PATRIOTS NEWS OFFICIAL: Patriots Finally Acquire AJ Brown

Water Boy · Jun 5, 2026

I bet Tom Brady had some similar feelings. He wasn't about looking back at his trophy shelf and living in the past. It was about the competition.

RobertWeathers · Jun 5, 2026

pazrul72 said:
Minor quibble but it was a bit of a red flag to me when I heard him say it. Winning the Superbowl is not that important to AJ. I forget the exact quote but paraphrasing it was along the lines of "I thought I would be more excited after winning a ring. That joy was gone after a couple days and I enjoy physically whipping the guy across from me. That look in their eye when they quit. That's why I play, not for rings"

Now if his goal is to have a 90 catch 1400 yard 10 TD season the team is likely to go far so I will get over the bad feelings of what I would want my players to feel. I love physical play and if at the end of every game he leaves the other teams CB1 kinda broken I will be the last one crying about it. I'm just saying there are data points from his own words that suggest AJ being a bit of a diva that only cares about his stats

It depends on his mentality.

Some people get greater satisfaction and fulfillment from the actual process and the grind to be great than the actual spoils derived from it.

pazrul72 · Jun 5, 2026

RobertWeathers said:
It depends on his mentality.

Some people get greater satisfaction and fulfillment from the actual process and the grind to be great than the actual spoils derived from it.

Certainly could be, obviously I am not in his head but I found it off putting. I would want the ultimate goal to be team success not personal success of making the other guy quit. In the end how he gets there isn't that important if he has the kind of season he is capable of, the team success will come with it

RobertWeathers · Jun 5, 2026

pazrul72 said:
Certainly could be, obviously I am not in his head but I found it off putting. I would want the ultimate goal to be team success not personal success of making the other guy quit. In the end how he gets there isn't that important if he has the kind of season he is capable of, the team success will come with it

I get it.

Some people suck at articulating how they really feel and think. I think thats him.

Huckleberry1 · Jun 5, 2026

Uptown said:

I find myself saying " that's the stupidest thing I have ever heard so often now that I'm simply going to create a Hall of Stupid.

This is Hall of Stupid.

imahobgoblin · Jun 5, 2026

captain stone said:
Eliot The **** said that the medical & training staff "signed-off on it"

No mention of a thorough examination, or that he was put through a battery of tests or anything; just that "they signed-off on it"
Sounds like that's all they did. IOW, don't blame us when he's a football cripple in 3 years, around the same time that the 2028 first-rounder is making the "2nd-year leap"...

Oh shut up. You think they need to tell you everything and clear it with you first.

Brotherblues · Jun 5, 2026

pazrul72 said:
Minor quibble but it was a bit of a red flag to me when I heard him say it. Winning the Superbowl is not that important to AJ. I forget the exact quote but paraphrasing it was along the lines of "I thought I would be more excited after winning a ring. That joy was gone after a couple days and I enjoy physically whipping the guy across from me. That look in their eye when they quit. That's why I play, not for rings"

Keep in mind his Pats fandom. Winning the SB for the team he's fanatical about is a whole nother story. Joining Edelman, Gronk, Brady in Pats lore as SB heroes is at the top of his wishes.

50-yard-line · Jun 5, 2026

RobertWeathers said:
It depends on his mentality.

Some people get greater satisfaction and fulfillment from the actual process and the grind to be great than the actual spoils derived from it.

When I saw my first book on the shelves of a Waldenbooks decades ago is when i realized that the journey was more important than the prize - and all I wanted to do was get back home and work on the next book.

mayoclinic · Jun 5, 2026

Huckleberry1 said:
I find myself saying " that's the stupidest thing I have ever heard so often now that I'm simply going to create a Hall of Stupid.

This is Hall of Stupid.

There is Hall of Stupid. Beyond that even is Felger and Mazz stupid.

ctpatsfan77 · Jun 5, 2026

Huckleberry1 said:
I find myself saying " that's the stupidest thing I have ever heard so often now that I'm simply going to create a Hall of Stupid.

This is Hall of Stupid.

I'm not saying this happened, but the Panthers IIRC apologized for making a 28–3 joke, so it's not out of the realm of possibility.

RobertWeathers · Jun 5, 2026

50-yard-line said:
When I saw my first book on the shelves of a Waldenbooks decades ago is when i realized that the journey was more important than the prize - and all I wanted to do was get back home and work on the next book.

I'm the same way. I enjoy the climb must better than enjoying the view.

Triumph · Jun 5, 2026

50-yard-line said:
When I saw my first book on the shelves of a Waldenbooks decades ago is when i realized that the journey was more important than the prize - and all I wanted to do was get back home and work on the next book.

What was the book about?

50-yard-line · Jun 5, 2026

Triumph said:
What was the book about?

Fiction. Fantasy/sword and sorcery.

mayoclinic · Jun 5, 2026

50-yard-line said:
Fiction. Fantasy/sword and sorcery.

You mean it was about the draft?

Uptown · Jun 5, 2026

Patriot Missile · Jun 5, 2026

50-yard-line said:
Fiction. Fantasy/sword and sorcery.

R.A Salvatore? Is that you?

Raccoonsuit · Jun 5, 2026

50-yard-line said:
When I saw my first book on the shelves of a Waldenbooks decades ago is when i realized that the journey was more important than the prize - and all I wanted to do was get back home and work on the next book.

Ah man waldenbooks! What a mall staple back in the 90s. I'm reading prince of thorns by Mark Lawrence right now.

PancakeBlockPaul · Jun 5, 2026

So when they fck up the pick and take a punter or ST or IOL and they instantly get fragged and wipe....what will all the doomsayers here say? "They need to bring in a FA VET!!!!" to start I am sure....

I was thinking I didn't like the trade details at first but them pushing it into the future makes it tolerable. This could be a huge hit for the Pats.....WOO!!! And TBH it doesnt't look so hot a trade for PHI....NOTHING instant for a player his caliber? Even though he's close to falling off that cliff....its a cliff worth falling off IMO...

PancakeBlockPaul · Jun 5, 2026

Raccoonsuit said:
Ah man waldenbooks! What a mall staple back in the 90s. I'm reading prince of thorns by Mark Lawrence right now.

WALDEN!! Way back when you had to go BUY PORN IN PERSON!!! OMG!!!

Uptown · Jun 5, 2026

…Ok..I’m bored of the AJ Brown stuff now. When are we trading for Justin Jefferson, Tristan Wirfs, Fred Warner & Jeffrey Simmons?

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