AJ Brown traded to Eagles

$25 million / yr

ok

 

$25 mil/ year.

 

Oh geez, embarrassing on my part, posted the exact same thing without reading the very next post. Cheers man.

 

Yep that there is a 25 million dollar man..Elite.

 

For the record, everyone has drops so if you compline a video over 3 plus years, you can make anyone look bad.

That said, like I've been saying all along, $20+ million is too much for AJ and honestly too much for almost anyone. Adams, Hill, Hopkins, and Mike Evans are the only true game breakers in my opinion and I would only pay $25M if I have a good/great rookie QB for the next 2 or 3 years. Had the Chargers traded for Adams or Hill, that would of made a lot more sense to me.

In addition to the drops and injuries everyone has mentioned, my biggest issue with AJ is that he can disappear for stretchers and sometimes for full games. Good corners/ defenses can erase him at times. He's never really showed to be someone you can fully center the O around take over games (like we've seen with Kuup and Deebo). I haven't looked at his history, but I'd curious to see which games/corners he's dominated vs which have shut him out.

Clearly I was in the minority, but I was super happy with the trade simply due to finances and his demands. Any production from Burks and the rest of the return we got from AJ, is a bonus.

 

For stats to back up your point

In 2019, Brown ranked 122 in drops/ tied 120 in drop %
In 2020, tied 35 in drops/ 70 in drop %
In 2021, tied for 8 in drops/ 23 in drop %

so he did progressively move towards the top of the league but other people drop the ball too.

 

Check to see, statistically, which games were his most productive vs which ones he was MIA.

 

in B11s defense the OC would go quarters without trying B11 at times

 

I’ll avoid the subjectivity of which games I think he “showed up” but you’ll notice a staggering number towards the end. I will make a note for highlights, $ for good, * for absent.
AJ Brown career
2019
$ @cle 3 catches/ 4 targets 100 yards - W
* IND 3/5 (1 drop), 25 yds -L
* @Jax 1/5 4 yds -L
$ @atl 3/3 94 yds 2 TD -W
* Buf 2/2 27 yds -L
* @Den 2/4 23 yds - L
W/ THill
LAC 6/8 64 yds -W
* TB 2/3 11 yds - L
@Car 4/7 (1) 81 yds -L
* KC 1/4 17 yds - W
$ Jax 4/5 135 yds 1 TD -W
IND 3/4 45 yds -W
$ @Oak 5/7 153 yds 2 TD -W
$ Hou 8/13 114 yds 1 TD -L
NO 1/2 34 yds - L
$ @Hou 4/8 124 yds 1 TD -W
Playoffs
* @NE 1/1 4 yds
* @Balt 1/3 9 yds
@KC 3/6 51 yds

2020
@Den 5/8 39 yds -W
Out 2 games
Buf 7/9 82 yds 1 TD -W
$ Hou 5/7 58 yds 2 TD -W
$ Pit 6/8 153 yds 1 TD -L
@Cin 4/7 (1) 24 yds 1 TD -L
Chi 4/9 (1) 101 yds 1TD -W
* IND 1/4 (1) 21 yds -L
@Balt 4/7 62 yds 1 TD -W
@IND 4/6 98 yds 1TD -W
Cle 4/7 (1) 87 yds -L
$ @Jax 7/9 (1) 112 yds 1TD - W
Det 5/6 44 yds 1 TD -W
@GB 4/8 43 yds -L
$ @Hou 10/11 151 yds 1TD -W
Playoffs
balt 6/10 83 yds 1TD

2021
ARZ 4/8 49 yds 1TD -L
* @Sea 3/9 (3) 43 yds -W
* Ind 0/2 -W
Out
@Jax 3/6 38 yds -W
Buf 7/9 91 yds -W
$ KC 8/9 133 yds 1TD -W
$ @Ind 10/11 155 yds 1 TD - W
@LAR 5/11 (2) 42 yds -W
* NO 1/4 (1) 16 yds -W
Hou 5/9 48 yds -L
Out 3 games
$ SF 11/16 (1) 145 yds 1TD -W
Mia 2/5 (1) 41 yds -W
@Hou 4/6 68 yds 1TD -W
Playoffs
$ 5/9 142 yds 1TD

If you count the drops by year 2, 5, 8.
Subjective, but he’s good for about 4 MIA games/year (not counting actual “out” games) and breaks out 4 games/year.

Hard to know which games specifically the OC did him in.