Report: Robert Kraft Decided To Cut Antonio Brown, Tom Brady Disapproves

Antonio Brown left the New England Patriots 11 days after he signed the deal with the team. Team owner Robert Kraft made the final decision about Brown, and sources reveal that quarterback Tom Brady didn’t want Brown to go.

Brady didn’t want to talk about his teammate, but he made a few interesting comments when he was on WEEI. “You want everyone to become the best they could they could possibly be. And you try to provide leadership and try to care for people. You try to provide whatever you think you can to help them reach their highest potential. Whatever situation it is, and I’ve had a lot of teammates over the years. So you invest not just your head but you heart, your soul. That’s what makes a great team, that’s what makes a great brotherhood.”

He wasn’t the one to make decisions. “I don’t make any personnel decisions. I don’t decide to sign players. I don’t decide to trade then,” he told Gray. “I don’t decide to release them. I don’t decide to draft them. I don’t get asked, I show up and do my job. I’m an employee like everyone else. I’m going to show this week and do the best I can do as quarterback. … Maybe one day I will be an owner and I can make all the decisions that I want.”

There was a talk, but Brady didn’t reveal much of it.

“I do have a lot of personal feelings, none of which I really care to share,” Brady said. “That’s about it. It’s a difficult situation. That’s kinda how I feel.”

Antonio Brown decided to leave the NFL because he didn’t want to be part of the drama.

“How many personnel decisions has Kraft insisted be made in 20 years with Belichick?” Curran wrote. “To my knowledge, none. Everybody doesn’t have to like it — and they don’t — but they will have to live with it. In the end, though, the cyclone known as Antonio is the one to “blame” for the fact the owner, coach and quarterback ended up at odds. Business could have been boomin’. Instead it went bust.”