Eagles, A.J. Brown may have worked out an agreement amid trade rumors

A recent replace advised that Philadelphia Eagles
normal supervisor Howie Roseman would “quite not do a deal than full a foul one” because it pertains to buying and selling vast receiver A.J. Brown this offseason. 

Brown signed a three-year, $96M contract extension within the spring of 2024, and he hasn’t gone public with a commerce request because the finish of the 2025 season. On Thursday, NFL insider Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports activities hinted that there could also be a purpose Brown is not loudly answering those who’re recruiting him to push for a commerce to the New England Patriots.

Do Eagles, A.J. Brown have an “understanding” a few future commerce?

“What sources have identified to me is that Brown has executed nothing publicly to attempt to punch his means out of Philly, and people sources have theorized that Brown could have an understanding {that a} deal will happen in some unspecified time in the future in the summertime,” Jones defined. “Making a public stink doesn’t assist his place, particularly when he might be on one other workforce by (organized workforce actions) and minicamp in June anyway.”

This offseason, the Eagles have added receivers Dontayvion Wicks, Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and Elijah Moore to their roster. None of these gamers is a like-for-like A.J. Brown substitute, however the Eagles reportedly “view DeVonta Smith as a WR1 able to thriving with a bigger workload.” 

It seems like Smith could get that bigger workload starting in September. 

Have Eagles been getting ready to maneuver on from A.J. Brown all alongside?

“Philadelphia has positioned itself to maneuver ahead in 2026 with a receivers group that may reside with out [A.J. Brown],” Jones continued. “At this level, it will be a shock if Brown isn’t on a brand new workforce by the beginning of coaching camp.”

One factor that hasn’t modified is that buying and selling A.J. Brown earlier than June 1 would do pointless hurt to the Eagles’ salary-cap state of affairs. Jones repeated that the Patriots “stay the front-runner to amass” A.J. Brown, however that would change if New England spends a high-value draft decide to seize a extremely rated receiver prospect on April 23.