attract a crowd of reporters in his driveway to bring attention to himself.
Browns ability to control the situation helped destroy his own trade value, and it put so much pre sure on the Steelers that they had to move him. The question: Can other players follow Browns Chicago Bears Men Jersey lead?
Players in the past have not been able to replicate the succe s of Owens and/or Revis. Whether it was Vincent Jackson, LeVeon Bell or Julio Jones, they threatened holdouts and tried to sell their cases to the public, but they found themselves either sitting out or returning under slightly modified deals. What Brown pulled off requires both a special Chicago Bears Sleepwear Underwear player and a special situation.
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Still, the league reacts to these things. There could be more of a push by teams to broaden exactly what constitutes "conduct detrimental to the team."They could seek to gain more control over players'abilities to do certain media appearances in which they discu s the team. That could limit the use of offseason roster bonuses, paid in early March, beyond the second year of a contract.
For now, though, Brown should bask in the glory that comes with getting the last laugh. We almost never see this happen in football, but he dragged a team through the mud and came out better.
It will probably be some time before we see it happen again.