00:00A.J. Brown, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the New England Patriots.
00:03The rumblings have been out there for months here.
00:05Oh, here's what it is.
00:06Here's what it's not.
00:07Adam Schefter has been reporting for the past couple weeks.
00:10It's probably going to be a 2020 first-round pick.
00:12But we have beat writers coming out as of yesterday at Jocena Anderson.
00:15Deal's not done.
00:16We don't think it's going to be a one.
00:17And it comes out, of course, it's a one at this point.
00:19These guys shook hands, Joe, months ago and just said,
00:22don't tell anybody about this and everything will be fine.
00:25Because the one thing we know about the NFL, Joe,
00:27they don't like litigation.
00:28They don't want surprises here.
00:30Can you imagine if this trade was agreed to a month ago
00:32and the Eagles backed out of it and sent A.J. Brown to the Rams out of nowhere
00:35when the Patriots thought they had that?
00:37The Eagles drafted their wide receiver.
00:38The Patriots didn't draft their wide receiver on draft night,
00:41whether it's first round, second round, or third round there.
00:44This was interesting.
00:45But the deal went down.
00:46A.J. always wanted to be a Patriot.
00:48Now he's a Patriot.
00:49The Eagles moved forward, drafted their first-round wide receiver,
00:51and got compensation back in the future.
00:54A.J.'s happy again.
00:55The Eagles got some decent draft compensation, and away you go.
00:58But I will say this.
00:59It's hard to replace number one wide receivers in the NFL.
01:02Now if the Eagles think his knee might be bulky, that's one thing or another.
01:04But a guy in his prime that demands double coverage,
01:07that helps your entire offense, Joe.
01:09That's not going to be in Philadelphia anymore.
01:12Yeah, I mean, 6'1", 6'2", 225 wide receivers don't grow on trees, Donnie.
01:17So he is a game-changer.
01:21And for a young quarterback like Drake May, who made it all the way to the Super Bowl here,
01:26and Josh McDaniels is going to figure out ways to get him involved a lot this year.
01:33So, yeah, it's great for both teams, Donnie.
01:36It's time, you know, it was time to move on from Philly.
01:38They got in return.
01:40And congrats, Patriots.
01:42You got your number one receiver.
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