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The Patriots appear to have missed out on a trade for Eagles' wide receiver A.J. Brown
The Buffalo Bills already boosted their wide receiving corps with one blockbuster trade, and could soon have the chance to do it again.
The Bills landed deep-threat wide receiver DJ Moore in a deal with the Chicago Bears, giving up a second-round pick to land him. The move came at a high cost, both in terms of draft capital and salary cap space.
If the Bills are willing to part with more assets — and scrounge up more salary cap space — they can pair Moore with another star wide receiver.
A.J. Brown Still on the Trade Block
As Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk reported, the Philadelphia Eagles are still expected to trade star receiver A.J. Brown, even though the trade talks seem to have gone quiet.
“The first week of free agency has come and gone without the Eagles trading veteran receiver A.J. Brown. There continues to be a league-wide belief that it will eventually happen,” Florio reported. “Multiple league sources have characterized it to PFT as inevitable.”
Florio suggested that the Eagles could be willing to wait until a time when it would be more advantageous to them.
“The question is whether the Eagles will do it before or after June 1,” Florio wrote. “Before free agency started, it was believed they’d wait until after June 1, when the 2026 cap consequence would be dramatically smaller. With the Eagles not making a significant move during the free-agency period — and given that edge rusher Jaelan Phillips left for the Panthers on a four-year, $120 million contract — the thinking is that the Eagles could absorb the full dead-cap charge in 2026, if they choose to do so.”
Bills Once Considered a Top Contender for A.J. Brown
The Bills have been seen as a likely landing spot for Brown, though the speculation cooled significantly after the team landed Moore. USA Today’s Jack McKessy suggested the Bills would be a top contender for Brown.
“In 2025, the Bills started leaning especially heavily on running back James Cook, who finished the year with 309 rush attempts for 1,621 yards and 12 touchdowns,” McKessy wrote. “Even though former offensive coordinator Joe Brady took a promotion to become the team’s head coach, the Bills’ offense can’t rely on Cook having another season like that with the excessive taxation on his legs from 2025.”
Brown would be the first “high-ceiling receiver” for the Bills since the departure of Stefon Diggs in 2024, McKessy added.
“Adding a receiver like that would help push Buffalo’s offense forward and allow them to deploy a similar strategy to the 2024 Super Bowl-champion Eagles: complement a strong run game with a dynamic passing game, all surrounding a talented, dual-threat quarterback,” McKessy wrote.
The Bills don’t appear to be in the front of the line for Brown, however. The Athletic reported that the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams had “serious conversations” with the Eagles about Brown.
Though the Bills were not mentioned, general manager Brandon Beane has often taken a quiet approach — which was the case with Moore, who had not been reported as a trade target for the Bills before their move last week.