What NFL fans across the country feared is actually happening: Antonio Brown will be catching passes from Tom Brady this season. Following his release from the Oakland Raiders on Saturday, Brown has decided to sign with the New England Patriots, he confirmed on Instagram.

Brown is set to make up to $15 million on a one-year deal with the Patriots, including a $9 million signing bonus, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports.

Brown was free to sign with any team in the league at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, and it didn't take him long to agree to terms with the reigning Super Bowl champions, who just so happen to be facing his former team in the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1. Brown will not be eligible to play in the game, however, as he was not on the roster as of 4 p.m.

In New England, Brown joins a receiver room that features Super Bowl LIII MVP Julian Edelman and recently reinstated Josh Gordon, forming arguably the best trio at the receiver position in the NFL if everything runs smoothly.

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Breaking news this story continues to get even Wilder and Tonio Brown has now agreed to a deal with the New England Patriots nine million dollar signing bonus up to 15 million dollars. So a b asks for his release Saturday morning the Oakland Raiders grant that request he hits the open market and as we expected Antonio Brown headed to the New England Patriots the team up with Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady Super Bowl winning coach Bill Belichick and a team that's looking to recoup. Here we go. We have had this story for you here on CBS Sports HQ from the start and now another chapter. We have Antonio Brown headed to the New England Patriots. I can't sit here and say I'm surprised be mac. Oh, I mean, I can't either, you know, we talked about potential destinations and I felt like he had to be a championship coach along with a championship like quarterback. We threw out some teams, you know, the page is clearly was a team that a lot of people felt like with take a chance on Antonio Brown. I also talked about the Seattle Seahawks, but this is a New England Patriot like move when you look at the historic the historical part of this team as far as signing castoffs from other teams still

Guys were a lot left in the tank. This is what they do. I know our own pee prisco talked about a few hours ago how the page is kind of had like a car wash where they kind of get guys that have little dirt on their name. They just clean them up real good and the rest is history. So this is a patriot like moving I can say this much. We don't know if the situation in Oakland how everything worked out for a be. Will it humble him down to being the player that he once was away from the football field has he learned anything from the situation out in Oakland? We don't know only time will tell but when you talk about just a football aspect of this deal playing with Tom Brady who is still playing Elite like football playing with Bill Belichick, he's a guy that has been known to get the best out of any any individual that puts on a New England Patriots uniform and seeing the success. They had last year losing Rob Gronkowski, but now adding

Antonio Brown Josh Gordon, Julian Edelman Sony Michelle James White Tom Brady a healthy office of Line Granite they lost their Center. So that's a big loss. But yet and still everybody is intact you get win back the first round of from a year ago with his ACL injury and a real good defense of unit. Well, this team was already set up to really compete for a championship of most experts, you know felt like Kansas City would be the team to represent the AFC in this upcoming Super Bowl down in Miami, but with this move not considering anything not football-related, but just in between the lines This right here is a championship like move and we don't question is a be still a be in uniform. You don't question that you know, he still has has it because watching him the few practices that he was able to participate in in Oakland. He was just roasting defensive backs. So with this move just the football element Championship. Why not all the other teams sit back and the Patriots move forward and they take the risk Chad Ochocinco Randy Moss Josh Gordon Antonio Brown. Why is this working? Why do you go into New England? And you come out sparkling was the head look at the Hit Man In Charge the goat, right? That's what you said. That's the reason he that is. Okay, it's Belichick. I don't care what issues a player may have away from the football field when Bill Belichick calls you you See when Bill Belichick tells you to do X Y or Z you listen, you can't you don't have you can't afford to not listen because this man has rank after rank after Rank and he's still chasing he still adding to his resume. So if you respect anything about the game of football, you will respect Bill Belichick you have no choice but to do so and then the quarterback I mean touchdown Tom. I mean, what more would you want from a quarterback a guy that is still chasing greatness. He's already great. So you have any aspirations of trying to Verify your professional career in chasing a championship. This is the coach to do. So Bill Belichick is like the great Popovich of in the NBA. You respect. Yeah, when he speaks you listen and based on what history tells us. Yeah anytime there's a play we'll look at the dirt on their name during the resume. You know, you question the personality you question the the ego whenever they put on that you New England Patriots uniform. Look up now Antonio Brown is not eligible to play in week 1. Well, yeah, but but they playing Pittsburgh. So could you imagine though actually was able to play Steelers and Patriot? Yeah, imagine that this was the that was a week to match up. It'll be Miami but this is a bill. This is a Bill Belichick move. It's unbelievable. Yeah, let's bring in CVS for senior NFL analyst P prisco who's been covering this league for more than 30 years. He um, we're not surprised you called this you said this when this all went down, he's headed to New England and now he's headed to New England. Well, it takes a coach / Personnel man who secure enough in his own skin and can point to the wall and has the skins on the wall. And that is Bill Belichick. I mean, the guy has two Super Bowl rings. He has the cachet he can do this without little without much risk and let's face it. He's done it before he paid Albert Haynesworth a bunch of money didn't work.

Out he brought in Chad Johnson didn't work out. He got Randy Moss and it did work out and then he got rid of them when it wasn't working anymore. That's the Belichick way. This makes all the sense in the world for the Patriots of solely a one-year deal. There's not a real risk financially he comes in and you know what happens when you get inside that building peer pressure makes you change and if he doesn't change they'll ship him out. Really great point there peer pressure makes him change. Do you think that will happen in New England? I think so because he wants to fulfill that Championship aspiration that he has and we don't know we don't know if he if he learned anything from this experience that went wrong in Oakland, but one thing we know about a be he still can play the game at a high level. He still loves the game now playing playing playing with Tom Brady conflicted compared to playing with Derek Carr. You don't even compare that playing for Belichick compared to playing for John Groot. You can't compare that so he has upgraded I know people will say well was this part of his master plan? No, I don't think so. I think he just

Didn't really agree with how they handle him and granted I disagree if that's the way he felt but if you were to ask me who won outside of losing 30 million dollars Antonio Brown one because number one adding a be instantly makes the Patriots the Super Bowl favor. Yeah, right right there right behind the Kansas City Chiefs right behind the Kansas City Chiefs and think about this. This is a one-year deal. Right? Right and he can earn half of that back join here. Drew is extremely smart because he's missing out on 30, but he's getting half of that in one year and if he balls out this year with no distractions away from the game of football with in between the lines guess what happens either they will extend him give him a new deal the pages that is or someone else will take a chance on him and roll the dice once again,

So Joe basically told maybe we're not getting the 30 but we're getting half of the 30 because you got 9 million to sign your name. You stay keep your nose clean away from the football field. You're going to get the entire 15 million. And if your ball out with Tom Brady one would think he will ball out guess what's going to happen get a whole nother deal. So we automatically if it's going to work out like you don't think it's going to work out like Oakland like what if this hurts do England like you could you see that happening if the thing is with New England if it does not work out you only lost nine million dollars.

Fair, right if it don't work out if something happens where you cut him week for week 5 you only lose nine million dollars. So for them, let's take a chance because instantly a b is the best wide receiver in a New England Pages uniform since Randy Moss speaking to Randy Moss. One of the guys they picked up heat we mentioned this Chad Ochocinco Josh Gordon just recently. How does this compare adding Antonio Brown? What similar I mean, you know though some of those wide receivers with Chad Ochocinco was at the end of his career. Although, you know, some people think of myself think that Aunt Tiana Brown is on decline as well. But you know, this is more like Randy Moss. I mean, this is except, you know, obviously Randy Moss was more of a big play threat down the field. I think at that time in his career than Antonio Brown is but I mean, look they've had a lot of hits Corey Dillon, you know had trouble in Cincinnati got to got to New England was a big hit Albert Haynesworth was a Miss Court Chad Ochocinco was a miss Josh Gordon to be determined. So for me, I think Belichick is one of those guys that can take that chance not a lot of teams can now we can go back and say he drafted Aaron Hernandez with a risk and it didn't work out so on and on it goes for for me. I think obviously the cachet that Belichick has enables him to make this kind of move and when there's peer pressure from Tom Brady. Look everybody follows Tom Brady in that building. He's not going to take it Tonio Browns crap. He's just not going to and once he does

Brown tries to act up Brady will rein them in and if he doesn't Belichick, we'll all right there. You have it Antonio Brown headed to the New England Patriots on a one-year deal Worth to 15 million nine million dollar signing bonus coming up Antonio Brown fantasy owners Rejoice right now. Tom Brady's throwing your guy passes. It'll happen a week to break down next Jamie iceberg.
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