Antonio Brown's time with the Buccaneers came to an abrupt end Sunday.Tampa Bay head coach Bruce Arians announced Brown's fateafter the Buccaneers' 28-24 win over the Jets in Week 17."He is no longer a Buc," . "That's the end of the story. Let's talk about the guys who went out and won the game."BA addre ses the status of Antonio Brown: xz - Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) While Arians didn'tprovide a reason for Brown's dismi sal in the immediate aftermath of the game, he has addre sed it since while other reporters have worked to create a clearer picture of what happened on the Buccaneers' sideline.MORE: The root of the i sue with Brown's meltdown stemmed from Arians asking Brown to enter the game and Brown refusing to do so.Fox Sports' Jay Glazer initially reported this shortly after the Buccaneers-Jets game came to an end.Just talked to Bruce Arians who said he was trying to get AB to go into game & AB refused. Tried again Brown refused & Arians told him to get out. On if he saw AB take his jersey off.Yeah, I did. Never seen anything like it in all my years Melvin Ingram III Jersey . Jay Glazer (@JayGlazer) corroborated this report. He spoke to Arians, who explained that when he asked Brown to go into the game, the receiver said,Nope. Im not going in.Several reports, including one from , indicate that Brown didn't believe he was healthy enough to playamid an ankle injury with whichhe had been dealing. Arians, however, on Monday. He also admitted thatBrown's refusal to enter the gameleft Arians "'very' angry", per King.Brown was seen speaking with Mike Evans on the Buccaneers' sideline just before his meltdown during the third quarter. Evans tried to stop his teammate from departing, but Brownripped off his equipment including his jersey, pads and undershirt and left the field shirtle s.He had that look in his eye that I havent seen for a long time," Arians told King.Brown threw his undershirt into the stands on his way to the locker room. Hebriefly stopped in the end-zone to pump up the Jets crowd and gave them a peace sign as he disappeared. He didn't return to the field.Antonio Brown just kinda left Rivers McCown (@riversmccown) Brown had not been benched before he left the game, according toESPN's Jenna Laine.He just "quit" when he had his meltdown, and that prompted his release.I'm told that Antonio Brown was not benched prior to him leaving the field. Source tells me, "He quit." I'm also told that he is not flying home on the team plane, as some of you have asked. JennaLaineESPN (@JennaLaineESPN) This isn't the first time that Brown has been in trouble during his career, or even duringthe last month. In December, hewas suspended three games after misrepresenting his vaccination status. However,Arians decided to welcome him back to the team after his suspension;Brown's latest outburst was apparently too much to overcome.Its a shame, said Arians to King. I feel bad for him. He just cant help himself.MORE:With Brown gone and Chris Godwin out for the season with a torn ACL, Mike Evans is the only starting receiver still left standing for Tampa Bay. The team will have to rely more upon Breshad Perriman, Tyler Johnson and Cyril Grayson, who had the game-winning touchdown catch against the Jets, moving forward as they prepare for another postseason run.What's next for Brown? That much is unclear, but he spent Sunday afternoon crafting cryptic social media posts in the aftermath of his release. One of them, a sponsoredInstagram post, had a caption that read: "Football is what we do, not who we are!"Super Gremlin AB (@AB84) Elijah McGuire Jersey