00:00Let's begin with Mike Florio, who talked about why the L.A. Rams may have been scared off of A
00:05.J. Brown.
00:06May also be why the New England Patriots may not be willing to give up a ton of draft capital
00:11for A.J. Brown.
00:12Here was Mike Florio talking about that.
00:15They got scared off by some of the, as I'm told, preliminary medical research.
00:22They decided too much of an investment for a player at this age, general wear and tear.
00:27You know, we're not going to do it, but they were lining it all up.
00:32Yeah.
00:32So if they get A.J. Brown, they trade Devontae Adams.
00:35They were looking for trade partners.
00:38Okay.
00:39So not that there's a significant, I'm guessing not a significant injury, but it's a wear and tear thing.
00:46A lot of games.
00:46And so may not be worth the first rounder that you're going to give up for him.
00:52And I'm not exactly sure the reasoning behind it, but when you look at A.J. Brown's kind
00:57of games played over his career, he's really missed like two or three games almost in every
01:03season.
01:03Not exactly everything.
01:05I think like two years ago, he didn't miss a single game.
01:07But outside of that, he generally plays like 14 games, 13 games, 15 games.
01:12He never plays the full 17 slate.
01:15Would you be scared off?
01:16I mean, I wouldn't.
01:17From a wear and tear point of view?
01:19Nah.
01:19Nah, I wouldn't.
01:20I mean, you're...
01:20It gives the Patriots more leverage, I guess.
01:23Well, no, I don't think the Patriots have any leverage in this situation because of the
01:26Jalen Waddell situation.
01:28You know, you look at Jalen Waddell's situation, what he went for, that's what the market is.
01:33Not if there's nobody else competing.
01:35Well, I would say this, then Philly would probably hold on to him.
01:39But he just asked for a trade yesterday.
01:41Literally yesterday, him and his team said, I need a trade.
01:45He went on Philly Radio and said, I'm out.
01:47Yeah, he wants...
01:47Well, Schefter said it, right?
01:49Well, he went on with Sean Kincaid.
01:51I saw a video of him calling in there.
01:53The timing of it makes me wonder if it's someone from his camp or...
02:00I mean, it sounds confusing because it's like you don't want it out there that you have some
02:04kind of degenerative knee condition.
02:06But if you're trying to get, like, the price to come down and you think that the Patriots
02:12and the Eagles are going to be stuck at this point where the Patriots aren't going to give
02:16up the draft capital to move.
02:18Like, is somebody leaking this information and trying to bring the price down?
02:22So he'll just freaking move because it's so clear that he doesn't want to be in Philly.
02:26So you're saying his people are kind of saying, oh, he could be...
02:29It feels crazy because, like, why would they put out there that he has a knee thing?
02:32But they're saying wear and tear, like, you know, so just meaning, like, he's played a
02:36lot of reps, right?
02:38And so when you start to look at that, it's not like the Max Crosby situation where they're
02:42like, okay, he could have a degenerative knee issue that could affect him in the future.
02:47It's more of like a lot of reps, wear and tear.
02:50But then why would the Rams back out?
02:52I don't know why.
02:53Like, if they're looking at it and saying we don't want him because we don't trust that
02:56he's going to be available or as productive as he has been in the past because of the,
03:01I'm guessing, the knee.
03:02Because that's always been around, even though, to Shime's point, he doesn't miss time.
03:06I would be shocked if he doesn't go for what Jalen Waddle went for.
03:09I would be absolutely shocked.
03:11At least a first.
03:12A texter says Waddle is better than A.J.
03:15Brown, younger than A.J.
03:16Brown, cheaper than A.J.
03:18Brown.
03:18He's a year younger and has had back-to-back non-thousand-yard seasons.
03:23A.J.
03:23Brown has had one season in his seven-year career without a thousand yards.
03:27Yeah.
03:28So, I mean...
03:28And he only played 13 games.
03:30Right.
03:30And I would be...
03:31I don't think anybody in the NFL or anybody in the football world thinks
03:36Jalen Waddle is better than A.J.
03:38Brown, other than that one texter.
03:40Now, I will say Meggo's right where this has been a thing with A.J.
03:43Brown.
03:44The knee has been brought up before.
03:46Definitely.
03:47So, I don't know.
03:49Maybe it's somebody...
03:50You're right.
03:50Maybe it's somebody using it.
03:52For all I know, it's the Patriots throwing it out there as an explanation for why they're
03:56not going to get A.J.
03:58Brown because they don't want to pay for him.
04:00I don't know.
04:01They're just trying to bring the price down by saying, like, hey, he isn't...
04:06And by the price, I don't mean contract.
04:08I mean draft capital.
04:09The capital.
04:10Right.
04:10I get that.
04:10I don't think Howie Roseman is a guy that's going to get fooled for this kind of stuff.
04:13Yeah.
04:14I feel like it's just sort of wasting time.
04:15That's all it is.
04:16That's all it is.
04:17And I agree with you, Curtis.
04:18It's like, we know...
04:19And you bring it up, but it's...
04:22When a market is generally set, the NFL knows about it.
04:26And, you know, the Philadelphia Eagles are not going to go, oh, okay, because this report
04:30came out.
04:31New England, guess what?
04:31We'll take your second round draft pick.
04:33Yeah.
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