JUNE 1: Anderson reports discussions today will center around the possibility of 2027 draft picks being included in the long-awaited Brown trade. For now, though, Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer notes this deal is still expected to consist of Brown being sent to New England for a 2028 first-rounder. The last-minute emergence of another suitor is not expected to take place.
MAY 28: The countdown to June 1 continues as it pertains to an A.J. Brown trade. The swap ending his Eagles tenure is still expected to take place and send him to New England, but there is work to be done between those two teams.
An official Brown-to-New England move is not guaranteed to be in place when it is first feasible to be finalized, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network cautions (video link). Brown’s contract will be far easier to absorb after June 1, something driving the lengthy waiting period before clarity emerges in his case. Rapoport confirms the Patriots remain the expected destination for Brown, 29 next month, so a reunion with head coach Mike Vrabel continues to loom.
Philadelphia and New England have not yet agreed to the price of a Brown trade, per Rapoport and The Exhibit’s Josina Anderson. Anderson adds a swap of picks may wind up taking place once the trade is official. A Day 1 selection continues to be sought out by Eagles general manager Howie Roseman. Especially if the Patriots wind up agreeing to meet it, it will be interesting to see if draft capital attached to Brown and his contract gets sought out by New England.
The Eagles discussed a Brown trade prior to last month’s draft, but their attention ultimately turned to next year’s edition. The 2027 class is held in very high regard (especially compared to this year’s), and that factor is no doubt driving part of New England’s hesitation to part with a first-rounder next year. Roseman has shown a willingness to take draft picks two years into the future as part of a trade, however. That could come into play in this case.
Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated writes the Eagles discussed a 2028 first-round pick when speaking about a Brown trade earlier this offseason. That conversation took place with a team other than the Patriots, he adds. The non-New England market on this front has been largely quiet, although the Rams have been mentioned as a suitor. Nevertheless, Los Angeles is now seen as being out of the running for Brown.
Across his four years with the Eagles, Brown racked up 5,034 yards and 32 receiving touchdowns. The three-time Pro Bowler helped Philadelphia win Super Bowl LIX, but his level of satisfaction within the team’s offense in general and his on-field relationship with quarterback Jalen Hurts in particular increasingly became a talking point over time. Indications from the team and Hurts have pointed to a separation being expected relatively soon. It still remains to be seen if trade terms can be worked out with the Patriots over the coming days, however.
Just do a pick swap in the deal. Jumping 30 spots up the board and having a 5th year option has its benefits. Philly can always trade back from the 1sts to get more draft picks.
NE 2027 1st round
Boutte or Douglas
for
PHI 2027 2nd round
Aj Brown
I don’t see how this helps the eagles. I would think a 2027 4th from Pats and a 2028 1st from pats for Brown and a 2028 4th. Eagles have no need for Boutte or Douglas.
Depth. Trading brown leaves Smith, Lemon, Hollywood Brown, Wicks, as your primary guys. Anyone gets hurt its a pretty thin core.
You could wait till 2028. But you’re playing a risky game doing such
2027 free agency theres really no one of importance thats departing
2028 however
Baun, Wicks, Carter, Nolan Smith, Jean, Trotter are all up for free agency. With
Hurts Barkley Devonta Smith
Alot of change after 2027.
The Eagles already have multiple WRs on the roster beyond those guys who they like. Johnny Wilson, for one. He was going to be their #3/4 WR last year before he got hurt.
I love Douglas but we have no need for him, and absolutely no on Boutte.
Neither of those wideoouts are even remotely worth getting an Eagles draft pick back let alone one that high.
“ Depth. Trading brown leaves Smith, Lemon, Hollywood Brown, Wicks, as your primary guys. Anyone gets hurt its a pretty thin core.”
Yeah. Reading is important lol
Sounds more like Boutte and Douglas are a throw in to fill the spot vacated by Brown when he’s traded.
Seems like the deal is Aj Brown and a 2027 2nd for a 2027 1st. If Eagles are talking accepting a 2028 1st means nobody is offering a 2027 1st.
Eagles keep Brown they’re letting other guys go cause he comes with 23 21 27 and 29 mill cap hits next 4 years. Moving him clears that money towards extending guys elsewhere. Plus if nobody is trading a 2027 1st nobody is gonna trade a 2028 1st for a 30 years old WR getting more expensive next off season
lol Boutte is more productive than Johnny Wilson common now.
I did read lol. What you said made no sense lol.
Nobody is accepting that. If Howie trades a second round pick and Brown together, he should be fired. Period.
Boutte is not good. Just stop it. Maybe one day he will be but you all overrate the kid as much as people overrate Green Bay’s now departed WRs. Johnny Wilson hasn’t done anything because he didn’t get opportunities as a rookie and MISSED HIS ENTIRE SECOND SEASON. If he comes back healthy this year, it will be his first actual opportunity as a pro. Everybody was excited to see what he could do last year because the Eagles needed that big WR besides Brown. With Brown gone, they’ll need him even more. Wicks is not all that big, and Lemon and Smith are tiny. There’s also Darius Cooper, who impressed as an undrafted rookie last year in preseason. We have no need for Boutte and no need for Douglas.
And AJ literally TURNS 29 this year. He’s currently 28. Neither age is 30.
Your arguments are terrible.
You’re not getting a 2027 first lol
Idk who’s worse eagles fans who think they can recreate the Titans package they gave up years ago or 49er fans who think Mac Jones is worth a second LOL delusional
Notimportant: “ Neither of those wideoouts are even remotely worth getting an Eagles draft pick back let alone one that high.”
OP: “ Depth. Trading brown leaves Smith, Lemon, Hollywood Brown, Wicks, as your primary guys. Anyone gets hurt it’s a pretty thin core.
Also notimportant I did read lol.
Sure ya did. If you did read you would have saw the word DEPTH used. How you saw the word DEPTH and responded with “ Neither of those wideoouts are even remotely worth getting an Eagles draft pick….” Tells us you didn’t read it at all.
Notimportant: What you said made no sense lol.
Me: Sounds more like Boutte and Douglas are a throw in to fill the spot vacated by Brown when he’s traded.
Also me: If Eagles are talking accepting a 2028 1st means nobody is offering a 2027 1st.
Also also me: if nobody is trading a 2027 1st nobody is gonna trade a 2028 1st for a 30 years old WR getting more expensive next off season
Apparently logic is too complicated for Notimportant
There’s no point in reading anymore of your flawed comments. Waste of mine and everyone’s time cause you got nothing.
Your entire comment is embarrassingly substanceless and tryhard.
Your arguments are nonsensical and meaningless and just a whole bunch of overcompensation for the fact that you clearly just don’t know football.
You don’t trade a second round pick and an ALL PRO WR for a first and some throw in players. Period. It doesn’t matter what your ridiculous and nonsensical reasoning is. You don’t ever trade a second round pick for depth. Period.
Neither of those players are even a lock to make the 53, and you act like they’re automatically better than what the Eagles already have.
You have zero logic to any of your arguments. None.
And for the SECOND time, he’s TWENTY EIGHT.
You don’t know what DEPTH means lol. Hilarious
I clearly do.
You know absolutely nothing about football. Hilarious.
Breaking new
Eagle fans are reporting Howie Roseman has turned down multiple offers of 2027 1st round picks for disgruntled wr Aj Brown with sources close to the situation quoting Roseman as saying “Aj brown not available call back June 1st”
Definition of acquiring depth according to Notimportant is “ Neither of those wideoouts are even remotely worth getting an Eagles draft pick….“
Ah yes the quintessential definition of depth…..a high draft pick lmao. Yeah you don’t know what depth means. Clearly
Also Notimportant: And for the SECOND time, he’s TWENTY EIGHT.
Article: Brown, 29 next month, so a reunion with head coach Mike Vrabel continues to loom.
“HES 28 DOUGH “ my bad for calling a soon to be 29 year old 29 LOLOLOLOL
lolololol womp womp
Absolutely NOT!
An underrated thing about Howie Roseman as a GM is that he gets to act with more job security than just about any GM in the game, which means he gets to be forward looking. The Eagles have gotten a lot of value out of going into drafts with picks they acquired two years earlier. GMs with heat on them aren’t as motivated to make those kinds of moves.
Brown is not worth a 1st round pick. He is like Deebo he can’t separate. He’s never open and his hands are almost as bad as Deebo. Plus he is a head case. Reading a book on the sideline in the middle of a game. He got married this summer and not a single one of his current teammates went to his wedding. That is not a good sign.
Lol this is beyond hilariously delusional.
He’s got bad hands? He made Hurts a Pro Bowler!
The criticism of AJ largely comes from people trying to find a scapegoat to deflect from Hurts’ culpability in yet another disappointing season and attempting to keep up the false narrative that Hurts is anything more than a game manager with a superteam around him and a receiving corps whose amazing skills save so many bad throws that it makes his numbers look way better than they should be.
To this insane cohort of “fans”, Hurts is responsible for every win but somehow never responsible for even a single loss. It’s ALWAYS somebody else’s fault.
AJ is a bonafide #1 who will dominate with New England if he goes there.
You can’t honestly tell me Brown did not regress big time in the hands department this past season. Missed multiple catches that were either a. Easy for someone like him or b. Catches he had made many times before. There was too many instances this past year of dropped passes to blame it all on hurts.
Jalen is very culpable in a lot of issues this offense has. He definitely has been carried by better players around him. But AJ definitely had some blame to carry himself.
Nobody is denying that AJ didn’t have the year he’s capable of but his supposed regression as a receiver has been way overblown as a way to justify scapegoating him for the offense.
Keep him interested and his hands are like vice grips. Brown interested is a beast who shrugs off defenders and is still a top 5 receiver. I was hoping to keep him happy in Philly.
Except he has the attention span of a kindergartner.
Same.no problems keeping him at all.
I don’t know if this is necessarily true about the “fans”. I’m no Eagles fan, but I live in South Jersey with plenty of them. I never hear any of them talk about Hurts in a positive way anymore
The year he was reading on the sideline he scored a touchdown in the conference championship and the Super Bowl win.
Any sentence that begins with Brown is not worth a first round pick should stop the reader FROM wasting further time.
Definitely not worth a 1st.
Next years WR class is lining up to be one of the better ones in recent memory
Jeremiah Smith
Ryan Williams
Cam Coleman
Charlie Becker / Nick Marsh
Depending how things shake out could be a deep WR draft which is why nobody seems willing to trade a 2027 1st for an aging expensive Aj Brown.
Not really.
Totally is
Lol you people are so hilarious.
AJ Brown WAS one of those generational WR talents. He’s STILL a dominant #1 WR. And you think a bunch of unproven rookies are even remotely better than him?
It’s obvious you really don’t know football.
Still not getting a 2027 1st round pick for him
If they could he’d be traded by now lmao
That’s logic. Something you obviously struggle with, alongside definitions of words like depth
Rams bailed out and Patriots are the only suitors. And even then Pats have the option of pivoting back to Diggs at a cheaper price, keeping their pick, and getting equal or better production from Diggs.
They could also bail the rams out by trading for Davante Adams at a lesser price and get better value cause it certainly won’t cost a 1st or 2nd to move Adams lol.
The reason nobody wants to trade a 2027 first round pick is because all the good teams that have QB’s in place know that there is going to be an early run on QB’s from the bad teams making the later picks in the round more valuable at other positions. IE- If you don’t need a QB you are much more likely to get WHAT you need later because it will probably be there. Just a theory of course but it makes sense. All the bad teams will be jockeying for position to get the QB they want. If you somehow had an early pick you could trade it to a QB needy team for a ransom.
Impressive literally every one of your points are misunderstandings, bad takes or simply don’t understand the mechanics of contracts or rules. Really impressed.
You seriously think if a team said we will give you a 1st round pick in 2027 the eagles response is “ok let’s wait a couple months to make the deal”? And the team offering the 1st said “ok Howie we will do what’s best for you.”
you’re serious aren’t you. In that case let me laugh even harder LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Yeah that’s it. They’d turn down a guaranteed 1st cause cap reasons. And the interested team cares more about the eagles cap situation than their own interests. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Delusional. Take your meds.
Shouldn’t there be a Statute of Limitations on this trade? Like 30 more days before I start vomiting profusely. This is becoming worse than the Rodgers nightmare.
Yea I’m so tired of hearing about this. I can’t wait for there to be a resolution
Rodgers has been doing this for years with multiple teams.
Howie is going to do the same song and dance:
trade solid player to overachieving team, team falls off and gives Philly a top 15 pick.
Howie is a pretty shrewd operator but when there is only one team interested in making the deal, you’re unlikely to get the full value you were seeking.
Patriots are fools if they give up a 1st for Brown. Guy isn’t worth a 1st and if he’s not happy playing for Philly …. what makes you think he’s going to be happy in New England?
Their QB was a frontrunner for MVP with Stafford and threw more touchdowns in his sophomore season than Hurts has ever thrown in a season to date despite throwing so many times a game in multiple seasons and having All-Pros around him for four seasons and counting. They also just went to the Superbowl and are actively trying to fix the issues that caused them to lose said Superbowl. The complete opposite of what the Eagles are currently doing.
That’s why.
Because he played for Vrabel before the trade to Philly