Former Tennessee Titans star A.J. Brown tossed shade at his previous group Sunday night after one of the league’s finest wideouts gotten a huge payday.
An hour after news broke Sunday that the San Francisco 49ers and Deebo Samuel concurred to terms on a three-year offer worth $73.5 million, consistingof $58.1 million ensured, Brown tweeted “keep thinking it was me” in relatesto to why the Titans traded him throughout the draft to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Samuel, DK Metcalf (Seattle Seahawks) and Terry McLaurin (Washington Commanders) – all star receivers from the 2019 draft class – got big-money offers from the group that prepared them, while Brown did not.
He signed a four-year offer worth $100 million with Philadelphia after the trade.
“Basically all 4 of us got the verysame agreement and I’m the just one (who) got traded,” Brown tweeted. “Yeah, keep thinking it was me. Anywho Go Birds.”
Basically all 4 of us got the exactsame agreement and I’m the just one got traded… yeah keep thinking it was me . Anywho Go Birds 🦅 #CarryOn
— AJ Brown (@1kalwaysopen_) August 1, 2022
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Brown’s remarks are comparable to what he informed ESPN after the trade, that it “wasn’t my fault” and declaring the Titans provided him a “low deal.”
The Tennessean foundout at the time that the Titans felt Brown’s camp was playing hardball in extension settlements. He stopped interacting with the group for weeks and promised to stay off the fiel