{"id":427304,"date":"2026-01-21T08:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427304\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T08:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:04:14","slug":"philadelphia-eagles-predicted-to-send-a-j-brown-to-afc-contender-looking-for-wr-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427304\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles Predicted to Send A.J. Brown to AFC Contender Looking for WR Help"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Eagles are facing a challenging decision with A.J. Brown, one that needs to be made.<\/p>\n

Over the years, the organization has shown a willingness to move on from stars when the time comes, even if it comes with some backlash.<\/p>\n

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On the surface, moving Brown would be tough to justify. Brown is one of the NFL\u2019s top wide receivers and has been a player who can go out and make plays when it matters most.<\/p>\n

However, the attitude is tough to ignore.<\/p>\n

According to ESPN, there is a growing belief that the Eagles could explore trading Brown, with the Buffalo Bills emerging as a potential landing spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrown’s happy-to-be-here quotient in Philly is miserably low. He’s a great player and great players are hard to replace. But the Eagles have never been scared to make a move due to the salary cap implications. The Eagles actually can save $7 million on the cap by trading Brown after June 1.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd it feels like it’s time. Some league execs have felt that way since October,\u201d Jeremy Fowler wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When league executives start whispering about a star player being trade, it usually means something could happen. At the same time, it doesn\u2019t mean everything.<\/p>\n

Brown has been visibly frustrated at times, and while trying to win is part of what makes him great, it\u2019s also been a bit much.<\/p>\n

“The Bills have to upgrade there — their best receiver is Khalil Shakir, who is a nice player but he’s not a top guy,” an NFL personnel evaluator said. “Brown is an immediate upgrade and he’s still young [turning 29 in June]. And the Eagles can build the passing game around DeVonta Smith and a high draft pick.”<\/p>\n

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The Buffalo Bills, meanwhile, make sense. They are desperately searching for a true No. 1 receiver to pair with Josh Allen, and their championship window is only getting shorter. The Bills’ firing Sean McDermott could also have some impact on trying to do other things.<\/p>\n

Regarding the Eagles, a lot of this would come down to what they get in return. If Philadelphia isn\u2019t happy with its return, there\u2019s no reason to trade him just to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Eagles are facing a challenging decision with A.J. Brown, one that needs to be made. Over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[28656,64,63,598,1261,27248,6580,19875,593,1260,85,68980,23821],"class_list":["post-427304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-a-j-brown","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brown","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-devonta-smith","tag-josh-allen","tag-khalil-shakir","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-sports","tag-star-player","tag-the-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}