The Patriots are believed to be the top landing spot if the Eagles ultimately decide to move on from Brown. Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio indicated that a source with knowledge of the situation claimed that the Eagles had to trade Brown before 2027, or it would “wreak havoc” on their salary cap<\/a>.<\/p>\n An earlier report from NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo<\/a> suggested the Eagles were looking for a first and second-round draft pick for Brown. However, according to the Boston Sports Journal’s Greg Bedard, the Patriots aren’t looking to go to those heights to get the 29-year-old wide receiver.<\/p>\n “There’s been a lot of speculation\u2014first and a second, first and a third. The Patriots, my understanding, is around second-round draft pick compensation,” Bedard said on NBC Sports Boston<\/a>.<\/p>\n A second-round pick makes sense considering Brown turns 29 years old this year, and he’s been dealing with knee issues. If a trade does happen, it could come after June 1, when the Eagles wouldn’t suffer a massive dead cap charge.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n The Patriots added veteran wide receiver Romeo Doubs in free agency, but the former Green Bay Packers standout is viewed as more of a Stefon Diggs replacement. The team still needs a legitimate No. 1 option to attack opposing defenses outside the numbers.<\/p>\n Brown would be the perfect fit for that job.<\/p>\n Follow Patriots Wire on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 3, 2026, 6:04 p.m. ET If the New England Patriots agree to a trade for Philadelphia Eagles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[95878,25,7,6,242,109,2476,96851,96852,97895,95882,95893,95896,96854,95888,95897,95899,95883,97162,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-852585","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-taga-j-brown","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagfacebook","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnew-england-patriots","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagoverall-negative","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-tagstefon-diggs","27":"tag-tagtwitter","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116344369241145800","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852585","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=852585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775274078_577_86371878007-cardis-1.jpg\")