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The Philadelphia Eagles wanted to waste and acquisition wide receiver A.J. Brown and connected Monday did conscionable that. Call that nan NFL's worst kept concealed nan past six months.
Brown is going to nan New England Patriots to reunite pinch his erstwhile Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel, who now coaches nan Patriots. Brown's caller squad was nan second-worst-kept concealed successful nan NFL nan past fewer months Vrabel loved Brown erstwhile they were together successful Nashville.
The Eagles announced they person agreed to nonstop Brown to New England successful speech for a 2028 first-round prime and a 2027 fifth-round selection. The compensation package was decided early Monday.
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Brown will request to walk a beingness successful bid for nan woody to beryllium finalized. That hasn't ever been an easy thing, arsenic Maxx Crosby and nan Baltimore Ravens proved earlier this offseason, truthful this isn't done, done until that beingness is passed, passed.
The logic everyone knew this was going to hap is, well, nan signs were unmistakable.
Brown hasn't been happy successful Philly for a while.
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown warms up during training campy astatine NovaCare Complex successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected July 24, 2025. (Kyle Ross/Imagn Images)
Philly hasn't been happy that Brown fto his unhappiness bleed onto his cryptic societal media posts and sometimes moreover his effort connected nan field.
And successful Foxborough, Mass., Vrabel really wanted his erstwhile subordinate to capable a void arsenic a No. 1 receiver nan Patriots person been missing since astatine slightest nan extremity of past play erstwhile they trim Stefon Diggs.
The Patriots not only capable that void but astir apt get an upgrade. And Vrabel, nether withering disapproval for his narration pinch NFL insider Dianna Russini for going connected 2 months now, gets a invited alteration to nan conversation.
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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown speaks during an NFL news convention successful Philadelphia connected Jan. 30, 2025, up of Super Bowl LIX against nan Kansas City Chiefs. (Matt Rourke/AP)
The timing of this waste and acquisition was evident because astatine 4 p.m. connected Monday nan net headdress implications for trading Brown became little onerous for nan Eagles. They went from perchance carrying a $43.4 cardinal dead-money complaint to make a waste and acquisition to shrinking that to $16.3 cardinal based connected NFL June 1 net headdress rules.
The Patriots inherit nan last 4 years of Brown’s statement while nan Eagles will divided their remaining headdress deed complete nan 2026 and 2027 seasons.
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New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel talks to backmost Drake Maye during nan 2nd 4th astatine Nissan Stadium successful Nashville, Tennessee, connected Oct. 19, 2025. (Andrew Nelles/The Tennessean/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
Brown instantly becomes Drake Maye’s No. 1 receiver successful New England. The Patriots are hoping to return nan adjacent logical measurement aft playing successful nan Super Bowl past play but losing to nan Seattle Seahawks.
Adding Brown, who has six 1,000-yard receiving seasons successful his seven-year career, seems for illustration a coagulated measurement toward doing that.
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Armando Salguero is OutKick's Senior NFL Writer.
