AJ Brown blames the Titans for trading him to the Eagles

One of the stellar changes of the first night of the draft It was the trade between the Eagles and the Titans for AJ Brown. One day after the exchange, the Ole Miss product spoke of the movement.

In an interview for ESPN, Brown revealed that he wanted to stay in Nashville, but Tennessee didn’t do what was necessary to retain him. “This was not my fault. I wanted to stay, but the contract they gave me was a low offer,” he said.

Brown noted that the Titans intended to give him a deal averaging $16 million a year. per campaign and a possible cap of 20 million dollars through incentives. “The contract did not reach 20 million per year,” she elaborated. “I would have stayed if they had offered me 22 million.”

If you accepted the offer from the Titans, Brown would have been the 19th highest-paid wide receiver in the league.

Upon his arrival in Philadelphia, the general manager Howie Roseman signed the 24-year-old wide receiver to the next four seasons for $100 million. The $25 million per season is fourth highest among WRs.

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To get Brown, the Eagles gave up the 18th overall pick in the draft and pick 101 (corresponding to the third round).

With that selection, the Titans selected Treylon Burks, graduated from Arkansas. The former Razorbacks wide receiver added 146 receptions, 2,399 yards and 18 touchdowns in three years within NCAA.