Antonio Brown’s Twitter page has become one of the most infectiously irresistible accounts on the internet, as the unpredictable, volatile, and often deranged thoughts of the former star NFL wide receiver have made him the league’s biggest storyline the last two months.
Brown tweeted on Friday “The game need me I’m like test answers" after tweeting minutes earlier "I'm still the best why stop now"
The tweets came just a day after Brown’s agent Drew Rosenhaus made an appearance on NFL Hall of Famer Warren Sapp’s podcast on Wednesday and said that his client is not retiring and that teams are still contacting Rosenhaus about Brown's availability.
This is a far cry from Brown’s outlandish tweets over the weekend that saw Brown go on a bizarre Twitter tirade that included him saying he’s not playing in the NFL anymore.
The Patriots released Brown on Friday, September 20th and a seemingly contrite Brown made tweets that the thanked Patriots organization for giving him the opportunity to play there after he was released by the Raiders. But then two days later on Sunday morning, Brown took to his now-infamous Twitter account and announced to his 1.6 million followers that he’s not coming back to the NFL.
In the tweet Brown alluded to the Patriots voiding his $9.1 million signing bonus, saying “These owners can cancel deals and do whatever they want at any time. We will see if the NFLPA holds them accountable. Sad they can just void guarantees anytime… We will see if they pay up!”
Brown also blasted Patriots owner Robert Kraft and made allusions to Kraft’s humiliating supposed role in a series of events that got him charged with soliciting a prostitute as Kraft was allegedly receiving oral sex in the back of a Jupiter, Florida massage parlor on a regular basis.
Brown then dropped a screenshot of an old article written about Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger being investigated for sexual assault in 2010, which also mentioned Roethlisberger also being accused of rape two years earlier.
Brown would delete both tweets the following day.
Even before Brown tweeted that he was done with football, NFL teams had reportedly made inquiries into Brown’s ongoing legal problems that still to this point aren’t criminal in nature.
Brown is 31 years old and has accumulated 11,263 receiving yards (34th all time) and 75 touchdowns for his career.