Titans Trade AJB to Eagles

[japan]

3 minutes ago, Jamalisms said:

Did Jon Robinson cry in the presser last night?

Vrabel looked like he might…

[scine09]

4 minutes ago, logicals said:

 

There you go.

 

The stages of grief.

 

I believe this is called the acceptance stage?

I already said I wouldn't have made the move.  But there are reasons why they did this.  

[TeamRamrod]

Remember yesterday morning when AJ Brown was a Tennessee Titan?

[titansfan]

You guys are being good little fans by trying to rationalize this trade by saying Brown missed a few games and dropped a few passes. You try to forget how most of you concluded he was the most important offensive player last year and that we needed to make him the focal point.

 

You guys know this is a step back. Eagles made a phenomenal deal and are paying him what the market says he's worth. 

 

I love Henry, but damnit he's going to have to carry this offense even more (please don't bring up Tannehill, we saw how he was without Brown).

 

 

 

[scine09]

Just now, logicals said:

 

I think the Eagles (and other teams) know that AJ was being held back by his QB.

You can say what you want about Tannehill, he is a better quarterback than Jalen Hurts.  There's no way anyone can say that Brown upgraded his QB last night.  Maybe next year they'll draft a new QB but right now it's not a better situation for him.

[nine]

It’s definitely a risky move, for sure….and it’s a move JRob made every effort to avoid.  
 

But the fact is, AJB is simply too inconsistent to be considered an elite WR…or to be paid as such.   JRob offered him about 80% of the going rate for a truly elite WRs…which is very much in line with AJ’s career production.  And $20M/year still would have made him one of the highest-paid WRs in the league.    
 

But AJ demanded more….and JR made the  *very* difficult decision to let him go.    

[Lars]

People wouldn’t be so pissed about this is the organization had a track record of actually being able to evaluate WRs. We got really really lucky with Brown. From a business standpoint this trade is understandable. But everyone watching games last year especially could see his impact, made more important by us not having a truly elite QB. Brown nearly single-handedly beat the 49ers. 

[oldschool]

Just now, japan said:

Robinson had a limit that he was willing to pay for Brown. You also have to factor in what the team knows about Browns mental/physical state that maybe we aren’t privy to. I’m not thrilled that he’s gone but I understand that we can’t pay everyone top dollar.

 

Fair points, I even agree on the onjury/mental state stuff. The trade would be easier to stomach if

 

a. The contract Philly gave him was unreasonable, it's not. That's what WRs costs these days. Burks will want that and more in 3 years if he's AJ 2.0

 

b. The Titans were good at drafting and cultivating WRs.

 

C. They made the move to go get the Alabama WR who may have a ceiling like Chase.

 

I don't like the move as it's highly unlikely Burks is anywhere near as good as Brown. Hopefully Burks makes us forget about Brown. I'll gladly eat crow if Jrob's move pans out.

[japan]

7 minutes ago, Lars said:

People wouldn’t be so pissed about this is the organization had a track record of actually being able to evaluate WRs. We got really really lucky with Brown. From a business standpoint this trade is understandable. But everyone watching games last year especially could see his impact, made more important by us not having a truly elite QB. Brown nearly single-handedly beat the 49ers. 

It’s kind of tongue in cheek but Robinson is the most successful drafter of WRs we’ve had since maybe the Oiler days. He drafted both Brown and David, who didn’t live up to his draft position but was definitely a good receiver. That’s how bad the titans have been at drafting WRs. 

Edited April 29, 2022 by japan

[japan]

Btw, are we going to hear how Brown was a bad draft pick like Conklin because he didn’t get a second contract from the Titans?

[TeamRamrod]

 

well well well

[japan]

4 minutes ago, oldschool said:

 

Fair points, I even agree on the onjury/mental state stuff. The trade would be easier to stomach if

 

a. The contract Philly gave him was unreasonable, it's not. That's what WRs costs these days. Burks will want that and more in 3 years if he's AJ 2.0

 

b. The Titans were good at drafting and cultivating WRs.

 

C. They made the move to go get the Alabama WR who may have a ceiling like Chase.

 

I don't like the move as it's highly unlikely Burks is anywhere near as good as Brown. Hopefully Burks makes us forget about Brown. I'll gladly eat crow if Jrob's move pans out.

Certainly a risk.

[oldschool]

Just now, japan said:

Btw, are we going to hear how Brown was a bad draft pick like Conklin because he didn’t get a second contract from the Titans?

 

Nope. One plays an impactful position, the other does not. 

[Lars]

2 minutes ago, japan said:

It’s kind of tongue in cheek but Robinson is the most successful draft of WRs we’ve had since maybe the Oiler days. He drafted both Brown and David, who didn’t live up to his draft position but was definitely a good receiver. That’s how bad the titans have been at drafting WRs. 

Then trams like Steelers and Packers seem to always have no problem re-loading at WR 

[japan]

1 minute ago, TeamRamrod said:

 

well well well

If this is true then there is some bad stuff that we don’t know about behind the scenes regarding Brown and the team. 

Edited April 29, 2022 by japan