The Chicago Bears are arguably the NFL franchise best positioned to capitalize on superstars who are unhappy and want to play somewhere else this summer.
This idea serves as part of the foundation for a trade proposal that Bleacher Report’s Jake Ellenbogen put up on March 7. In it, the Bears give the Philadelphia Eagles their No. 9 overall pick in the 2018 draft in exchange for wide receiver A.J. Brown, a second-team All-Pro.
If the Bears choose to select Blake Williams (at pick number one), they will have to give up Justin Fields. They might receive back a second and a fourth. They still possess the first-round pick (number nine overall), which will either be used as a weapon for Caleb Williams or as protection for him.
So, in my perspective, why not go get A.J. Brown if they’re going to go for a weapon? He was placed with DJ Moore. Cole Kmet is yours. Giving those weapons to a kid who is fresh out of college is quite the blowout trio.
A.J. Brown Has Denied Accusations of Dysfunction in Eagles’ Locker Room, Issues With Coaches
GettyPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown.
For months, there had been rumors that the Eagles’ players weren’t happy with the coaching staff, especially head coach Nick Sirianni, and that there was disunity in the team’s locker room.
Brown was referred to as the “epicenter” of the split and discord within the team by The Philadelphia Enquirer last month. Brown has angrily denied that those charges are true, blaming the Eagles’ collapse at the close of the previous season on poor play by the players.
After losing five of its last six regular season games, Philadelphia was eliminated from the playoffs on Super Wildcard Weekend after falling to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32-9.
Things in Philly may be all good. Or perhaps they weren’t, but changes at both offensive and defensive coordinator — plus a couple of months for everyone to cool down — have put to bed the problems that led to the reporting on the Eagles’ dysfunction, which Brown subsequently characterized as erroneous.
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