It sure appears that Brown is content to have him quitting on the Buccaneers in the middle of a game while throwing various bits of his on-field fit into the stands as the final moment of his NFL career. He's also thrown some public pressure at the Steelers on social media for a one-day retirement contract. If this is it for Brown, the four-time first-team All Pro will finish his career inside the top 25 in career receiving yards. He'd appear to be right on the borderline to be a Hall of Famer, but the media have not traditionally been the most welcoming bunch to cases like this, and the wideout backlog is already stacked. 

With Tom Brady and the Buccaneers unlikely to bring Brown back, it's not clear what team would be willing to take a chance on him. Brown's insistence on a team commitment before seeing to his health only further reduces the chances that we will be on an NFL roster in 2022. It's likely that Brown's New York walk-off was the final moment of his NFL career.

In the special, his attorney Sean Bursyn claims that: “The offer was Antonio would basically sit on the sidelines, go on some list — and commit himself to some form of intensive mental health treatment. And we were specifically told, in writing, by the general manager (Jason Licht) twice, “Don’t spin this any other way.” Brown has spent the last few days posting photoshops of him waving goodbye to the Bucs in the playoffs and putting himself in a Ravens jersey, so he is clearly Tweeting through it. We won't speculate on his mental health, but it's hard to see any other team putting their credibility on the line for Brown after how many emotional flameouts he's had over the last three years, regardless of his talent. 

He added that the date could change based on logistics and insurance. The surgery proves that Brown was indeed playing through a serious ankle injury before he chose to stop playing through said injury in the middle of a game. Brown claims that Bruce Arians was forcing him to play on the injury and that is what led to him storming off the field. Arians has said that he knew nothing about the injury. More will come to light in this saga with plenty of lawyers getting involved along the way.