Patriots Rumor A.J. Brown trade rumors heat up - Should Patriots get him?

[LightSkinSmurf]

I'm for it. If Vrabel isn't bothered by his personality then I'm not either.

 

[Triumph]

Dude has turned into a cancer.

 

[Toofy]

Anything for 3rd round or lesser and closer to diggs contract sign me up for it . But I don't see how the eagles will trade him. It's like falcons cousins contract.

 

[imahobgoblin]

You are too stupid to understand my posts.

$79 million is what they have to pay him (meaning under the cap) if they keep him long term, dipshit. They can get rid of roughly $50 million of that by trading him, dipshit. You're the one arguing that trading him is not cap friendly.

I never... not once.... said (or believed) trades are the same as cuts. You're just a lying piece of **** at this point.

You've done 3 things in this thread:

1) Post a graphic which 100% supported my after-June-1 salary cap statements (thank you for proving my calculations were 100% spot on, by the way)
2) Made the moronic statement that it would be cap prohibitive for the Eagles to trade Brown (which I proved wrong)
2) Made the moronic statement that the Patriots, for reasons known but to God, would never engage in a post June 1 trade (which I proved wrong)

Take the L and move on.

You can repeat yourself all you want. You are still wrong and your post is stupid.

 

[XLIX]

You can repeat yourself all you want. You are still wrong and your post is stupid.

Absolutely nothing I have said is wrong.

You’re just too stupid to realize that your own graphic backs me up 100%.

 

[imahobgoblin]

Absolutely nothing I have said is wrong.

You’re just too stupid to realize that your own graphic backs me up 100%.

There is nothing you post that is right. That's why everyone called you out and laughed at you suggesting losing $79 million is a good deal. lol. Go live in your fantasy world.

 

[PYPER]

Gosh, I hope not. I like our receiver room. They're underrated but they rarely ever drop passes. Boutte has improved dramatically each year. He can be a 1000+ yard guy with 10+ TD's. If Kyle Williams and Chism can improve as much as he did from yr 1 to yr 2, this will be an exciting group.

AJ was a headache for Philly. He pouts when he doesn't get 7+ catches and I saw a lot of drops in the few Eagles games I watched. I want Maye to keep spreading the ball around to the open guy. It would be bad for his development to have a diva receiver pouting when he doesn't get the ball as much as he wants and then drops as many as AJ does. I'd prefer we look in other directions. Drake London is the guy I'm dreaming about. Atlanta exercised his 5th yr option for 2026 so he's not a free agent until next year. If I'm going to trade for a guy, he's the one. Imagine a Drake to Drake connection.

 

[mgteich]

I don't think that we are spending a lot on any position but the OL and EDGE rushers.
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That being said, I think that we can sign a free agent WR who will be more valuable to the team than Douglas. A minor trade could work also.

 

[n1997y]

We should move on from digs then. I forgot he was even on the team once the postseason started.

That applies to every receiver on the roster that wears shoes.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

Gosh, I hope not. I like our receiver room. They're underrated but they rarely ever drop passes. Boutte has improved dramatically each year. He can be a 1000+ yard guy with 10+ TD's. If Kyle Williams and Chism can improve as much as he did from yr 1 to yr 2, this will be an exciting group.

AJ was a headache for Philly. He pouts when he doesn't get 7+ catches and I saw a lot of drops in the few Eagles games I watched. I want Maye to keep spreading the ball around to the open guy. It would be bad for his development to have a diva receiver pouting when he doesn't get the ball as much as he wants and then drops as many as AJ does. I'd prefer we look in other directions. Drake London is the guy I'm dreaming about. Atlanta exercised his 5th yr option for 2026 so he's not a free agent until next year. If I'm going to trade for a guy, he's the one. Imagine a Drake to Drake connection.

Drake connection London calling

 

[XLIX]

I'm for it. If Vrabel isn't bothered by his personality then I'm not either.

I consider that the key. Just because he isn’t happy in Philly doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be happy here. By all accounts, his relationship with Vrabel is a good one.

It is an extremely cap friendly move for Philly to make. They get to unload a net of roughly $50 million from their cap (spread out over a few years).

If - IF - the price is right, it’s worth pursuing

 

[jdlboot14]

Pierce would be a star in NE. I think he'd either take over Hollins' role and allow Diggs to work completely in the slot (making Pop expendable). And letting Boutte & Williams be Z's with occasional X duties. Chism would back up Diggs 1 more year before turning into Edelman

 

[ViperGTS]

Highly doubtful they trade any assets of consequence. People need to stop thinking they are gonna trade multiple firsts and players etc. It's a nice thought but they aren't there yet.

 

[Real fan 02]

Dude has turned into a cancer.

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Hurts is the problem... he has regressed back to the pre -AJ brown Jalen Hurts... even D. Smiths numbers suffered last season... would you say Smiths a cancer? Barkley a cancer?

 

[mgteich]

Pierce would be a star in NE. I think he'd either take over Hollins' role and allow Diggs to work completely in the slot (making Pop expendable). And letting Boutte & Williams be Z's with occasional X duties. Chism would back up Diggs 1 more year before turning into Edelman

hmm "making Pop expendable"

Pop is already expendable.

We have a good 4-man WR corps plus a reasonable prospect in Chism.

Pops can be replaced by whoever Vrabel can find, during free agency, the draft, or even after the draft.

 

[Fuzz]

 

[Wozzy]

I’d take him on a short 2 year deal, assuming they could get him for a 4th round pick.

I don’t mind paying him a lot, as long as it’s not long term and has some injury provisions or playing time incentives built in.

The trade compensation matters, so does the length of the deal… but he’s only 28. The passing game in Philly wasn’t great because Hurts isn’t a great passer.

 

[Wozzy]

hmm "making Pop expendable"

Pop is already expendable.

We have a good 4-man WR corps plus a reasonable prospect in Chism.

Pops can be replaced by whoever Vrabel can find, during free agency, the draft, or even after the draft.

If McDaniels and Drake don’t make the slot position relevant it won’t matter who plays there.

 

[Rob0729]

Brown seems to want to be a Patriot.

 

[PatsFanInVa]

I don't think that we are spending a lot on any position but the OL and EDGE rushers.
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That being said, I think that we can sign a free agent WR who will be more valuable to the team than Douglas. A minor trade could work also.

Certainly fits what any reasonable observer would say (which never means it can't be wrong, of course.) We all know all the stuff is connected to all the other stuff, but what I never see is a breakdown saying that we have a plague of drops. From there you ask, 'Well can our guys get open?" Raise your hand if you've noticed guys open not getting the look, or open but Drake thought the ball needed one more pat. From there, I'm asking how much time he got? how much time he need? And we're back to the trenches.

I got jazzed on Drake early because whatever was a problem one weak, he'd beat it the next, etc. His development was going in the right direction... then we hit the playoffs, as we all know. It wasn't a foregone conclusion he was at his ceiling, but it turned out he was. And when I put that on Drake, every single time that means Drake and the O-line. He needs more time than they can give him to make the right call. The good thing about that is that we have a young left side and a young quarterback, with Campbell not 100%. I like their chances to take next steps, and that's free. But we need to be younger and better across the line and that includes backup bodies, if possible. We're always worried about acquiring marquee receivers... I'm ready to get jazzed for a big receiver move but it would surprise me, and I'm not rooting for it. Drake needs to not be on his ass for the ball to get to the marquee receiver.