As we approached midnight on the day the Steelers said was their preferred deadline for finding a trade partner for Antonio Brown, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport dropped the bombshell that the Bills were “closing in on a deal” for Brown.
Sources: The #Steelers are closing in on a deal to send star WR Antonio Brown to the Buffalo #Bills. There it is.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 8, 2019
Naturally, this news spread quickly. It was also rebutted quickly. First by Antonio Brown himself on Instagram, calling it “Fake news.