Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer wide receiver Antonio Brown seemed to rule out a return to the NFL for the 2022 season. "...don’t play yourself looking at me to play," Brown said during a live interview on a fan-controlled football game this week. Brown's abrupt mid-game departure from the Buccaneers may end up being the last we see of the former All-Pro talent on an NFL field. His off-field behavior had been coming into the spotlight increasingly often over the past few years, including claims by his former trainer of sexual assault. Despite his continued on-field success, his NFL career may be coming to a close. While Brown played most of the 2021 season at 33 years old, he still dominated when he was available to the Tom Brady-led Buccaneers; his 3.03 yards per route run mark ranked fifth in the league before his bizarre exit. He once had a streak of four consecutive years of All-Pro awards for his production at the wide receiver position.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released wide receiver Antonio Brown. Brown has claimed the Buccaneers tried forcing him to play injured last week, but the team has refuted such claims. Brown will turn 34 this summer and it's unclear if another team will ever give him another chance to play. Mike Evans and Rob Gronkowski will be Tom Brady's top targets as Tampa Bay makes another playoff run. Brown averaged 8.9 targets over seven games for the Buccaneers this season, second on the team, and 14.3 FanDuel points per game.