A.J. Brown

The Eagles pulled off one of the most stunning moves of the NFL draft by landing wide receiver A.J. Brown in a deal with the Titans.

“Really appreciate what A.J. has done here for our football team, on the field, in the community. THIS WAS NOT MY FAULT. But I wish you all the best. Said Brown on Twitter after the deal in a tweet he later deleted: "Tennessee I love you and you will forever be in my heart and I can say this now... The Titans used the No. 18 pick on a potential Brown replacement in Arkansas wide receiver Treylon Burks. “The decision we made today was a tough one,” Robinson said in a news conference Thursday night after making the deal. The Eagles on Thursday agreed to acquire wide receiver A.J. Brown in a deal with the Tennessee Titans, sending back the No. 18 and 101 selections in the draft.

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He has one year remaining on his initial contract and failed to report for the start of offseason conditioning program because he wanted a contract extension done. “I had looked on Instragram afterwards and I saw that they had traded (Brown) to the Eagles. The moves increased to 10 the number of picks they have in this year's draft, which continues Friday and Saturday. That includes four in the first 90 selections. But then, once I got the call, it was like, ‘This dude was right.’ Brown, a second-round pick in 2019, led the Titans in receiving each of his first three years in the league. “… That was one of my dreams – to also play with him.

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"THIS WAS NOT MY FAULT. But I wish you all the best . Love" Brown will made out just fine in the trade. There had been murmurs that Brown and the Titans were having trouble negotiating a contract extension. Tennessee didn't want to pay Brown the money for which he was asking. The Titans then traded him when they saw an opportunity. He averaged 73 catches, 1,184 yards and nine touchdowns per 17 games played and established himself as one of the NFL's top young receivers.

The Eagles acquired star receiver A.J. Brown in a blockbuster trade with the Titans and agreed to a four-year, $100 million deal with the star receiver.

Minutes earlier, they moved up to the 13th pick to select Georgia defensive tackle Jordan Davis, the 6-foot-6, 340-pound anchor of the Bulldogs' championship defense. The Eagles' odds to win the Super Bowl improved from 50/1 to 40/1 at Caesars Sportsbook after the trade. "He's a strong man, he's quick for a big guy and he catches everything. "I love A.J. personally, but I am very comfortable with how this went down and how Jon and I were able to navigate," Titans coach Mike Vrabel said. "I try to support him and make decisions. "And there's a lot of things that impact those decisions.

A look at how Twitter reacted to the shocking, blockbuster trade sending ex-Tennessee Titans WR A.J. Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Even with Burks on the roster, trading Brown leaves a gaping hole in a wide receiver corps. Here’s how Twitter reacted to the shocking news. After all, while there was some public frustration from Brown, all reports suggested he wouldn’t be dealt and a long-term deal was practically inevitable.

Treylon Burks was a good pick, but he'll now be asked to replace one of the NFL's top young stars. No other way to say it. The Titans just got worse.

We’re not going to be able to keep every single player that we draft and develop.” What the Titans had been saying was not. The Titans’ trading Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles will be the splashiest headline from this draft. “We had discussions back and forth, and I really realized we got to a spot where it was going to be kind of hard to get a deal done,” Robinson said. Robinson said he “didn’t foresee” trading Brown a week ago. … We’re going to be here awhile. In Brown, a special player is leaving the Titans, one who doesn’t come along every day. This was a step back from contention. “And in doing that, that’s where those hard decisions and those tough discussions come in. “… At the end of the day, we have to make – I have to make – the hard decisions. It was a true bombshell, ringing throughout the team’s locker room. Certainly, the finances impact decisions, and trying to get value when we can.”

Howie Roseman has managed Philadelphia's draft capital expertly, and the team always seems to have more.

But a great deal of it is thanks to what is happening in the Eagles’ front office right now. But Roseman got a first-round pick for Wentz, who barely lasted a season with the Colts before getting shipped off to his third team in as many years. At the combine back in March, one NFL executive wondered, wisely, why Roseman wasn’t getting more attention as a GM of the Year candidate. The Eagles utilized plenty of zone concepts last year to maximize Jalen Hurts’s mobility but maintain the flexibility to run a more standard zone offense. Some of it is having great players in the first place. When the Eagles began doggedly acquiring draft capital a year ago, many assumed it was for control of a future draft’s quarterback class.

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You'd have to go back to the 1991 NFL Draft to find a similar start to the first round to the one we just witnessed. For instance, in a recent two-round mock draft, CBS Sports NFL Draft expert Ryan Wilson had Strange coming off the board in the second round at No. 51 overall. It wasn't even just the draft community that was surprised by the pick. As we were still gaining all the information about the Hollywood Brown trade, a mammoth blockbuster deal came down that saw the Titans trade star receiver A.J. Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles for the No. 18 overall pick and a third-rounder. Back in the 1997 NFL Draft, Jim Druckenmiller was taken No. 26 overall by the San Francisco 49ers. If there was going to be a blockbuster trade involving a receiver, many pointed to it centering around the 49ers receiver as there had been rumors of discontent and a possible trade request for weeks. While his "slide" only lasted until the No. 12 overall pick, it was a surprising team that ultimately plucked him off the board. Throughout the pre-draft process, the talking point on Alabama receiver Jameson Williams was that -- when healthy -- he is the top player at his position in this class. Instead, Marquise Brown was the first domino to fall as the Ravens elected to trade him -- and a third-round pick -- to the Arizona Cardinals for the No. 23 overall selection. Not only did we get the typical drama of a draft, but we also had blockbuster trades thrown our way along with trends that we haven't seen in decades. Entering the draft, the NFL was waiting for the Deebo Samuel shoe to drop at some point. Naturally, the madness from free agency carried over into the opening round of the draft where there were a number of jaw-dropping moments.

What could the short- and long-term ramifications of the A.J. Brown mean for the Tennessee Titans? Beat writer Ben Arthur breaks it down.

"Obviously, we start over every year," coach Mike Vrabel said of his comfort level with the pieces around Tannehill. "We're going to get those guys back. They now have four, including ones at the top of the second and third round on Friday. "I think it's really the draft capital that's involved," general manager Jon Robinson said of the timing of the Brown trade. That’s more than $202 million committed to the front four over the last 13 months. It also places a larger onus on improving other parts of the offense around Tannehill, including the offensive line. They gave outside linebacker Harold Landry a five-year deal worth $87.5 million in March – just a year after giving Bud Dupree a five-year deal worth $82.5 million deal – and exercised Jeffery Simmons’ fifth-year option, which will give him $10.753 million fully guaranteed in 2023. That's really kind of what dictated the timing of everything." The Titans, who said they went “to the extreme” to keep Brown, must now face life without the star receiver after a fallout in extension talks. Titans now have several early round picks to bolster their roster. The run game didn’t miss a beat when superstar Derrick Henry missed nine games. The trade puts a tremendous amount of Year 1 pressure on former Arkansas star Treylon Burks, selected with the 18th pick the Titans recouped in the trade. Trading Brown does neither of those things.

Tennessee fans were unhappy with the trade news of their star receiver, to say the least.

On top of that, there were over 800 comments on the post, mostly from upset Titans fans. Then, there was actually more combined retweets as a little over 100 users retweeted the post and around 550 fans quote tweeted the details. In this case, the number of replies and quote tweets surpassed both.

The Titans are already the NFL's biggest spenders on offense — $123.5M in 2022. The Eagles' rookie core gives them more financial flexibility.

Philadelphia had the room to gamble on a bounceback season and his prime years. - QB Jalen Hurts, WR Jalen Reagor, and WR Devonta Smith are all on rookie contracts, accounting for only a combined $9.8M against the Eagles’ 2022 cap. During the first round of Thursday’s NFL Draft, the Titans traded WR A.J. Brown to the Eagles in exchange for the 18th and 101st overall picks in the draft.

According to a new report, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown wanted out of Tennessee and stopped talking to the Titans weeks ago.

“I wanted to stay, but the deal they offered was a low offer. The deal they offered wasn’t even $20 million a year.” Brown also said he wanted to stay in Nashville.