New Headline: Jaylen Waddle Makes Historic Move from Atlanta to Philadelphia Eagles!
Execs and talent evaluators still anticipate the Eagles will trade Brown before Week 1, six league sources told Yahoo Sports in conversations over the last week. And they still believe compensation will resemble that of the Waddle deal.
In a conversation last Thursday, a league executive considered the twists and turns of the A. J. Brown trade saga .
Few around the league doubt whether the (for now) Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver is a strong talent. Few doubt, either, his production. But as four days of legal tampering and then deal-making passed, and Brown remained on the team that seems intent on moving him, an executive considered reasons why.
Compensation between trade partners, salary cap implications and Brown’s physical health all are complicating trade scenarios. But the executive added, after breaking down those factors, a comment that would soon prove ironic. “If he was 27,” the executive said of Brown, “maybe it’d be different.
” On Tuesday, the Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins seemed to agree. The Dolphins dealt 27-year-old speedy receiver Jaylen Waddle to the Broncos on Tuesday in a deal with compensation eerily similar to what many in the league believe the Eagles are targeting in a trade for Brown. Denver sent its first-round draft pick and a third-round pick to Miami to acquire Waddle.
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