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

[Water Boy]

I like Boutte too. Didn't mean any disrespect to him. He brightened all our days last season with some sick catches.

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

The patriots will regret giving up a 27 first rounder for Brown.
If that is the price I would rather pass and coach Kyle William up to be the X receiver.

Not near as simple as that.
Brown has proven to be a #1 X, KW may never get there.
If it was simple as ”coach him up”, then we would never sign any FAs, we would just “coach up” our draft picks.
Additionally, people overvalue single draft picks. No one wants to give up a 1st, but assuming that pick is in the second half of the first round, it’s a coin flip on success.

 

[PatsFan2]

Not near as simple as that.
Brown has proven to be a #1 X, KW may never get there.
If it was simple as ”coach him up”, then we would never sign any FAs, we would just “coach up” our draft picks.
Additionally, people overvalue single draft picks. No one wants to give up a 1st, but assuming that pick is in the second half of the first round, it’s a coin flip on success.

Welcome to the Dark Side.

 

[jdlboot14]

I can't wait until next week, so we can put this to bed.
Either AJ is cleared medically and motivationally, and we make the trade, or the Eagles get greedy and we just move on for good. It sucks for Boutte because he knows he's the fall guy in this whole thing, and if it drags out through June/July how motivated will he be to really invest more in the offseason with the Pats?

 

[Rob0729]

I don't think there is any interest from any other teams. I wouldn't be surprised if Roseman wasn't spreading the rumors about the Jags and other teams just in hopes to drive up the Patriots' offer or even to try to salvage his rep because the Pats may lowball and make him look bad since they know they are not competing against anyone.

 

[PatsFan2]

Not near as simple as that.
Brown has proven to be a #1 X, KW may never get there.
If it was simple as ”coach him up”, then we would never sign any FAs, we would just “coach up” our draft picks.
Additionally, people overvalue single draft picks. No one wants to give up a 1st, but assuming that pick is in the second half of the first round, it’s a coin flip on success.

Also if we go 2-2 in our First Four things are looking up after the Bill at their place; we have the Raiders - Jets @ Bears @ Dolphins vs Packers vs Detroit in Europe neutral field *Advantage Pats*. That could be Six wins right there 5-1 minimum so, we could be 7-3 after our First 10 Games.

 

[borisman]

The patriots will regret giving up a 27 first rounder for Brown.
If that is the price I would rather pass and coach Kyle William up to be the X receiver.

No one is giving up a 2027 1st for AJ Brown. The team would get hammered for it on this forum (I wonder who would start a thread about it if they were to though) if that were to happen, which it wont. We are more likely to sign Diggs to a 5-year deal than we are to trade a '27 first for Brown.

 

[borisman]

porque no los dos?

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[mgteich]

No one is giving up a 2027 1st for AJ Brown. The team would get hammered for it on this forum (I wonder who would start a thread about it if they were to though) if that were to happen, which it wont. We are more likely to sign Diggs to a 5-year deal than we are to trade a '27 first for Brown.

Why do we think that being hammered on message boards matters to Vrabel?

I do agree that we aren't giving a 2027 first for Brown.

 

[borisman]

Why do we think that being hammered on message boards matters to Vrabel?

I do agree that we aren't giving a 2027 first for Brown.

It's doesn't matter and I was going to put that in the remark but left it out.

 

[scott99]

I like Boutte too. Didn't mean any disrespect to him. He brightened all our days last season with some sick catches.

I like him as well, and always felt he was gonna be a good NFL receiver. If he hadn’t gotten hurt several times last year, he was on his way to a career year.

But I think Williams can play his role in 2026 if Boutte leaves. Several TD catches he made were typical Boutte type of routes that Boutte made TD catches on. Showed good hands on some of those drop in the bucket passes that Maye is so great at. Hopefully Williams is ready for a good 2nd year jump, and is proficient enough in his learning of the playbook so Maye can trust him more.

 

[mgteich]

I like him as well, and always felt he was gonna be a good NFL receiver. If he hadn’t gotten hurt several times last year, he was on his way to a career year.

But I think Williams can play his role in 2026 if Boutte leaves. Several TD catches he made were typical Boutte type of routes that Boutte made TD catches on. Showed good hands on some of those drop in the bucket passes that Maye is so great at. Hopefully Williams is ready for a good 2nd year jump, and is proficient enough in his learning of the playbook so Maye can trust him more.

Brown/Doubs/Hollins are an upgrade over Diggs/Boutte/Hollins

Any improvement by Williams, Douglas and Chism is a bonus. I do expect better from the backups, with a 2nd year under Josh/Maye and the system as well as because there will be better blocking.

 

[Ross12]

I can't wait until next week, so we can put this to bed.
Either AJ is cleared medically and motivationally, and we make the trade, or the Eagles get greedy and we just move on for good. It sucks for Boutte because he knows he's the fall guy in this whole thing, and if it drags out through June/July how motivated will he be to really invest more in the offseason with the Pats?

Yeah, one way or another I think this will be completely resolved by the weekend. There will be an "agreement in terms" announced which will be effective Monday 6/1.

 

[The Gr8est]

Not near as simple as that.
Brown has proven to be a #1 X, KW may never get there.
If it was simple as ”coach him up”, then we would never sign any FAs, we would just “coach up” our draft picks.
Additionally, people overvalue single draft picks. No one wants to give up a 1st, but assuming that pick is in the second half of the first round, it’s a coin flip on success.

Right.

And what is the chance that playoff team wouldn’t be picking in the second half of the 1st round of the next draft?

Excuse me, the Washington Commanders are knocking on my door.

I wonder what they want.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Not near as simple as that.
Brown has proven to be a #1 X, KW may never get there.
If it was simple as ”coach him up”, then we would never sign any FAs, we would just “coach up” our draft picks.
Additionally, people overvalue single draft picks. No one wants to give up a 1st, but assuming that pick is in the second half of the first round, it’s a coin flip on success.

If the deal falls through Sam will then say " why didn't they give up a 1st for an All Pro WR???? Draft picks only have a 30% chance of hitting!!!"

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

Right.

And what is the chance that playoff team wouldn’t be picking in the second half of the 1st round of the next draft?

Excuse me, the Washington Commanders are knocking on my door.

I wonder what they want.

Anything is possible, but you honestly think Pats will be picking in the top 15 of the next 2 drafts?

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

I hope June 4th comes and goes and we still don’t have a deal. That would mean we are not kowtowing to Howies demands when he is the one behind the eight ball.
I am not against getting AJ. Just don’t want to pay a first.
If we had picked up a FA receiver and drafted one in the first round in the last month. Because we had a star receiver who has been shooting himself out of town and is up in age with knee concerns. Then we would expect a lower return. Howie will draw a hard line because he is known to get the best of the deal.
Make him blink. He is not in the drivers seat

 

[Huckleberry1]

Anything is possible, but you honestly think Pats will be picking in the top 15 of the next 2 drafts?

It's possible, if Maye goes down, but you can't base every season and decision on that possibility. Unlike last year they believe they have a team capable of winning the Super Bowl, and are making the move to give them their best shot at it the next few years.

 

[Drunken Cicerone]

I’d trade a first for AJ Brown, very reluctantly but I’d do it. If this team can do it for something like they did for Welker way back in the day 2/5 I’d be happy, if they can somehow swing it for a third I’d be over the moon.

AJ Brown has had Ryan Tannehill and Jalen Hurts for QBs, I like Hurts better than a lot of people but he’s not a bombs away QB by any stretch, Maye has 600+ yards more than Hurts had any season of his whole career. When your QB and RB are all world your numbers suffer. I think he’s a 1200+ receiver on this team easy. If he can manage that 2-3 more years it’s worth a first.

 

[TheRainMaker]

Albert Breer has echoed what Sal Paolantonio has mentioned about AJ Brown - he is well liked in the locker room and even more so than Hurts. They will be sad to see him go. Breer says the two camps are that Brown is cooked and the other is that he's dog faking it like Moss. What the trade compensation is the big mystery.