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PAntonio BrownStar receiver rupture · March 13, 2019
The trade that ended Antonio Brown's Pittsburgh era before an even faster Oakland collapse
Oakland acquired Antonio Brown from Pittsburgh for third- and fifth-round picks, then gave him a reworked contract with significant guarantees.
See where this happened in the 2019 offseason →The original receipt
Every asset in the deal
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Pittsburgh Steelers
#2019 third-round pick · No. 66
#2019 fifth-round pick · No. 141
Why it happened
The bet each side made
The Steelers needed to resolve a public breakdown with their All-Pro receiver, while the Raiders wanted a famous centerpiece for Jon Gruden's rebuild.
Why history remembers it
Brown's Raiders tenure dissolved before Week 1 after a sequence of disputes and disciplinary episodes; Pittsburgh used the third-round pick on Diontae Johnson.
What changed
The consequences
- Brown never played a regular-season game for Oakland.
- Pittsburgh selected Diontae Johnson with the third-round pick.
- The episode became one of the shortest and most chaotic star acquisitions in league history.
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