PHILADELPHIA — A.J. Brown took to the podium Monday in his green-and-white suit, his 2-year-old child, Jersee, in his arms, and a huge smile on his face.
But in lotsof methods, the Eagles’ trade for their latest wide receiver last Thursday wasn’t as much about Brown as it was about quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Sure, Brown advantages from the riches of the four-year agreement, worth as much as $100 million as the Eagles traded a first-round choice and a third-round choice to the Tennessee Titans to get him.
Hurts advantages simply as much, if not more.
If anything, by trading for Hurts’ finest goodfriend, as Brown explained their relationship, the Eagles revealed how much they think in Hurts as their quarterback going forward.
After the trade, Hurts FaceTimed with Brown and posted their response on social media.
“I’m going to go to bat for him every Sunday duetothefactthat he’s my pal,” Brown stated. “It’s a various mindset you bring when you’re playing for someone that’s essential to you. It’s not about yourself anylonger. You’re playing for somebody else. So, I’m going to go above and beyond for this group and for him.”
For the whole offseason, the Eagles have firmlyinsisted that Hurts is their quarterback, whether it was Eagles chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie, basic supervisor Howie Roseman or head coach Nick Sirianni.
They stated their objective was to enhance the group around Hurts, and not appearance for a brand-new quarterback. Whether that was the case or not depends on whether the Eagles would haveactually traded for Russell Wilson or Deshaun Watson had they been ready to play for the Eagles.
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But neither desired to come to Philadelphia, so the point was moot. At the exactsame time, the Eagles idea adequate of Hurts to not lookfor somebody else like Jimmy Garappolo or Baker Mayfield.
Instead, they traded for Brown. You can’t do much evenworse statistically than Brown, who has 2,995 lawns getting in 3 seasons with the Titans.
And Brown has plenty of inspiration to make sure it works, both for him and for Hurts.
As justrecently as 10 days ago, they worked out together while Hurts was goingto the birthday celebration of Brown’s child. At the time, they had no concept they would be colleagues.
And yes, Brown confessed when they last worked out together, they talked about playing together. At that time, Brown and the Titans had reached an deadlock on a agreement extension. Brown desired a offer in line with the agreements signed by Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams, averaging more than $20 million per year.
ESPN reported that Brown would haveactually taken $22 million, however the Titans wouldn’t deal as much as $20 million.
“In the middle of the tossing session, Jalen states he’s going to ask them to trade for me,” Brown stated. “We were simply chuckling, joking. We had no concept that this