Poll: Status of AJ Brown Deal

[Bill Lee]

As suggested by Patriots Rumor - A.J. Brown trade rumors heat up - Should Patriots get him?,

Given there is a LOT of time to kill between now and June 1st, let's have a poll.

I want your BEST GUESS, so only one choice is allowed.

I didn't include a "this should not happen" choice, I think we should first see if we're in agreement on what the deal most likely is, then have a yes/no poll.

"Firm deal exists, does not include any 1sts" covers all the permutations of other draft picks and players, too many to consider for this poll.

 

[DC Patriots]

Pretty sure a deal is in place. How much it’s for is anybody’s guess

 

[Family]

Pretty sure a deal is in place. How much it’s for is anybody’s guess

Can there really be a deal in place?

What if June 1st comes, and another team offers more?

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Can there really be a deal in place?

What if June 1st comes, and another team offers more?

By definition, you're right; there can't be a "firm deal" in place. No deal is official until both sides submit it to the league.

 

[WhatJustHappened]

Can there really be a deal in place?

What if June 1st comes, and another team offers more?

Can only HOPE.

 

[DC Patriots]

AJ Brown seems to feel a deal is in place. He bought a house in Westwood.

 

[Bill Lee]

By definition, you're right; there can't be a "firm deal" in place. No deal is official until both sides submit it to the league.

Firm has a few different definitions.

Typically the first one given is "resists change" as opposed to "cannot be changed".

The first is the one I was thinking of when I wrote the poll.

The AI Bot says:

Firm refers to an object, substance, or structure that is solid, compact, and resists pressure or changing shape, yet is not completely hard, rigid, or permanent. It implies a state of being secure, steady, or unyielding, but with a potential for flexibility, change, or softening

What I'm trying to project is that the teams have a firm understanding that neither side expects to be changed.

Kinda like the Max Crosby thing, before the Ravens listened to the rest of the world telling them how stupid they are.

 

[mgteich]

By definition, you're right; there can't be a "firm deal" in place. No deal is official until both sides submit it to the league.

For all my life, businesses have honored such deals. If they have a firm deal, it WILL be honored.

It is truky horrible business practice to pull out of such deals.

That being said, there can be condtions such as a physical.

 

[WhatJustHappened]

Hope he just doesn't want to miss the Marshfield Fair.

 

[Bill Lee]

For all my life, businesses have honored such deals. If they have a firm deal, it WILL be honored.

It is truky horrible business practice to pull out of such deals.

That being said, there can be condtions such as a physical.

That's how I'm seeing it too.

It's pretty obvious Philly ran their draft knowing AJB was leaving there, and we ran ours knowing AJB was coming here.

If either party backed out, man, it would be a real problem.

And yet, yes, physicals are a thing. However, I think we can presume due diligence has been done.

 

[Real fan 02]

Hope he just doesn't want to miss the Marshfield Fair.

Good luck on rt 3...

 

[Real fan 02]

That's how I'm seeing it too.

It's pretty obvious Philly ran their draft knowing AJB was leaving there, and we ran ours knowing AJB was coming here.

If either party backed out, man, it would be a real problem.

And yet, yes, physicals are a thing. However, I think we can presume due diligence has been done.

Would be more of an eagles problem then ours.. We went to a SB and had an MVP level QB without AJ last year.. as much as I Want and can't wait to get AJ I wouldn't be as disappointed if it did fall through.. although the likelihood of this is very low..

 

[maust]

Really? 11 posts in and no one has posted this yet?





oh and ofc RLKAG(P2)

 

[Pape]

based on what the eagles have done, it looks like there is a framework in place to move AJ Brown out of Philly...

I do not believe for a second that the Patriots are the only team wanting his services...

and if the Eagles have backed off the request for a 1st, then i think more than a few teams will be interested... there are 8 teams with more than 30 million in cap space right now per otc... signing the rookies will eat some of that up, but there is competition out there...

 

[Horace's Ivories]

This is def a RLKAG if there ever was one..

 

[reflexblue]

That's what I choose and why I choose rlkag m2. No one knows whats going on.but there's been 108 pages of cyber ink spent on what Could be happening. And I continue to say..wake me up when it's over.

 

[Crazy Patriot Guy]

based on what the eagles have done, it looks like there is a framework in place to move AJ Brown out of Philly...

I do not believe for a second that the Patriots are the only team wanting his services...

and if the Eagles have backed off the request for a 1st, then i think more than a few teams will be interested... there are 8 teams with more than 30 million in cap space right now per otc... signing the rookies will eat some of that up, but there is competition out there...

Possibly, but I don't think it's a secret around the NFL that Brown wants to play for New England. Having the cap space doesn't necessarily make it a viable trade destination if that team can't be certain AJ won't be the same problem for them as he is for Philly.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

I do not believe for a second that the Patriots are the only team wanting his services...

Yes, but AJ Brown has something of a say in the matter. He doesn't have a no-trade clause, but trading him some place against his will is unlikely.
It's a done deal of some sort. Now Roseman needs to save face after asking for the moon and receiving no takers, so my prediction is it includes one or more other players as well. I'd predict a 2028 1st and some players to muddy the picture.

 

[Pape]

Possibly, but I don't think it's a secret around the NFL that Brown wants to play for New England. Having the cap space doesn't necessarily make it a viable trade destination if that team can't be certain AJ won't be the same problem for them as he is for Philly.

Iirc, brown have the eagles a list of four teams... The Pats are one of them... But the eagles are going to go for the best option for them imo... Ymmv on that...

Will see if I can find the list of the four

 

[Thunderhead]

I predict Brown goes to KC for 2027 2nd. Pats are always just "in the conversation" and used as leverage.