The Facts:
HC Raheem Morris said Thursday that Bryant's career in Tampa Bay is over. "Antonio missed a significant amount of time last year," Morris said. "And I'm not going to blame Antonio, but really, right now we're going in a young direction. We're going to choose to move on."
Reported by the St. Petersburg Times
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Bryant will become an unrestricted free agent March 5. He struggled to recover from arthroscopic knee surgery that forced him to miss the preseason and caught just 39 passes for 600 yards and four touchdowns in 13 games. That's significantly less than the 83 receptions for 1,248 yards and seven touchdowns that Bryant produced in 2009. Per Times staffer Rick Stroud, concerns over Bryant's knee injury and a commitment to build through the draft led to the decision not to offer Bryant a contract. That means second-year QB Josh Freeman will be surrounded by mostly young or unproductive receivers like Michael Clayton, Stovall and Sammie Stroughter.
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