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

WhatJustHappened · Mar 8, 2026

Some of you guys are embarrassing, I can't even do this...im working down hiill...wondering. ...WHAT... WHAT?
Wtf are you thinking?

DC Patriots · Mar 8, 2026

I rather like AJ Brown. The cost being discussed for his services (1st, 3rd, big salary) is staggering for a team with a number of needs in the off season.

I like Pierce too, even though I don’t think he’s shown himself to be as good as Brown. Even at 25 mil a season he is a much better deal, because we keep the picks which will turn into affordable young players.

At this point the only way I would go hard after Brownnis if it’s clear Pierce is off the market.

Huckleberry1 · Mar 8, 2026

Bill Lee said:
I think you are perhaps overreacting to the word pessimist or to what others have posted. My post in this thread used pessimism in the context of the deal for AJ Brown for a 1st and a 3rd getting done. I just don't think he's worth the asking price at this phase of his career. I'd rather get someone younger, cheaper and on the way up. But as I wrote, if Vrabel really feels he's worth the price, I'd be in because he knows the player so well. The fact they're still talking suggests there is strong interest on our side, but at our price.

I'm overall not optimistic nor pessimistic about next season. I never make my mind up this early. I used to wait till the end of pre-season decades ago, but now that pre-season is so meaningless I usually wait till after Game 4 to really decide what I think. Having a deal for AJ Brown done wouldn't change my mind much because we wouldn't know what we could have had for the 1st and the 3rd, and we won't know much about how he does here till we play a few games. Could be he goes into diva mode for whatever reason and the whole thing is a bust.

We are talking about different things. What I was talking about wasn't about any specific player or how they would do next season, Maye could trip and tear his ACL and they would have a bad season etc etc. What I was referring to were the posters who were bemoaning how poorly the Patriots were going to do in free agency before it even started, and conflating Belichick's poor track record drafting receivers with this regime's fortunes in that regard, which to me is absurd and negative for the sake of being negative: The previous 24 years has absolutely nothing to do with this regime, they should be judged on their track record, not Belichick's.

As far as AJ Brown goes he's a good receiver, but I don't want them using valuable draft picks for a WR about to hit 30 with some health issues. If they are bringing in a receiver I want it to be Pierce, for reasonsI have stated several times. If they don't bring in either I'm sure they will address it in the draft, and I'm fine with that too. I trust them to do what they did last offseason, bring in good players in both free agency and the draft and strengthen the team going forward. Imo they have earned that belief given their performance in turning this franchise around last offseason.

Ross12 · Mar 8, 2026

n1997y said:
You’re right, Boutte is totally unlike Brown. He’s still on the team that drafted him, instead of being such a PITA that not one but two teams have run him out of town despite his football talent.

Not exactly.

The team who traded him the first time was the Titans - the coach was Mike Vrabel, who famously wanted to keep him but was overruled. The GM was later fired and it was the beginning of the team’s spiral downward. Now years later, the team trying to trade FOR Brown has the head coach… Mike Vrabel. So…

To me, all this means is that either Vrabel is stupid and really wants a player who is trouble, or Nick Sirianni is a weak coach who can’t handle Brown and Vrabel knows this and wants to jump on a golden opportunity.

I personally prefer the second option but you do you.

PatsFan2 · Mar 8, 2026

slash83 said:

It doesn't seem like A.J. Brown to the Pats is going to happen so we'll have to Double Dip. I wouldn't mind coming away with a Ted Hurst or Chris Bell: then adding a Germie Bernard or Antonio Williams for our Volume Slot. Any of those combinations is fine with me plus we have Boutte and Kyle Williams already in the wings. Draft and Develop Your own is the way to go for WR: we have a Good Young QB and plenty of time.

TommyD4207 · Mar 8, 2026

crownontherocks said:

Is *any* team going to give up a first, second and a player for AJ Brown?

I don't really see it. That's an insane price. Then again, the Raiders just got 2 firsts for Maxx Crosby so...

Sciz · Mar 8, 2026

It feels like the Eagles have gone so overboard with trying to make it look like they'll keep Brown that the entire NFL is convinced that they want to trade him away. The Pats seem to be content with being the highest bidder of the 31 teams, without it being necessary to bid against the Eagles' option of keeping him.

Ross12 · Mar 8, 2026

Sciz said:
It feels like the Eagles have gone so overboard with trying to make it look like they'll keep Brown that the entire NFL is convinced that they want to trade him away. The Pats seem to be content with being the highest bidder of the 31 teams, without it being necessary to bid against the Eagles' option of keeping him.

Yeah the Eagles have overplayed their hand to a severe degree. They've really lost all leverage at this point. AJ Brown will either be dealt for relatively poor value today or he will not be moved at all, NE will sign Pierce tomorrow instead, and there will be a lot of drama in Philadelphia this season.

Grogan14 · Mar 8, 2026

Ross12 said:
Yeah the Eagles have overplayed their hand to a severe degree. They've really lost all leverage at this point. AJ Brown will either be dealt for relatively poor value today or he will not be moved at all, NE will sign Pierce tomorrow instead, and there will be a lot of drama in Philadelphia this season.

If he is dealt it will be for fair value which is a second a fifth
If eagles expect more than fair value…PASS. He is not going to make the difference betweenn super bowl champs and not making the playoffs

OL far more important

Give Kraft A Hand · Mar 8, 2026

Ross12 said:
Yeah the Eagles have overplayed their hand to a severe degree. They've really lost all leverage at this point. AJ Brown will either be dealt for relatively poor value today or he will not be moved at all, NE will sign Pierce tomorrow instead, and there will be a lot of drama in Philadelphia this season.

It’s also possible that 24 hours later. AJ Brown goes to the Chargers for a haul, Pierce signs back with Indy and we’re settling on “we like our guys”.

Lagaffe_07 · Mar 8, 2026

n1997y said:
You’re right, Boutte is totally unlike Brown. He’s still on the team that drafted him, instead of being such a PITA that not one but two teams have run him out of town despite his football talent.

The Titans traded Brown because Jon Robinson who was with the Patriots for a long time didn’t want to pay Brown and wanted to do a BB and trade him and replace him with someone from the draft.

Mike Vrabel didn’t want to trade Brown and that trade as the end for the Titans

slash83 · Mar 8, 2026

PatsFan2 said:
It doesn't seem like A.J. Brown to the Pats is going to happen so we'll have to Double Dip. I wouldn't mind coming away with a Ted Hurst or Chris Bell: then adding a Germie Bernard or Antonio Williams for our Volume Slot. Any of those combinations is fine with me plus we have Boutte and Kyle Williams already in the wings. Draft and Develop Your own is the way to go for WR: we have a Good Young QB and plenty of time.

Going into next season with the current room
And only additions being rookies would
Be a major utter failure by the team and complete bs to Mayes development.

Salsalife · Mar 8, 2026

Patriots playing with fire...

Huckleberry1 · Mar 8, 2026

Salsalife said:
Patriots playing with fire...

How so?

PatsFan219 · Mar 8, 2026

I like the player but don’t want to give up the #31st pick for him at this point in his career.

Huckleberry1 · Mar 8, 2026

Give Kraft A Hand said:
It’s also possible that 24 hours later. AJ Brown goes to the Chargers for a haul, Pierce signs back with Indy and we’re settling on “we like our guys”.

If the Colts were going to give him 100 million they would have done so already. For some reason you just keep ignoring Pierce's statements on what he wants to do.

Salsalife · Mar 8, 2026

Huckleberry1 said:
How so?

F.A.

Huckleberry1 said:
How so?

Free Agency market, is Kraft a willing partisapant in the big buck Wide outs..

Huckleberry1 · Mar 8, 2026

Salsalife said:
F.A.

Free Agency market, is Kraft a willing partisapant in the big buck Wide outs..

Kraft has clearly given the control of the roster to Vrabel, he's not making decisions on who to pay. Last season he laid out a huge amount in free agency, and there is absolutely no indication he is going to undercut Vrabel, if anything they have been clearing cap space to go hard at free agency again this season.

Salsalife · Mar 8, 2026

Huckleberry1 said:
Kraft has clearly given the control of the roster to Vrabel, he's not making decisions on who to pay. Last season he laid out a huge amount in free agency, and there is absolutely no indication he is going to undercut Vrabel, if anything they have been clearing cap space to go hard at free agency again this season.

If they make a 20 game season with world games I believe Kraft is in. Last year feelings are not this years reality.

Give Kraft A Hand · Mar 8, 2026

Huckleberry1 said:
If the Colts were going to give him 100 million they would have done so already. For some reason you just keep ignoring Pierce's statements on what he wants to do.

I honestly really hope he signs with the Pats because your crash out is going to be pretty bad if not.

Also the only thing we really know about Pierce is that it’s been consistently said if all things were equal he’d go back to Indy. Now this all started because I said as a 26 year old most of the time it made sense that a 26 year old with money would choose LA over Massachusetts. Does that mean he’ll choose LA? No.

But again for the sake of the board I really hope he signs here tomorrow.

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