Blockbuster Eagles Trade Pitch Swaps A.J. Brown for $140 Million All-Pro WR
There aren’t very many wide receivers in the NFL you can say are better than Philadelphia Eagles superstar A.J. Brown. You can count them on one hand.
What if the Eagles could get one of them in exchange for Brown, and send the headache that comes with his incessant whining and complaining elsewhere? Wouldn’t that be something they should consider?
In this case, it would be swapping Brown in exchange for Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson and sweeten the pot for the Vikings with a 2026 first round pick. If Philadelphia general manager Howie Roseman is truly as great at his job as we think he is, might even be able to get the Vikings to see the benefits of the deal financially and just do the Brown-Jefferson swap straight up.
The key is getting Brown out of Philadelphia and making sure there’s another Top 5 wide receiver to take his place. Jefferson is the likely only candidate.
Vikings: Swing and Miss at Drafting QB
From the outside looking in, it seems like the Vikings looked at the 3 quarterbacks they had on their roster last year — Sam Darnold, Daniel Jones and J.J. McCarthy — and picked the worst one to move forward with.
Darnold is now with the Seattle Seahawks and looks like an NFL MVP candidate.
Jones is now with the Indianapolis Colts and looks like an NFL MVP candidate.
McCarthy has seemed, for all intents and purposes, totally lost.
McCarthy, who missed 5 games with a high ankle sprain and is 2-2 in 4 starts this season, just looks lost. The result? The Vikings are 4-5 and in last place in the NFC North Division one year after going 14-3 in the regular season.
If we’re going to crown a King of Suffering in Minnesota right now, that can only be the 26-year-old Jefferson, a 4-time NFL All-Pro with a 4-year, $140 million contract who has had to endure the insult of catching passes from McCarthy and Carson Wentz this season.
It’s not an exaggeration to say the Vikings are wasting the prime years of the career of one of the NFL’s greatest wide receivers of all time, which we can rightly say Jefferson is halfway through his sixth season.
Consider this: Jefferson has been named Pro Bowl or NFL All-Pro 4 times in his first 5 seasons and had more receiving yards through his first 5 seasons than any player in NFL history, including winning NFL Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2022 with 128 reception for 1,809 yards and 9 touchdowns.
Also consider if the Vikings were to swap Jefferson for Brown, it would free up roughly $24 million in cap space for 2026 — that’s the financial benefit.
Brown’s Constant Complaining Wears Thin
Brown has spent the majority of the 2025 regular season complaining about his role in the offense as the Eagles try to win a second consecutive Super Bowl — we count 3 separate online crash outs this season alone as the Eagles have started the regular season with a sparkling 7-2 record.
His latest complaint came via a Twitch livestream on the Tuesday following Philadelphia’s 10-7 win over the Green Bay Packers in which Brown called the season a “s–t show” after just 2 receptions for 13 yards.
That prompted a rare visit and talk from team owner Jeffery Lurie at Eagles practice on Thursday, and came after the Eagles had to address trade rumors about Brown after the NFL trade deadline on November 4.
This offseason, it might be smart for the Eagles to turn those rumors into reality.
Buccaneers Move Quickly to Replace Suspended RB
Whatever shock the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had after learning of the NFL’s 6-game suspension for running back Josh Williams didn’t get in the way of business. In this case, that meant figuring out how to replace Williams on the 53-man roster with a quickness.
“Bucs have signed running back Owen Wright from the practice squad to the 53-man roster,” Fox Sports NFL reporter Greg Auman wrote on his official X account on Friday, November 14. “Need depth with Josh Williams suspended for the next six games.”
The Buccaneers, who are 6-3 and in first place in the NFC South Division, face Super Bowl contenders in consecutive games with at trip east to face the Buffalo Bills in Week 11 then a trip west to face the Los Angeles Rams in Week 12.
Wright Broke Into NFL as Undrafted Free Agent
While we don’t know much about how Wright, 5-foot-9 and 214 pounds, might hold up against NFL competition, we do know he’s resilient. That’s something we can say about pretty much anyone who makes it into the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
Wright started his college career at William & Mary before transferring to Monmouth, another FCS school, and was an All-CAA pick in 2022 by scoring an incredible 17 touchdowns — 16 rushing and 1 receiving — on just 74 combined touches.
In 2023, Wright made the Baltimore Ravens and played in 1 regular season game before spending 2024 on injured reserve. He signed with the Buccaneers in the offseason and made it to final roster cuts on August 26 before being brought back on the practice squad on October 7.
Wright has played in 1 regular season game for the Buccaneers — a home win over the San Francisco 49ers in Week 6.
NFL Came Down Hard on Williams
The NFL announced it was suspending Williams, a rookie running back, on November 11. That means he’s not eligible to return until a Week 17 road game against the Miami Dolphins.
“Bucs RB Josh Williams has been suspended six games without pay for violating the NFL’s Performance-Enhancing Substances Policy, the league announced,” Tampa Bay Times reporter Rick Stroud wrote on his official X account.
The problem for the Buccaneers at running back is depth. Starter Bucky Irving, who rushed for over 1,000 yards as a rookie in 2024, will miss his sixth consecutive game in Week 11 with a shoulder injury.
“Bucs rookie running back Josh WIlliams has been suspended for six games without pay for violating the NFL’s Performance-Enhancing Substances Policy,” Fox Sports NFL reporter Greg Auman wrote on his official X account. “He has played in three games this season, with four carries for 11 yards.”
Williams and Wright are similar running backs who have been on similar career paths.
Williams, 5-foot-9 and 210 pounds, wasn’t selected in the 2025 NFL draft out of LSU and made the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent.
It wasn’t much different than college, when Williams went from a walk-on at LSU to having 2,094 career yards of total offense and 18 touchdowns for the Tigers.
“Originally a walk-on at LSU, Williams spent five years with the program,” LSU Wire’s Alexis Yoder wrote after Williams made Tampa Bay’s 53-man roster in August. “His most productive season came in 2022 when he took 97 carries for 532 yards and six touchdowns. Last year, he took 117 carries for 482 yards and six touchdowns.”
