JOHN FRANKLIN III

Brown, his teammate Mike Edwards and free agent John Franklin III will each miss their next three games, the league said.

Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians would like to see the NFL expand an investigation of the COVID-19 vaccination status of two players on his team to include other rosters around the league.

Aaron Rodgers flaunts the NFL/NFLPA coronavirus protocols and gets a fine that barely shows up in his paycheck. Antonio Brown and two others do the same and get three-game suspensions. It's complicated, but in some ways it's also pretty simple why the Packers quarterback was fined $14,650, a sum negotiated between the league and the players' union while developing the COVID-19 protocols.

Brown, his teammate Mike Edwards and free agent John Franklin III will each miss their next three games, the league said.

The NFL temporarily suspended Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown and two other players for lying about their Covid-19 vaccination status.

Antonio Brown and two other NFL players have been suspended immediately for three games by the league for violating COVID-19 protocols.