Patriots over pay for AJ

AJ Brown traded to the Patriots for 2028 first round pick and 2027 5th round pick

Was this an overpay? Are you okay with it?

Does this deal signify a changing of the guard in Foxboro?

Draft capital and real money. No contract restructure. $29 million in cash owed 2026

Patriots bolster the offense

Sign Romeo Doubs

Sign Vera Tucker

Sign FB Gilliam

Draft OT Caleb Lomu

Draft TE Eli Raridon

Trade for AJ Brown

Where does this leave Christian Gonzalez’s contract situation?            Currently slated to play for $4.8 million in 2026

Top CB contracts

McDuffie - $31mill AAV

Sauce Gardger- $30 AAV

Derek Stingley jr - $30 AAV

Jaycee Horn - $25 AAV

Jalen Ramsey - $24 AAV

Patriots $43 mill in cap space – 5th in the NFL

Patriots $308 million – 25th in NFL (Cowboys #1 $375 million)

Weighty contracts 2027:

Carlton Davis : $15 mill – $0 guaranteed – 16.5 mill saving

Christian Baremore: $18 mill - $0 guaranteed – 16.4 mill saving

Harold Landry: $13 mill - $0 guarantee - $14.5 mill saving

Spillane: $8.8 mill - $0 guarantee - $10 mill saving

Morgan moses: $8 mill - $0 guaranteee - $9 mill saving

Rhamondres Stevenson: $6 mill - $0 guarantee - $6.4 mill saving

AJ Brown: $10 mill  - $4 million guarantee  -  $6.9 mill saving

Milton Williams: $21 mill - $0 guarantee - $18 mill saving

Prediction – 1 year window. Big moves coming with Maye’s contract Some names are out the door.

Maye could command a historic deal. Experts and analysts project a floor of around $60 million in Annual Average Value (APY)

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