Tom Brady Questions AJ Brown After Eagles Trade, and He's Right

When the Philadelphia Eagles traded A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots, it raised the question of whether it was the right decision. The Eagles have an above-average roster, but for a team looking to win a Super Bowl, it didn't seem to make too much sense to move on from a guy like Brown. 

Ultimately, however, it was due to all the drama on and off the field. At the end of the day, the Eagles wanted a better locker room than they had a year ago and decided to send him to New England.

Former Patriots legend and NFL all-time great Tom Brady recently spoke about that, and it sounds a lot more confusing regarding how to keep guys like that happy than it might sound to most.

“We’ve got to look at it over the course here, you’ve got to sustain, because it is a lot of emotional energy that you put out to that position to go, ‘Come on, come on, got it? Come on, stay locked in. Let’s go, because I need you. Come on.’ And it’s like, that position takes away if you have that volatile, emotional output, it takes a lot of energy from a lot of people to keep that player really stable. So you’ve got to, like, try to reframe it for them. And just say, ‘Listen, like, you may get three, but you’re gonna get 11. Or you might get 11, 11, 11. And then, you know, three, three.’”

“We’re gonna see it again this year,” Brady said, per PFT. “Who’s the next unhappy receiver? And I understand it. I mean, they want to be involved in the game, you know. And A.J. wanted to be involved — I covered a lot of those Eagles games. That passing offense isn’t — that’s not what that team’s known for. So now he’s actually going to a team where they are more known for their passing offense. So, you know, there will be maybe a little more satisfaction from him from that standpoint.”

I don't think it's crazy to say that Brown might be happy this year, especially if he gets the football more than he did in Philadelphia. 

However, I don't think it really makes much sense to say the Eagles weren't giving him enough touches. He was still the focus of this offense on the passing side, so I don't think it's crazy to suggest we could see him frustrated at some point in New England, since not everything will go his way all the time.