After June 1st goes by, one of the most expected moves that the NFL world is expecting is the Philadelphia Eagles moving wide receiver A.J. Brown. Specifically, there is a lot of speculation that Brown will be traded to the New England Patriots and reunite with his head coach in Mike Vrabel, where the two spent time together in Tennessee.
Nothing is official, but the expectation is that the Buffalo Bills could very well see Brown twice a year when they take on the Patriots. However, anything is possible and something could always come out of nowhere. It's happened all the time.
Even though it’s been New England as the constant team being linked to Brown, there could very well be another team that comes in and makes a league-shocking trade to acquire Brown. Kristopher Knox from Bleacher Report listed five teams that aren’t the Patriots that should look to trade for Brown.
Bills may not escape playing against AJ Brown even if he doesn't land with Patriots
The Bills were not listed by Knox, and they don’t need Brown since they traded for DJ Moore and drafted Skyler Bell. However, two of the teams that are listed are familiar against playing Buffalo both in the regular season and the playoffs. Those teams are the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Knox about the Ravens:
"While Baltimore's offense may remain very run-oriented with Jackson and Derrick Henry in the backfield, new offensive coordinator Declan Doyle would benefit from more options in the passing game. Brown would give him a tremendous one." said Knox.
Seeing an offense where Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and A.J. Brown is quite scary. Even though the Ravens haven't had major success in recent memory, them potentially getting someone like Brown makes their offense more versatile and they don't need to be that run-first team on a consistent basis. The Bills defense would have a tough time for sure against Baltimore, even with home field advantage.
Know about the Chiefs:
"Do they go back? Do they circle back and maybe look at the idea of trading for A.J. Brown? I don't think that happens," Breer said on Wednesday's episode of The Breer Report (h/t Bleacher Report's Doric Sam). "They had that opportunity. They were on A.J. Brown's list. They said no to the Eagles in the first place." said Knox.
The Chiefs have been Buffalo’s biggest nightmare in the playoffs and that’s what the NFL focuses on the most when it comes to these two. The Bills have the Chiefs’ number in the regular season, but it’s the postseason that matters the most.
If Kansas City was to acquire Brown to pair with Patrick Mahomes, even with coming off a torn ACL from last season, that automatically improves their offense. They would have different elements to their passing attack with who they already have.
Even though New England made a Super Bowl appearance last season, the three best teams in the conference are the Bills, Chiefs, and Ravens. Clearly, Buffalo doesn’t need to add Brown but the Chiefs and Ravens could benefit from adding him, giving the Bills a potential reality of them not escaping the fallout of having to face A.J. Brown.
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