{"id":812959,"date":"2026-03-15T02:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T02:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/812959\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T02:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T02:38:34","slug":"a-j-brown-trade-rumors-latest-news-concerning-eagles-star-wide-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/812959\/","title":{"rendered":"A.J. Brown Trade Rumors: Latest News Concerning Eagles’ Star Wide Receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Hello, A.J. \u2026 what’s happening<\/a>?”<\/p>\n

Star wide receiver A.J. Brown<\/a> remains a member of the Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>. Nonetheless, Brown’s four-year stint with the Eagles (2022-25) has come against the backdrop of the three-time Pro Bowler publicly complaining about his role in the team’s offense and rampant speculation about his relationship (or lack thereof) with quarterback Jalen Hurts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just last season, Brown told fans to “get rid” of him<\/a> if they have him on their fantasy football team and that playing “Madden NFL<\/a> 26″ is the only way to find “highlights” of him. Meanwhile, former Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson<\/a> said in November of last season that he knew “something else<\/a>” was “going on” between Brown and Hurts.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, reports circulated that the Eagles were discussing a potential Brown trade with multiple teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here’s what’s going on with Brown and an explainer on the situation.<\/p>\n

Who’s interested in trading for Brown?<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Rams<\/a> and New England Patriots<\/a> discussed a trade with the Eagles for Brown during the opening week of NFL free agency, according to The Athletic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brown played for Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel over his first three seasons in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans<\/a> (2019-21). The report noted that Philadelphia is tabling any trade discussions regarding Brown.<\/p>\n

What are the Eagles asking for in a potential Brown trade?<\/p>\n

At least one first-round pick and a top-100 draft pick in any trade for Brown, according to Sports Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is Brown’s current contract?<\/p>\n

Brown, who will be 29 at the start of the 2026 season, signed a three-year, $96 million extension with the Eagles in April 2024, a contract that includes $84 million guaranteed and one that doesn’t begin until 2027.<\/p>\n

Why is a Brown trade more likely after June 1?<\/p>\n

If the Eagles trade Brown before June 1, they would incur a $43 million dead cap hit, whereas if they trade the receiver after June 1, the dead cap hit would be just $16.4 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beginning on June 1 of every NFL year, teams can spread out a dead cap hit for a player in a trade or release over two years, whereas it directly impacts their payroll for the upcoming season if a player is released before June 1.<\/p>\n

What have the Eagles done this offseason?<\/p>\n

On Mar. 7, Philadelphia extended defensive tackle Jordan Davis<\/a> to a three-year, $78 million deal. On the free-agent front, the Eagles have signed cornerback and 2022 Pro Bowler Riq Woolen<\/a> (one-year, $12 million deal) and linebacker Arnold Ebiketie<\/a> (one-year, $7.3 million deal), among other deals.<\/p>\n

What did Brown do last season?<\/p>\n

Coming off the Eagles’ Super Bowl<\/a> LIX triumph, Brown totaled 78 receptions for 1,003 yards (career-low 12.9 yards per reception) and seven touchdowns through 15 regular-season games in 2025. It marked the sixth time that Brown reached 1,000 receiving yards in a single season in his seven-year NFL career (2019-25).<\/p>\n

At the same time, Brown had four games where he logged two or fewer receptions, and he had just three receptions on seven targets in Philadelphia’s NFC wild-card round loss at home to the San Francisco 49ers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Hello, A.J. \u2026 what’s happening?” Star wide receiver A.J. Brown remains a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. Nonetheless,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[8694,7,58,122,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,109],"class_list":{"0":"post-812959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-a-j-brown","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-los-angeles-rams","11":"tag-national-football-league","12":"tag-new-england","13":"tag-new-england-patriots","14":"tag-newengland","15":"tag-newenglandpatriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patriots","18":"tag-philadelphia-eagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116230874861700328","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812959","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=812959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}