Josh Brown was a teammate of Richie Incognito at Nebraska and early in their NFL careers with the St. Louis Rams.

"None of it shocks me," Brown said Monday. "I don't know any details obviously. The league hasn't released anything. But Richie seems to be a person with a tortured soul. He's had these issues for quite awhile and it's sad."

Incognito is accused of harassing teammate Jonathan Martin.

"It's sad to see, because he was a friend of mine and still is," added Brown. "I played with him in college and he had a lot of problems in college. I played with him in the Rams, and not severe issues there . . . but it seems like this seems to be something that has been haunting him for more than decade.

"This seems to be somebody who's really got some demons that are out of the building."