‘The Bills released him after the 2003 season for a variety of reasons. Part of it was money. Part of it was that he was not a player who had been selected by the management in power at the time. Part of it was that management believed Brown’s career had ebbed and felt he had given up on the team. Brown felt management had given up on him. "People were wondering what was going on," Brown said. "I was thrown out on the trash heap."’