To date, the story of his season has been one of the most bizarre in the league’s recent history, and has included a cryogenic therapy mishap in which he blistered his sockless feet in subzero temperatures and a dispute over his helmet (he preferred to play in an older, unapproved model, but was blocked from doing so).

The most serious problems Brown faces are accusations of inappropriate sexual behavior. A woman who once worked for Brown as a trainer said in a lawsuit filed earlier this month that he had raped her. Later, an artist hired to paint a mural at his home said in an interview with Sports Illustrated that Brown had approached her in the nude. Days after that revelation, she said, he sent her threatening messages.