The Eagles have DeVonta Smith on the books through a lucrative extension, but the same is now true of fellow wideout A.J. Brown. The latter has agreed to a three-year, $96MM extension, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. The team has since announced the move. 
This deal – which Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio suggested earlier Thursday night would become public – carries the highest AAV in league history amongst wideouts ($32MM). Rapoport adds Brown will collect $84MM in total guarantees, which is also a new watermark at the position. The three-time Pro Bowler is now under contract through the 2029 campaign.
Philadelphia became the first team in NFL history to extend a first-round wideout in his first year of eligibility during the fifth-year option era when they inked Smith to a three-year, $75MM pact. That contract comes in addition to his 2025 option year, and eyebrows were raised when he landed an AAV matching that of Brown. The latter had been attached to the four-year, $100MM pact he signed upon arrival from the Titans during the first round of the draft two years ago.
The $25MM annual average value of that agreement placed Brown in a tie for fourth amongst receivers as of the Smith agreement being worked out. As the position’s market continues to point upward (as demonstrated by yesterday’s decision by the Lions to extend Amon-Ra St. Brown), Brown will once again benefit. The 26-year-old has proven to be a vital member of the Eagles’ offense, posting 2,952 yards and 18 touchdowns in two Philadelphia seasons.
Considering his production, Brown’s scheduled 2024 cap hit of $12.38MM represents a bargain. It will be interesting to see if that figure changes as a a result of this new deal, but in any event future cap numbers could be reduced. Heading into Thursday, the Ole Miss product was due to count $26.5MM and $41.5MM in 2025 and ’26, respectively. Flattening out those hits will likely be a by-product of today’s move.
In any case, this agreement marks the latest of several massive investments made by the Eagles on the offensive side of the ball this offseason. Along with Smith, Brown joins left tackle Jordan Mailata and left tackle Landon Dickerson in landing monster new contracts recently. He will be counted on to continue producing top-tier production in the passing game, and the ongoing presence of many of Philadelphia’s foundational offensive contributors makes it likely that will be the case.
Good work Howie !
LOVE IT!! GO HOWIE!!!
This just makes Ceedee Lamb ask for even more. Cowboys should have signed him before this
Jefferson is the main one, but yeah Cowboys should have figured something out. They have to focus on Parsons too.
The difference is the Vikings can easily afford Jefferson, while the Cowboys are once again painting themselves into a financial corner by waiting.
Either way last one to blink of the owners pays most. Like in every sport every position wants to be the highest paid. JJ and lambs price tags just went up.
Dallas really needs to let Dak go. He has proven he folds against good teams, he is in no way worth 50+ million a year. If only Jerry wasn’t in love with him
So paying him $32 mill yr for ages 29-32?
Davante Adams at 29, 30, and 31 looks pretty good. I don’t see any reason Brown will drop that steeply.
Still same head coach. SMH
I love watching AJ work, not an Eagles fan but he is someone I want to see win a ring.
Cowboys, 49ers, Bengals, and Vikings are too slow. Detroit got ahead of the curve with the Sun God. All these other teams are either going to have to pay a lot more than they would have 2 weeks ago or trade their star WRs to a team who will pay
Give howie a medal my goodness haha
Howie has really been on his game this off season but I still think he has a tendency to run up too much dead cap.
Agreed
Spending tons of money at the skill positions instead of rebuilding the trenches after the losses of Kelce and Cox. They may be a more exciting team but not a better one.
They will draft oline, they finally addressed a corner which they get bashed about. LB is the other position they never draft.
They spent first on Jordan Davis and Carter, any dline picks now should be mid late picks. Rotation guys.
Who in the NFC East is having a better off season than the Eagles? I think they win the division with ease this year.