PATRIOTS NEWS Mandatory Minicamp 6/9-11

[Zuma]

 

[Family]

I typed this into ChatGPT "Has aj brown in game speed data decreased over the last few years?", and the response was:

The most direct “speed-like” signal I found was a public post citing Next Gen Stats-style tracking: Brown reportedly reached 15+ mph on 29.0% of plays in 2023, 26.7% in 2024, and 21.1% in 2025.

I then typed in "What has been romeo doubs top speed in the last few years?", and the response was:

Doubs has been around a 21.1–21.3 mph peak-speed player when measured publicly. That is good NFL WR speed, but not Tyreek/Waddle/DK-level 22+ mph speed.

I then typed in "What has been Kayshon Bloutte's top speed in the last few years?", and the response was:

My best read: Boutte is not a verified 21+ mph NFL-speed guy from public data, at least not in the way Doubs is with the reported 21.15 mph number. Boutte’s value looks more like vertical-route technique, tracking, body control, and outside “X” receiver play, not elite raw top speed.

I did not dig deep into the AI response by quering ChatGPT multiple times or cross-checking against Grok.

Yeah it's how you ask the question. If you ask it "has the speed DECREASED?" it will do everything it can to agree, even make up information. That's AI. I actually wrote a book on this.

I asked the question neutrally: "do you know aj browns in-game speed data from last year"

Yes. Next Gen Stats tracks player speed during games, but the NFL does not publish a simple season-long speed table for every player.

For A.J. Brown's 2024 season (the season before the current one), the publicly available tracking data shows:

• Top recorded game speed: approximately 20.0 mph
• A comparison posted using Next Gen Stats data showed his top speed was 20.0 mph in 2024 versus 19.6 mph in 2025, a small decline.

For context:

• Elite NFL receivers often hit 21–22+ mph on their fastest plays.
• Brown has never been a pure burner like Tyreek Hill. His game is built more on strength, acceleration, route running, and yards after contact.
• A top speed around 20 mph is still very good for a 226-pound receiver.

The best year-to-year Next Gen speed comparison I could find for A.J. Brown is:

Season	Top Speed
2023	20.2 mph
2024	20.0 mph
2025	19.6 mph

Additional Next Gen tracking data from the same source showed:

Season	Games reaching 18+ mph
2024	76.9%
2025	53.3%

My interpretation:

• The decline from 20.2 → 20.0 mph between 2023 and 2024 is very small.
• The drop to 19.6 mph in 2025 is more noticeable but still not dramatic.
• For a receiver who plays at roughly 225+ pounds, 20 mph game speed remains good. Brown has always won more with power, acceleration, body control, and yards after contact than with elite straight-line speed.

If your concern is whether the Patriots are acquiring a receiver who has "lost a step," the available tracking data suggests:

• 2024 A.J. Brown looked essentially the same athlete as 2023.
• 2025 showed some decline, but not the kind of collapse you'd normally associate with a receiver suddenly becoming ineffective.

One caveat: top speed is only one metric. For receivers around age 28–29, separation ability, acceleration, route wins, and injury history are often more predictive than whether their maximum speed fell from 20.2 to 19.6 mph.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Yeah it's how you ask the question. If you ask it "has the speed DECREASED?" it will do everything it can to agree, even make up information. That's AI. I actually wrote a book on this.

I asked the question neutrally: "do you know aj browns in-game speed data from last year"

Yes. Next Gen Stats tracks player speed during games, but the NFL does not publish a simple season-long speed table for every player.

For A.J. Brown's 2024 season (the season before the current one), the publicly available tracking data shows:

• Top recorded game speed: approximately 20.0 mph
• A comparison posted using Next Gen Stats data showed his top speed was 20.0 mph in 2024 versus 19.6 mph in 2025, a small decline.

For context:

• Elite NFL receivers often hit 21–22+ mph on their fastest plays.
• Brown has never been a pure burner like Tyreek Hill. His game is built more on strength, acceleration, route running, and yards after contact.
• A top speed around 20 mph is still very good for a 226-pound receiver.

The best year-to-year Next Gen speed comparison I could find for A.J. Brown is:

Season	Top Speed
2023	20.2 mph
2024	20.0 mph
2025	19.6 mph

Additional Next Gen tracking data from the same source showed:

Season	Games reaching 18+ mph
2024	76.9%
2025	53.3%

My interpretation:

• The decline from 20.2 → 20.0 mph between 2023 and 2024 is very small.
• The drop to 19.6 mph in 2025 is more noticeable but still not dramatic.
• For a receiver who plays at roughly 225+ pounds, 20 mph game speed remains good. Brown has always won more with power, acceleration, body control, and yards after contact than with elite straight-line speed.

If your concern is whether the Patriots are acquiring a receiver who has "lost a step," the available tracking data suggests:

• 2024 A.J. Brown looked essentially the same athlete as 2023.
• 2025 showed some decline, but not the kind of collapse you'd normally associate with a receiver suddenly becoming ineffective.

One caveat: top speed is only one metric. For receivers around age 28–29, separation ability, acceleration, route wins, and injury history are often more predictive than whether their maximum speed fell from 20.2 to 19.6 mph.

Thanks. Very thorough. Great information. Can you check the speed in game 1 versus game 17 for 2025?

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Are you saying a plan for preparing to play each week will get you punched in the mouth by Mike Tyson? Is this some kind of add on for Hard Knocks?

Pure word association. I had hoped to be hired as an AI.

 

[n1997y]

Is that photo real?

Boy doesn’t look thicc enough to play OL!

Must be distorted.

 

[n1997y]

I was clean via an Internet background check last week. I am clean I promise, and I will tell that to Gronk and Jules too.

Was that Internet background check another AI hallucination?

 

[BobDigital]

True.. I like Boutte and Douglas but they aren't big guys.

Brown 6'1 220+ Hollins 6'4 or so? Doubs 6'2 Then Henry 6'5 Raridon 6'6. Those are good size RD targets.

 

[Zuma]

Is that photo real?

Boy doesn’t look thicc enough to play OL!

Must be distorted.

Yeah the camera is doing a fish-eye effect. The middle of the pic is closer then the edges..I think.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Was that Internet background check another AI hallucination?

No. A real background check.

What hallucination?

 

[Family]

Thanks. Very thorough. Great information. Can you check the speed in game 1 versus game 17 for 2025?

This is an excellent example for when AI makes stuff up. Try asking without a qualifier and I bet you get a different answer. That's current AI.

"do you have information on game one vs the final games. If you do not know say so, don't guess."

ANSWER:

I do not know.

I can find season-level speed metrics (top speed, percentage of games above certain thresholds, etc.), but I cannot find a reliable source that publishes A.J. Brown's game-by-game speed data from Week 1 through the final games. The NFL's Next Gen Stats database does not publicly provide a complete weekly speed log for individual players in an easily searchable format, and I was unable to locate one for Brown.

The closest verified information I found is:

• 2024 top speed: about 20.0 mph.
• 2025 top speed: about 19.6 mph.
• A reported decline in the percentage of games where he reached certain speed thresholds.

So if you're asking:

"Was A.J. Brown slower in his final games than in his first few games?"

My answer is: I don't have reliable game-by-game speed data to determine that. Any specific claim about Week 1 versus the end of the season would be a guess.

 

[Family]

Thanks. Very thorough. Great information. Can you check the speed in game 1 versus game 17 for 2025?

One other point. The information from NextGen is normal decline for a WR in AJ Brown's situation IMO.

We know he's no longer 26. This drop would be expected.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

I’m excited to see what AJ can mean for the Offense.

I wasn’t in favor at all of trading a first so you might think that’s waffling.

Nope.

I make business deals all day, once comp is agreed to and spent, I spend zero time worrying about “was it too much” and all my time figuring out “How do we make it awesome”?

 

[Steve102]

Nope, been suffering the negativity here for 20 years.

I think it’s part and parcel of online culture. People *****; people want to be right. People would rather take a victory lap when there’s failure.

See? Told you!

I don’t get it either. They want to be right more than they want the team to win.

 

[Uptown]

At least it wasn’t three interceptions.

U missed the plot..

 

[Uptown]

I appreciate this…

 

[mayoclinic]

 

[Uptown]

 

[Uptown]

 

[Zuma]

Like this but they really messed with Doubs' height

 

[PatsFan2]

Couldn't resist.