00:00So the one thing, Ken, that you can say is that we have been hearing nothing for the past several
00:05months other than it is a done deal.
00:08The Patriots on June 1st will indeed have A.J. Brown as a member of their team.
00:14Schefter said it.
00:15Our man Elliott Shore Parks at WIP said it.
00:17I believe Curran, when he came out with us, essentially said the same thing.
00:22And he'll be out with us tomorrow.
00:22And he'll be out with us tomorrow, too.
00:24But we don't know.
00:26I mean, that's one of those things that you can just say it all you want, but you don't know
00:29if that's actually true.
00:30Because at any given point, there could be a team that's going to offer more money that's out there.
00:34And I know that there's this whole thing that people are saying, well, what if they had a WINK agreement?
00:37That would really make the Eagles look bad.
00:40I'm like, I'll tell you what would make the Eagles look bad.
00:42Not getting every single thing they can get for one of their biggest assets right now.
00:46And according to Jason Locke and Fora, there is a report that's coming out that the Patriots might be frontrunners,
00:54but they are no longer alone.
00:56As a matter of fact, there is right now a decent amount of teams that have come out of the
01:02woodwork in the bidding for A.J. Brown.
01:06Would you be surprised if I said the Jacksonville Jaguars have a real interest,
01:11enough to actually give comparable, a comparable package to what the Patriots have
01:17and potentially throw in a little bit extra, a potential fit, according to Jason Locke and Fora.
01:23He said that he's talked to several league executives that identify the Jaguars as someone hiding in the woods
01:31that could pounce out at any moment and potentially do that.
01:33It could involve a player swap.
01:35And then you could actually get like a, let's see, who would you get?
01:39Brian Thomas Jr.
01:40Oh, wow.
01:41They'd give him up.
01:42Could be involved in that.
01:44Another team, the Rams.
01:46Dude, that would be, I mean, to get Brian Thomas, I mean, you know, that offense for Jacksonville,
01:54but what a good deal.
01:56I think that's a deal.
01:56That's a win-win for both.
01:58But Philly's stacked now.
01:59They have a lot of receivers.
02:00Same with the Rams.
02:00Like they, I feel like a lot of these teams have.
02:03Brian Thomas is going into his third year on a rookie deal.
02:06You have him controlled for five years.
02:08So you have two more years.
02:09You can, to me, that would be the team right there.
02:12So if you are the Eagles and you're hearing this Jacksonville Jaguars offer, and right
02:17now you've got the Patriots, which what I'm hearing is a first-round pick?
02:21That's it.
02:21First-round.
02:22Which is a lot.
02:23That's enough.
02:24I mean, honestly, it feels like too much.
02:25A first-round pick is gold.
02:27If you're not negotiating with anybody, then yeah, it is too much.
02:31If you're just negotiating it yourself, I think that is too much.
02:34So is that the thing?
02:34Everybody says that the Eagles and Howie Roseman, best GM in football.
02:38And he won't lose the deal.
02:39That's what they always say.
02:40He's a guy that will never lose the deal.
02:42So it's got to be clearly in the favor of the Eagles to do a deal.
02:45It's in his favor to get Locke and Fora to do his bidding and throw this out here.
02:49Oh, Jacksonville's in the water.
02:51Maybe because that's the other speculation is maybe all of this is a ruse, and the Patriots
02:55are bidding against themselves.
02:56That's what you wonder.
02:57You mentioned the Rams, too.
02:59Yeah, yeah.
02:59And the Rams.
03:00They've reported some interest as well.
03:04And apparently, and that's according to a Philadelphia paper that is reporting that the Rams
03:08have reached out.
03:09Devontae Adams.
03:09But Puka's, you know, he's kind of had some off-the-field issues this year.
03:13You know, he went to treatment.
03:15I don't know.
03:16That's fine.
03:17He'll be good.
03:17Okay.
03:18Okay.
03:18You know what worries me?
03:19Kansas City is a legit worry because that would make sense for them.
03:22They are definitely in win-now mode, and he would make them better.
03:25He's been suspended the first six games, I believe, right?
03:28Is it the first six games, or is it just like during, I guess, the first weeks of camp?
03:33I'm not sure.
03:33I have to take a look.
03:34Because that's a new thing that just, I think yesterday, he violated his parole.
03:38I think he was smoking weed after getting in that car accident.
03:42He wasn't supposed to have any drugs in the system, I believe.
03:44Obviously, the Bills.
03:45Like, if the Bills were somehow able to pull out an A.J. Brown trade and add him to D
03:49.J. Moore,
03:49that would be an unbelievable combo.
03:51Baltimore, where are you?
03:52I haven't heard the Bills at all.
03:53No.
03:53The other ones that are kind of lesser that are being thrown out there is the 49ers and the Chargers.
03:59The Chargers make sense.
04:00Yeah.
04:00I mean, they've been floated out there.
04:02Financially capable, both of them.
04:04They could both make that trade.
04:06It just depends on how their own roster shakes out right now.
04:08If they don't get A.J. Brown, oh, gut punch.
04:11It is a gut punch because everybody's kind of operating as if they have A.J. Brown.
04:17If you don't get A.J. Brown, I'm changing my prediction on the season.
04:21Five wins?
04:22You said two wins.
04:23I think A.J. Browns were two wins.
04:25That's...
04:26Which is a lot.
04:27Maybe more.
04:28You think?
04:29You think he could be, I don't know, best receiver in football, what's he worth?
04:32Four or five wins?
04:33Three wins?
04:35I mean...
04:36That's big.
04:36Every week, you've got a game plan to take that guy out.
04:39Sometimes you're doubling him.
04:40If we had a gambling expert on there, I think they would say that's a little bit...
04:43That's too much.
04:44That's too much.
04:44I think two wins for a position that's not quarterback is a lot.
04:49But like Justin Jefferson, Smith and Jigba, when these guys are on, they take over games.
04:54They're unbelievable.
04:55I mean...
04:56And Brown has a little bit of that in him.
04:58Not every game.
05:00We haven't seen it every game lately, but maybe he was misused there.
05:03We had...
05:03Parks was saying basically he didn't trust Hurts, right?
05:05He would come to the...
05:06Right.
05:06He would be scheduled to get the ball, and Hurts would come to the line, and he wouldn't
05:10get the ball.
05:10I just can't figure out if Philadelphia is doing a great job putting these dream scenarios
05:18out there for them into the universe so the Patriots are just bidding against themselves.
05:24And because, I mean, right now, you know, first-round pick's huge.
05:28It's a huge thing to give up when you don't know whether there's another team that's willing
05:33to give up anything for him right now.
05:35And back to your point yesterday, though.
05:36A.J. Brown wants to be a Patriot.
05:38A couple texters pointing this out.
05:39Sure.
05:39So does he have leverage to push the Eagles?
05:41I see.
05:41I do.
05:42I think that's a huge feather in the cap of the Patriots, that he wants to play here.
05:45Now, it's not like he wouldn't want to play for the Rams, or he wouldn't want to play
05:48for Kansas City.
05:50Right.
05:50Jacksonville is...
05:51That's significant.
05:52There's not a lot of people want...
05:53Except for the money.
05:54The money's...
05:55You make more money if you're in Jacksonville because of the state tax.
05:58Kansas or Missouri does not have that, and I don't believe that...
06:02And L.A. definitely does not.
06:04So, yeah.
06:05I mean, for money-wise, sure.
06:07Maybe that's where you want to go, but I don't think he's that type of player.
06:11I'm just looking at their roster.
06:12You have Taequann Thornton, please.
06:15Xavier Worthy was first-rounder.
06:17Okay.
06:18He was 450 yards last year, but Rasheed Rice, for some reason, can you count on him?
06:22I think that receiving core...
06:24Oh, my gosh.
06:25Obviously, Kelsey, you know.
06:26Right.
06:27But just, they need a guy...
06:29Dude, A.J. Brown to the Chiefs?
06:31Oh, my God.
06:31Watch out.
06:32That would be insane.
06:33And you know what?
06:34What a kick in the nuts for the Patriots.
06:35Well, forget about that.
06:36Even Steph Diggs to the Chiefs would be a big ad for them.
06:39Yeah.
06:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:40They need a deep threat, though.
06:41Do you think if A.J. Brown falls through, because the Steph Diggs...
06:44Would they go back to Steph Diggs?
06:45Yeah, I would.
06:46I would do it in a second.
06:48I would.
06:48Yes.
06:48You'd have to, because then you've got to come back with your hat in your hands and just be
06:51like, hey, Steph, it's all great, man.
06:54We're good.
06:54We'll hire that chef for you.
06:56We heard she's great on the stand.
06:58That brings Kayshawn Booty back in, too.
06:59It does.
07:00It does.
07:00And that's why things are just kind of in limbo with him as well.
07:03But, yep.
07:04It's going to be an interesting couple of weeks.
07:07We're almost there, man.
07:08It's going to happen soon.
07:09Yep.
07:09It's, what, like 10 days away?
07:11Maybe even less than that?
07:12Yeah, 10 days away.
07:13We're about 10 days away from this whole A.J. Brown thing being resolved.
07:17And we'll figure out.
07:18I mean, it's, the Jacksonville thing's interesting, because that came out of nowhere, but it just
07:22makes too much sense.
07:24The coach doesn't really like Brian Thomas.
07:26He seems to be on the outs there.
07:27So, it's, wow.
07:28You throw him in the deal?
07:30Oh, goodness.
07:31I don't know.
07:31If you're Philly, you don't take that.
07:32It changes things.
07:33So,
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