{"id":783984,"date":"2026-03-01T08:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/783984\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T08:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:27:38","slug":"latest-update-on-patriots-trade-talks-for-eagles-wr-a-j-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/783984\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest update on Patriots trade talks for Eagles WR A.J. Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 28, 2026, 2:19 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">There is no secret that the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-england-patriots\/348\" data-autotag=\"04de4087-8f54-4765-a468-9b4c74f7fb14\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New England Patriots<\/a> have a great interest in trading for Philadelphia Eagles three-time All-Pro wide receiver A.J. Brown. They desperately need an elite outside receiving target, and Brown checks all of the boxes, including having a <a href=\"http:\/\/patriotswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/patriots\/2026\/02\/25\/patriots-mike-vrabel-breaks-silence-aj-brown-nfl-combine\/88863730007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">personal relationship with Patriots coach Mike Vrabel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But how serious are the Eagles about moving on from their star wide receiver?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">According to a recent report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2026\/02\/28\/stefon-diggs-a-j-brown-and-free-agent-targets-inside-the-patriots-plans-at-the-nfl-scouting-combine\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Herald&#8217;s Andrew Callahan and Doug Kyed<\/a>, one source described the Eagles&#8217; current asking price as &#8220;unserious.&#8221; However, other sources do believe Brown could be dealt in a move that&#8217;s a &#8220;step above&#8221; what the Seattle Seahawks got when trading DK Metcalf to the Pittsburgh Steelers last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seattle ultimately traded Metcalf and a sixth-round draft pick to Pittsburgh for a second-round and a seventh-round draft pick. Callahan and Kyed wrote:<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The Patriots have explored trade talks involving Eagles star wide receiver A.J. Brown, but feel the current asking price is unserious, according to one source.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Several league sources believe Brown could nonetheless be dealt, and the return could be a step above what the Seahawks received when they traded D.K. Metcalf and a sixth-round pick to Pittsburgh last year for a second-rounder at 52nd overall and a seventh-round pick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/patriotswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/patriots\/2026\/02\/27\/patriots-open-pairing-stefon-diggs-aj-brown\/88898558007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MassLive&#8217;s Karen Guregian and Mark Daniels<\/a> reported that the Patriots are interested in pairing Brown with Stefon Diggs to give the team the outside and slot versatility they&#8217;ve lacked for years. With that said, they are currently trying to get Diggs to agree to a restructured contract, and as of now, it doesn&#8217;t look like the Eagles are willing to let Brown walk out the door easily.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Patriots clearly have some serious work to do on multiple fronts.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/86371878007-cardis-1.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow Patriots Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Patriots_Wire?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PatriotsWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 28, 2026, 2:19 p.m. ET There is no secret that the New England Patriots have a great&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[95878,25,7,6,242,109,2476,96851,96852,95882,105672,96722,95893,96853,96854,95895,95897,95883,97162,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-783984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-eagles","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","14":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","15":"tag-sstssportsnflpatriots","16":"tag-sstsnpatriots","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagboston-herald","19":"tag-tagdk-metcalf","20":"tag-tagfacebook","21":"tag-tagmike-vrabel","22":"tag-tagnew-england-patriots","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-negative","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-tagstefon-diggs","27":"tag-tagtwitter","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116152974871476064","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}