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

[patfanken]

I think the post that talked about the market for AJB was spot on. There are a limited number of teams who have the need, cap space, and draft capital to absorb an AJB. We hit all those markers. Also. we need to watch what teams will do in a week closely. What happens WILL affect AJB's market. While this year's draft is thin at QB and elite players, the WR group will find quality receivers all the way through the 4th round. Philly already added a purported starter at WR in FA. If they take a WR on one of the first 2 days the pressure to move on from AJ will only grow and they will likely take less. BTW if we take KC Concepcion in the first like I've seen mocked to us., it would take US out of the AJB picture as well

Given that we have to take his contract and the chronic injury risk, I couldn't give Philly more than a '27 #2 and a token player like Douglas or Chism. And believe me I'm not exactly thrilled to give up the 2. This is a locker room/salary dump. They NEED AJ gone at this point. All that should weaken Howie's bargaining position.

The betting odds are at 70% we get Brown. But if Howie is locked in at a first rounder, I don't see that happening

 

[Crazy Patriot Guy]

Goes to show you how piss poor the wr drafting has been.. I have hope for K. Williams.

You're missing the point. PatsFan2 says you take the proven player over a draft pick that can bust "every time."

Therefore, it was a terrible decision for the Vikings to take a chance with Justin Jefferson instead of offering that pick to the Saints for a 27 year old Michael Thomas coming off a record 149 catch, 1700+ yards season. Clearly they would be better off if that happened.

By default, it was a mistake to draft every great player currently in this league.

 

[Huckleberry1]

A.J. Brown Career Stats - NFL - ESPN

Complete career NFL stats for Philadelphia Eagles Wide Receiver A.J. Brown on ESPN. Includes scoring, rushing, defensive and receiving stats.

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Look at those^ Stats I don't remember the Patriots Drafting a WR that posted those kind of stats for a very very long time. And I go back as far as Morgan and Fryar. Drake Maye will Never take this Team to the promise land until he has a #1 WR or TE. Nobody remembers the SB runner up. Yes some of us want very good talent to go along with our very good QB and not only JAGS. IF you can get a proven Player over a Draft pick that can Bust...you take that proven player every time. The Cap is always going up: stop getting hung up on Draft pick compensation. Regular Season Drake Maye can win us12 games it's the Playoffs Drake Maye I want to see improve.

You don't seem to understand that you can't build a team with proven players because they cost too much. Good teams have a good quarterback and a couple if not more high priced players they don't let go of. Those 3-4 players eat up between 30-40% of the salary cap. Then you have to split the remaining 60-70% of the cap between 48-50 players. If you went for a bunch of " proven players" you would be able to sign about 8-12 of them and be left with next to nothing to fill out the rest of the roster. There's a reason team's like the Bengals never win a Lombardi, and it's because they run their team like you would if you ran it for them.

 

[PatsFan2]

You're missing the point. PatsFan2 says you take the proven player over a draft pick that can bust "every time."

Therefore, it was a terrible decision for the Vikings to take a chance with Justin Jefferson instead of offering that pick to the Saints for a 27 year old Michael Thomas coming off a record 149 catch, 1700+ yards season. Clearly they would be better off if that happened.

By default, it was a mistake to draft every great player currently in this league.

Please don't jump when they make the Trade and compensation you and some others will be truly missed.

 

[Crazy Patriot Guy]

Please don't jump when they make the Trade and compensation you and some others will be truly missed.

You keep ignoring what we're saying and going back to this over and over.

By your stated standard, was it a mistake for the Vikings to draft Justin Jefferson over trading that pick for a proven player? It's a very simple yes or no answer.

 

[Real fan 02]

You're missing the point. PatsFan2 says you take the proven player over a draft pick that can bust "every time."

Therefore, it was a terrible decision for the Vikings to take a chance with Justin Jefferson instead of offering that pick to the Saints for a 27 year old Michael Thomas coming off a record 149 catch, 1700+ yards season. Clearly they would be better off if that happened.

By default, it was a mistake to draft every great player currently in this league.

I get your point and I was trying to add to your point of drafted players as you mentioned. I was just simply referring to us as it goes to to shoe you how bad the wr drafting has been in that we haven't been able to draft and develop a wr like those teams you mentioned have. So thus we've found ourselves having to trade for guys.

The most egregious example of a wasted draft pick would be the sanu trade. Awful

 

[Triumph]

Yes, PHI is rumored to have insisted on a 2026 1st and 3rd.

A 2027 1st with the acquiring team getting to use their 2026 1st is a much, much lower ask.

I don't want AB J anyway.

It's ridiculous wasting a 1st on a guy who is turning 30 and has been a team cancer after the franchise opened the checkbook for him.

I will never get why the Pats don't mine front office people from teams that know how to find WRs in the draft. LAR and Pitt do a good job of locating stud WRs. Jerry Jackson found CD Lamb.