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Despite being brought in to workout with the Saints<\/a> last week, Antonio Brown<\/a> is still on the outside of the NFL looking in. AB has never been\u00a0shy about expressing his feelings, and claimed\u00a0that the Saints used him to build\u00a0hype around the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Everyone has deadlines. I guess the NFL don’t have a deadline for me, so I appreciate Sean Payton and them guys for supporting me and bringing me out to work out. But I think it was a publicity stunt for them,” Brown said during a recent Instagram Live session. “Sean Payton know[s] the feeling of being left behind, not being able to interact with his team. I don’t have a team. It is what it is. We don’t seek comfort. We don’t make excuses. I’m going to just keep committing to be the difference, ’cause I know I’m the difference.”<\/p>\n Yet, insiders claim that AB’s appearance in New Orleans\u00a0was far from a publicity stunt. The Saints were reportedly actually interested in signing AB, but his\u00a0off-field antics proved to be an issue. According to NBC Sports<\/a>, New Orleans told Brown not to bring his entourage to the workout as the team wanted to limit the attention the meeting would generate. AB refused to listen and brought his entire camp\u2014including a cameraman\u2014to the workout.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Additionally, signing Brown might not have been a fruitful move for the\u00a0Super Bowl contenders. Although AB reportedly “did not drop a ball” during the workout, insiders believe that Brown will be placed on the\u00a0commissioner\u2019s exempt\u00a0list as soon as he signs with a team.\u00a0<\/p>\n “My understanding is any team that signs him, he is likely to go on the commissioner\u2019s exempt\u00a0list,”\u00a0Ian Rapoport<\/a>\u00a0said. “In other words, if the Saints or another team signs him, it\u2019s very, very unlikely to play this year.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n