The Eagles were reportedly willing to listen to trade offers on wide receiver A.J. Brown in advance of this year’s deadline, though they were not prepared to deal him for anything less than a blockbuster package. Philadelphia could be more amenable to a swap this offseason.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler hears from several executives that the Eagles may look to move Brown at some point after the 2025 campaign comes to an end. Fowler also says there would be a market for the three-time Pro Bowler, who will turn just 29 in June and who is due $50MM in cash over the next two seasons (an eminently reasonable sum for a WR1, considering the receiver market has now moved into $40MM/year territory).
Philadelphia presumably would like to retain Brown for his on-field abilities, though his play this season has not generated as much attention as his comments about his team’s offense. Brown has publicly expressed his frustrations with the Eagles’ Kevin Patullo-coordinated attack on several occasions this year, and those grievances and the reporting they beget must be taxing on the team’s locker room, in Fowler’s estimation.
Fowler acknowledges Brown’s teammates may understand his concerns. After all, the limitations of Philly’s passing game are apparent, and the offense as a whole ranks in the bottom half of the NFL in terms of both yardage and points after finishing in the top-10 in both categories in 2024.
Despite that, and despite Brown’s apology for at least some of his comments – along with the fact that he declined to publicly blame the embattled Patullo earlier this month – his well-documented complaints necessitated a meeting with owner Jeffrey Lurie back in November. It is therefore reasonable to think Lurie and GM Howie Roseman might entertain trade offers in 2026 after turning away prospective suitors last offseason.
Brown certainly has enjoyed an increased role in the offense over the past few games. After seeing double-digit targets just once in the first eight weeks of the season, he has hit that threshold in five of the Eagles’ last six contests (with the one exception being a 31-0 romp over the hapless Raiders). For the year, he has 73 receptions (on 114 targets) for 935 yards and seven touchdowns, and he is on pace to crack the 1,000-yard mark for the sixth time in his seven pro seasons (though his 12.8 yards-per-catch rate is a career-low).
If the Eagles trade Brown before June 1, they would lose roughly $20MM in 2026 cap space. They could save $7MM on next year’s cap by dealing him after June 1.
Dual Threat QB who’s been successful … but you take away designed plays?
Putzullo is laughable and Sirianni covering for him is hysterical
Well….Putzullo is Sirianni’s clone and protege…so he is covering for himself as well. Sirianni may have many good coaching qualities, but the success of the Eagles’ offense has always been inversely proportional to Sirianni’s direct involvement.
Nick has been successful enough he won’t be going anywhere, but they need to hire a strong OC who is fully entrusted to run the offense like their current D Coordinator runs the D.
If the Eagles are able to repeat, and AJ continues playing like he has the last few games, I see Philly be more likely to make an OC change than trade AJ. he’s the best receiver in the NFL when he’s used properly. It makes 0 sense to trade him when the team is in the middle of its superbowl window for the next 2-3 seasons.
Not better than Chase, Jefferson, or Lamb if any of those 3 are used properly.
Lol brown is a beast more physical and just as fast.
He sure is more physical. The 40 time is irrelevant. Plenty of guys are faster than any of the 3 I named plus Brown that are garbage players.
This isn’t a knock on Brown, he is great. Just that the other 3 are better and also come with less baggage.
Chase specifically has put up back to back to back 100 catch seasons despite Burrow injuries.
Jeffersons season this year is an anomaly and Brown should edge him out this year but previous years Jefferson is still better.
Lamb prior to this year was another back to back to back 100 catch guy and easily better than Brown.
Brown is a zero time 1st team all pro where the other three have at least 1 and have more indovidual accolades as well.
I think Brown’s only weakness is his attitude and how he publicly goes about his frustrations. That being said the facts show that by most every measurable target the other 3 guys are better.
There’s so much wrong with this I dk where to start, so I won’t even bother. I can tell you haven’t played before. Winning a fantasy football league doesn’t mean you know anything about football. So all you fantasy owners who never played, just stick the comment board of your league cuz you made a fool out of yourself talking ball using fantasy stats as your reason.
That’s a lazy dodge, not an argument. “You didn’t play” is the hallmark of someone who can’t address the actual point being made. That is also a wild assumption for someone you don’t know personally.
Stats and accolades aren’t “fake football” they’re quantified production. If you can’t reconcile actual achieved results by players with measurable output, that’s a comprehension problem, not a credibility issue on my end.
If you want to argue substance, do it. If all you’ve got is gatekeeping and personal attacks, you’ve already conceded the point kid.
Ok well a very very simple explanation to your dumb stats you posted is that Jamar Chase gets more than 2x the targets Brown gets. Simple math, if Brown got the same amount of targets he’d put up about 160% of the production Jamar chase does. They also are in different offenses. Have different QBs, are losing a lot and need to play catch up. There’s a million reasons for stats. Blindly posting stats with 0 context and saying “see? He’s better” is football ignorance. And yes, it screams that you never played. And sorry but if you never played you should be careful what you say. I wouldn’t tell a surgeon how to open up a body for surgery let me tell you that. Regurgitating stats that literally only affect fantasy sports does not tell me one thing about how good a player really is.
So you’re saying that all observable metrics that Brown is better than Chase?
And we are just to take your word in it because he happens to be on a winning team?
Brown is QB dependant, he wasn’t nearly this good when he was in Tennessee. Chase has been great even with having Burrow, Browning, and Flacco tossing the ball.
Just curious, I won’t make an assumption…but are you an Eagles fan?
Bro, did you just call Brown QB dependent when he A. Has played for 2 heavy run teams and B. Has Jalen Hurts as his QB who throws less than 20 passes a game? You just making stuff up now, or what? If anything, Chase is QB dependent. He’s on a bad team that throws 50 times a game. Let’s see what his stats would be in Philly. It would be half the production easy.
Answer the question.
What?
No chance. This is stupid speculating. Waste of an article
I would t say no chance…could always trade him for good draft picks and take a WR in the draft. Devonta is good enough to be a #1. Could try trading for Waddle too who doesn’t seem to be a complainer and loudmouth
I think you’d be lucky to get a third round pick.
Before I mute you for the nonsense lol lol lol
Yeah, I wouldn’t be surprised at all. It’s definitely going to be more than a third rounder, though. Roseman may be tiring of the disconnect between Hurts and Brown (and possibly other elements of the offense), but he’s not going to trade Brown away for a return that isn’t worth it. Right now he has possibly the best receiver in the NFL on contract in a championship window-unless something dramatic happens on the field in the playoffs, Roseman will be open to a trade, but won’t exactly be seeking to dispose of Brown without a good return.
The other side of this is that I think that there are definitely teams who would be willing to offer that return. I wouldn’t be shocked to see it happen at all.
Not really, the public sees a little of the drama, but there’s guaranteed to be so much more that we don’t see. Once the season ends the stories will start flowing.
Mike Tomlin is great at keeping WR’s drama behind the scenes. AB to Pickens & plenty others.
Arty, lol and who’s the QB. Go back to sleep stupid
Actually, the opposite most likely…..There is little actual drama, but news reporters turn it into clickbait.
If there is any truth to this article, the Steelers should have got Brown this off-season instead of Metcalf last offseason, Pickens, and taken the comp 3rd when they didn’t sign him. There is only a 1/2 years difference in age between them.
I think his value is declining rapidly. Owed a ton of money. Doesn’t seem like a great guy in locker room and yes he has lost a step or two.
I’d use that Belichick philosophy of rather get rid of him a year early than a year late. He’s about to hit 30, and we all know the drop on the other side of that age is long and steep for most players, but particularly WRs, RBs, and DBs. I’d trade him somewhere like Cleveland though just to be an ahole.
Totally correct. The Eagles current run is predicated on their excellent drafts and gaining extra capital from trades when they moved on from Wentz, fleeced the 49ers when they moved up to get Lance.
Then they used capital to get Brown, take risks on guys like Hurts early, Carter with character concerns, and get depth.
Trading brown if they could get a first would continue this strategy.
The Eagles are not trading Brown short of an insane offer.
wonder if there’s a scenario where howie orchestrates a multi-team trade to move brown for harrison jr ?
WR’s are high maintenance. Deal him if he is a distraction and move on. Team over individual always.
Doesn’t make sense. Defensive coverage would smother the Slim Reaper and there’s nothing left; unless Dotson is showing them something in practices we just don’t see to take over for Brown, but doubtful
They’d replace Brown (or, rather, attempt to) with certainty. I definitely see Brown netting a first offer-wise from some team (granted, that likely includes other picks, as always), and the Eagles could add another WR1or WR2 who is younger and cheaper. That player may or may not be as good as Brown, but in an offense predicated on the run and without a high volume passer, do the Eagles really need two of the best WRs in the league at a high price, or can they get by with an elite WR and a good one?
Brown makes Philly much better, no doubt, and won’t be easy to replace; however, I can see how Philly could get their money’s worth in a trade and end up just as capable.
Yes, they do need that.
Hurts is mediocre and needs elite WRs around him.
I mean, I’m not high on Hurts either, but they really don’t need the best at the position on both sides in pass-sparse offense. A younger alternative that runs the essential routes could be had at a cheaper price, and Brown could definitely wrangle a good pick in exchange. It’s definitely doable. Hurts isn’t going to sit in the pocket and read through three or four targets on most of his plays. If the Eagles get a good offer, they could take it and not end up in a bad spot.
Again, yes they do.
His passes are that bad that average WRs will not catch most of them.
Okay, again, I don’t have much stock in Hurts, but the resources tied up in a nearly thirty year old wide receiver who is unhappy with his team surely could better used elsewhere to help the organization as a whole. I do not think that their offense asks Hurts to throw enough to fully take advantage of both Hurts and Smith on valuable contracts. Brown’s age also means that Philadelphia needs to be considering succession plans as is-better to sell while the value is there than way too late.
Don’t think the eagles particularly need a top top WR in their system which is very run heavy. Barkley is the number 1 option, Hurts makes things happen with his legs and when it comes time to throwing the ball Smitty is already a solid number 2 and Godert does well at TE.
WR is one of those positions where the top of the market guys get paid massive amounts and a lot of them have hard to manage personalities. Could easily save some money and be just as good with a couple good depth pieces. Jakobi Myers just signed for 20mil for example, that’s 10mil less. If you can get a good return for AJ I’d take it and then replace him with a cheaper but good WR and continue to have this really good team.
great point, i’ve been thinking the same the whole season. the eagles offense does not need a top WR to run, which has also been the point of contention with Brown because he wants to have the top WR numbers which he just doesn’t have the opportunity to get in their offensive style.
It’s like some of you don’t actually watch the games or something.
I’m not going to sit here and say I watch every Eagles game, because I don’t, I’m not an Eagles fan. However, from what I know about the Eagles and watching some of their games, I can confidently tell you that you can take AJ Brown out of that offense, replace him with a promising rookie or solid (but not great) WR and the offense wouldn’t miss too much of a beat.