A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith have caught everything thrown their way … except for the curse that once afflicted the Eagles’ receivers room.
The Eagles’ trade with the Cowboys highlighted the shrewdness of general manager Howie Roseman, who first traded down from No. 6 to No. 12 to bank an extra first-round pick, and still landed Smith four picks later than he otherwise might have taken him. A vertical threat due to his speed, Smith has become a master of the difficult catch.
“What’s so amazing about it is he’s doing it in all these different ways,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said. “He made some unbelievable catches, and he continues to do so throughout the last two years we’ve been there.” One day shy of a full year after acquiring Smith, the Eagles struck another draft-day deal, sending the No. 19-overall pick and a third-rounder to the Titans for Brown. The Eagles decided giving an immediate four-year, $100 million extension for the proven Brown was a better win-now move than drafting Treylon Burks. This past season, Burks had 33 catches for 444 yards and one touchdown as the rookie who replaced Brown with the Titans.
Smith set the Eagles’ franchise record for catches by a wideout and the physical “goon” Brown set the record for receiving yards in their first season together. They combined for 18 touchdowns and 41 gains of 20-plus yards, launching— a longtime close friend of Brown’s and a college teammate of Smith’s at Alabama — toward MVP candidacy.
“All I needed to know was, ‘Who is going to be my quarterback?” Brown said, “and that told me everything I needed to know. He made it a lot easier to make the trade happen. I was crying, but as soon as he called me we got to laughing, and that’s when the tears went away.”
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