Philadelphia Eagles’ Howie Roseman reveals how easily the A.J. Brown trade could have fallen through with Tennessee Titans
Imagine a Philadelphia Eagles team without wide receiver A.J. Brown
Imagine a Philadelphia Eagles team without wide receiver A.J. Brown. Well, it could have happened if it weren’t for Howie Roseman being arguably the best deal-maker in the NFL.
Roseman recently revealed exactly what he had to do in order to acquire Brown and how it could have all fallen apart so easily.
To sum it up, Roseman was not only tasked with having to come up with a fair trade with the Titans, but also a new contract with Brown during Round 1 of the 2022 NFL Draft.
“In that situation, John Robinson, heck of a GM, you know, I understood where he was and financially and what he was trying to do, and really trying to figure out a way to make a win-win situation,” Roseman said during an episode of Bussin with the Boys. “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.”
In the meantime, the clock was ticking, and Roseman was trying to get Brown to agree to a new deal.
“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 who 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.’”
In the end, Roseman got what he wanted and the Eagles sent the Tennessee Titans their first-round pick (18th overall) and a third-round pick (101st overall) in exchange for Brown.
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