The writing is on the wall by now in Philly. Eagles GM Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni will be making a decison on their WR1 very shortly.
The fans won't have to wait around much to find out whether Brown stays with his team, or packs his bags.
As of now, analysts are still scrummaging to figure out the asking price for Brown, something that the Patriots very recently made laughing stock out of.
Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer found an interesting connection, one that concludes that Brown's trade might end up looking a lot like the Bills' 2024 trade for Stefon Diggs.
"My sense is that A.J. Brown’s camp has a feel for his potential trade market," Breer wrote. "And while I don’t think that Eagles GM Howie Roseman is going to start shopping Brown around, I do think he’ll listen to any incoming offers for his star receiver, who’s 29 years old and has four 1,000-yard seasons in his four years as an Eagle."
A.J. Brown trade comp
Brown's situation resembles to that of Diggs, making him a bang-on trade comp.
"The next piece, then, would be finding a fair trade comp for Brown."
"One would be the Stefon Diggs trade in 2024. The Bills sent Diggs to the Texans that offseason, packaging him with a sixth-round pick and a 2025 fifth-rounder in exchange for a 2025 second-round pick. Diggs, having just turned 30, was a little more than a year older than Brown is now. Like Brown, he was coming off four 1,000-yard seasons in four years with his second NFL team. So this lines up in a lot of ways."
"Of course, having a few teams involved could change the price, and I’m sure Roseman will be looking for a first-rounder, or even more than just that. And since it’s Roseman, you can be sure he’ll find the best deal possible for the Eagles. How good that deal is, I’d think, will probably determine whether a deal happens at all."
Currently, there are four teams reportedly in the mix for Brown, and one of them has already taken its name out of the circle.
We'll see whether it turns out to be one of the three, or an entierly different one.