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The Antonio Brown trade rumors appear to finally be coming to an end. According to Adam Schefter, Antonio Brown has been traded from the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Oakland Raiders.
There is a verbal agreement for Antonio Brown to be traded to the Oakland Raiders, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 10, 2019
In exchange for Brown, the Raiders are reportedly giving up a third and fifth round pick, and will restructure Brown’s contract:
Raiders are trading a third- and a fifth-round pick to the Steelers for WR Antonio Brown, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 10, 2019
As part of the contract restructuring, Brown’s guaranteed money will go from zero dollars to a dramatic $30.125 million:
Raiders are adding money to Antonio Brown’s deal: He now will have three years worth $50.125 million – with incentives to go to $54.125 million, per source.
Where there was no guaranteed money there’s now $30.125 million guaranteed, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 10, 2019
The news of the trade came after Ian Rapoport reported that Brown had been traded to the Buffalo Bills two days ago, which Brown responded with a “fake news” retort in the comments section on Instagram. Before news broke of the trade, Brown posted an image of himself photoshopped into a Raiders uniform on his Twitter and Instagram accounts:
☠️☠️☠️ #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/ul6lIVk9dE
— AB (@AB84) March 10, 2019
Minutes later, he posted a video of him and Raiders quarterback Derek Carr chatting during this year’s Pro Bowl:
Love at first Sight…… @derekcarrqb pic.twitter.com/YiuCLq3G9z
— AB (@AB84) March 10, 2019
