NFC East News: Philadelphia Eagles trade WR A.J. Brown to the Patriots

This deal has been expected for months, but is now finally happening. The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to trade WR A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots for a 2027 5th round pick and a 2028 1st round pick. There has been tension between Brown and the Eagles organization for the past few seasons,

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This deal has been expected for months, but is now finally happening. The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to trade WR A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots for a 2027 5th round pick and a 2028 1st round pick. There has been tension between Brown and the Eagles organization for the past few seasons, but Philly won a Super Bowl during that time, which is the the ultimate deodorant for a stinky situation. Brown hasn’t been happy with the play calling or the offense in general, and there’s been reported

tension between him and his friend, quarterback Jalen Hurts.

The two sides now get a clean break. Brown joins a team that just went to the Super Bowl and released WR Stefon Diggs. The Eagles get a future 1st round pick to restock the roster, and they’ve been adding multiple receivers in free agency and through the draft. Brown is now reunited with his former head coach from the Titans, Mike Vrabel.

A.J. Brown Career Stats

Receiving & Rushing Table
							Receiving												Rushing									Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
2019	22	TEN	NFL	WR	16	11	84	52	1051	20.2	8	39	53.6	91	3.3	65.7	61.9	12.5	3	60	1	2	66.7	49	20.0	3.8	0.2	55	20.2	1111	9	1	10	AP ORoY-3
2020	23	TEN	NFL	WR	14	12	106	70	1075	15.4	11	55	61.3	73	5.0	76.8	66.0	10.1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	70	15.4	1075	11	2	13	PB
2021	24	TEN	NFL	WR	13	13	105	63	869	13.8	5	49	50.5	57	4.8	66.8	60.0	8.3	2	10	0	1	50.0	7	5.0	0.8	0.2	65	13.5	879	5	0	8
2022	25	PHI	NFL	WR	17	16	145	88	1496	17.0	11	61	51.7	78	5.2	88.0	60.7	10.3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	88	17.0	1496	11	2	16	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-9,AP OPoY-11
2023	26	PHI	NFL	WR	17	17	158	106	1456	13.7	7	70	56.3	59	6.2	85.6	67.1	9.2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	106	13.7	1456	7	2	15	PB,AP-2
2024	27	PHI	NFL	WR	13	13	97	67	1079	16.1	7	63	62.9	67	5.2	83.0	69.1	11.1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	67	16.1	1079	7	0	12	AP-2
2025	28	PHI	NFL	WR	15	15	121	78	1003	12.9	7	46	50.4	45	5.2	66.9	64.5	8.3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	78	12.9	1003	7	0	9
7 Yrs					105	97	816	524	8029	15.3	56	383	55.0	91	5.0	76.5	64.2	9.8	5	70	1	3	60.0	49	14.0	0.7	0.0	529	15.3	8099	57	7	83
17 Game Avg					17	16	132	85	1300	15.3	9	62	55.0	91	5.0	76.5	64.2	9.8	1	11	0	0	60.0	49	14.0	0.7	0.0	86	15.3	1311	9	1	12

PHI (4 Yrs)					62	61	521	339	5034	14.8	32	240	54.9	78	5.5	81.2	65.1	9.7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	339	14.8	5034	32	4	52
TEN (3 Yrs)					43	36	295	185	2995	16.2	24	143	55.3	91	4.3	69.7	62.7	10.2	5	70	1	3	60.0	49	14.0	1.6	0.1	190	16.1	3065	25	3	31