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All eyes are on AB’s ankle.Antonio Brown’s Buccaneers’ career unceremoniously came to an end this past weeekend, withnow-infamous images of him running of the field shirtle s and waving goodbye to the MetLife Stadium crowd the final images of him in a Tampa Bay uniform.While head coach Bruce Arians didn’t expound on the reason why Brown is no longer a member of the team, reports in recent days have shinedmore light on .According to reports, the ankle injury that Brown had was potentially more severe than the organization let on. According to the Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Stroud, the wide receiver’s ankle injury should have actually kept him out of Sunday’s game, and that he was was “serious pain.”MORE: Antonio Brown update below:Antonio’s friends were worried about the pain he was experiencing so they encouraged him to see a top surgeon outside the Bucs’ organization. That visit and an MRI confirm his serious pain and that story is developing… Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) Antonio is known for having a high pain threshold but the belief is Antonio probably should’ve never been on the field to begin with Sunday. And official statement from Brown’s camp will be i sued soon. They have stayed quiet since Sunday. Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) Brown visited a surgeon outside of the Buccaneers organization, and that surgeon indicated that Brown has a lingering ankle i sue. It’s likely that the injury is the same ankle that kept Brown on IR earlier in the season.Stroud adds that a statement from Brown’s official Kevin Lankinen Jersey camp will be released soon.Arians said his conversation with Brown had nothing to do with his injury, nor did his meltdown on the sideline, and Brown didn’t mention it.The ankle injury that Brown suffered kept him out of practice on both Thursday and Friday prior to the Week 17 matchup vs. the Jets, after being limited on Wednesday. In the game, Brown caught three pa ses for 26 yards before his exit. He played 26 snaps.Following the game, Buccaneers quarterback and compa sion for Brown and called the ordeal a “difficult situation.”