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Eagles' A.J. Brown trade cost to Patriots revealed by Philadelphia Inquirer originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
It sounds like the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots have essentially already agreed to an A.J. Brown trade.
They simply have to wait until June 2 (or really, 4:01 p.m. on June 1) to make the deal official.
The star wide receiver didn't force his way out of Philly, but he definitely didn't seem all that happy, and the Eagles have chosen to move on rather than hang onto a disgruntled player.
The Patriots wanted a true WR1 for Drake Maye to go along with free agent signing Romeo Doubs.
At this point, it seems to be all a matter of procedure to getting a deal done.
NFL insiders even appear to know what the return cost is.
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A.J. Brown trade cost
It sounds like Brown will cost a single first-round pick in return.
This is what the Philadelphia Inquirer's Jeff McLane reported on Monday morning:
"If the return for A.J. Brown is straight up a 2028 first round draft pick — and from what I understand, that is the case — then it would come two draft cycles after the parameters of a deal between the #Eagles and Patriots were likely set. That’s quite a drop in compensation if the initial asking price, as I had heard it, was a first and a second rounder. Some of that seemed posturing."
A first-round pick is nothing to scoff at, but if it's a first-rounder from the prime of Drake Maye's career, it also isn't likely to be too high up the board. McLane suggested later in his post that there will be more than just the first-round pick, but nothing equivalent to a second first.
At this point, though, the Eagles likely ran out of other suitors. They've got to take what they can get.
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