Antonio Brown was reduced last week to standing in Robert Kraft's driveway with a boombox over his head, pleading to be welcomed back.
The ending for AB doesn't figure to be as happy as it was for John Cusack's "Say Anything" character.
It isn't Kraft – who was strafed by Brown with embarrassing tweets on the Sunday after his release – that put Brown on ice. It's the NFL which has quietly put Brown's playing future in a box on a shelf in a locked closet.
When Brown was released by the Patriots, the NFL released a statement as well.