[SF_Cardinal_Fan]

I guess AB's strategy is to sacrifice dollars to play for a championship contending team, and then sign a larger dollar contract a year from now.
But it seems to me, at least from a dollars perspective, he would have made the most by fulfilling his contract with the Raiders.
Maybe he is more interested in winning a Superbowl than earning top salary money ? If so, that's cool.

not sure he's taking much if any pay cut to play in New England

"The Patriots have reportedly added an option year worth $20 million onto Antonio Brown's contract for the 2020 season, ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported. The $20 million will reportedly all become guaranteed if the option is executed.

Schefter added that the initial one-year, $15 million deal that New England signed the four-time All-Pro to on Saturday was done to help with cap proration for this season. Brown also received a $9 million signing bonus in the deal."

https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/09/09/patrio...n-contract

Based on what you've written, it seems like Antonio Brown (and his agent) may have contrived all along to circumvent NFL Rules so that AB would play this season as a Patriot.
Maybe this whole drama, for example the helmet issue and the recent alleged "near physical fight" with Raiders GM Mayock, was part of some planned course of events written by AB and his agent?

[SF_Cardinal_Fan]

I guess AB's strategy is to sacrifice dollars to play for a championship contending team, and then sign a larger dollar contract a year from now.
But it seems to me, at least from a dollars perspective, he would have made the most by fulfilling his contract with the Raiders.
Maybe he is more interested in winning a Superbowl than earning top salary money ? If so, that's cool.

not sure he's taking much if any pay cut to play in New England

"The Patriots have reportedly added an option year worth $20 million onto Antonio Brown's contract for the 2020 season, ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported. The $20 million will reportedly all become guaranteed if the option is executed.

Schefter added that the initial one-year, $15 million deal that New England signed the four-time All-Pro to on Saturday was done to help with cap proration for this season. Brown also received a $9 million signing bonus in the deal."

https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/09/09/patrio...n-contract

Based on what you've written, it seems like Antonio Brown (and his agent) may have contrived all along to circumvent NFL Rules so that AB would play this season as a Patriot.
Maybe this whole drama, for example the helmet issue and the recent alleged "near physical fight" with Raiders GM Mayock, was part of some planned course of events written by AB and his agent?