The Philadelphia Eagles are the reigning Super Bowl champions in large part because they have A.J. Brown at wide receiver. The Eagles traded for Brown from the Tennessee Titans during the 2022 NFL Draft.
Many have wondered how the trade came together. Joining Bussin’ With The Boys, Eagles general manager Howie Roseman revealed the details on how Philadelphia acquired Brown.
“In that situation, John Robinson, heck of a GM, you know, I understood where he was and financially,” Roseman said. [I knew] what he was trying to do, and really trying to figure out a way to make a win-win situation. Because we had a quarterback at the time on a rookie deal. “The interesting thing was that we had the trade done, the terms agreed to in the morning, we had to get a contract done with him. And at the time, we started with three first-round picks in that draft. We traded one for a future pick with New Orleans. We still had two. And basically, I said, “John, if we can’t get a contract done, like we can’t do this trade. We can’t trade you a one and a three for one year of a player.” You know, we’ve got to get a contract done first.
“So we trade up and we get Jordan Davis – our contract’s still not done. And John’s like, “Well, what are we doing, what’s going on here?” And so after we picked Jordan [at] 12, I think the pick we ended up trading was 18… I’m trying to finish the contract. And so nobody knew, except a couple people that were even doing it. Because I said, “Imagine this falls apart, like I’m gonna be the GM who can’t get a deal done with AJ.” And so at that point, when we finished, it was about [pick] 14, and the deal was done. And I turned to Jeffrey [Lurie] and Nick [Sirianni] and I said, “We’re gonna surprise our room when we’re on the clock, they don’t know anything about it.” And so when we get ready to pick, I’m just gonna say, “Hey guys, we’re we’re picking AJ Brown.”
Brown has 261 catches and 25 touchdowns in three seasons with the Eagles, and has topped the 1,400 yard mark twice. His addition has led to two Super Bowl appearances for the Eagles and one Super Bowl win.
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