Patriots Trade for A.J. Brown, Draft Plan Shifts

0:00It's April 20th, welcome to NFL News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Patriots fans, hold up. Adam Schaefter just dropped Ed. New England is likely trading for AJ Brown right after June 1st. That's when his cap hit flips for the Eagles, making the deal smoother. If this lands, it flips the script on their whole draft plan big time. They already snagged Romeo Doves in free agency, so pairing him with Brown means no rush to burn a high pick on another wide out. Experts been buzzing about them grabbing a receiver in round 1 or 2. But that chatter hid before this report. Word on the street is the Pascal Real Holes elsewhere, like that pass rush that only notched 35 sacks last season. They lost Caleb on Sheson and added Dreymon Jones, but neither moves the needle much production-wise. Meanwhile, up front on the line, Morgan Moses might hang it up soon, so they could eye a first round tackle for depth now and start or later. That pass rush juice in line hope would lock down Drake May's protection.

1:01Bottom line. If they skip receivers early in the draft, Bedarm Brown's suiting up in Foxboro come summer, keeps the intrigue rolling into draft night.