MIAMI GARDENS, FL. (THECOUNT) — Antonio Brown is traveling to his hometown of Miami but whether he touches a football during game play at the Miami Gardens Hard Rock Stadium tomorrow – is yet to be seen.
NFL Network host Mike Giardi confirmed that Brown “joined his new teammates” for their game in Miami against the Dolphins on Sunday.
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Giardi, of NFL Network, tweeted the news at 12:12 p.m. on Saturday.
Antonio Brown is making the trip to Miami #Patriots
— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) September 14, 2019
But as profootballtalk noted on Saturday, the move to Miami doesn’t mean the controversial player is definitely playing, however. Every team deactivates seven members of its active roster every week.
There’s also a chance that Brown will be on the active roster and simply not play, like Malcolm Butler in Super Bowl LII, reports profootballtalk.
Brown has participated in practice all week, and as explained on NBC’s Football Night in America, whether he actually plays depends on whether and to what extent he learns the playbook and acclimates to the offense. And has nothing to do with a recent civil suit filed against him for sexual assault.
The NFL said it will not place Brown on the commissioner’s exempt list since there is no criminal investigation pending.
There could be a limited package of plays. He could be a decoy. Or he could be fully immersed.
On Friday, coach Bill Belichick declined to delve into those details. Why would he? The uncertainty could help the Patriots win the game by, you know, 50 points instead of 30.
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Geo quick facts: Miami Gardens is a city located in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida. Its boundaries stretch from I-95 and NE 2nd Avenue on the east, to NW 47th and NW 57th Avenues on the west, and from the Broward County line on the north, to 151st Street on the south – Wikipedia.