The New England Patriots are without a true star wide receiver, acquiring Antonio Brown could completely transform the Patriots offense.
When you think of truly amazing New England Patriots receivers who comes to your mind? Randy Moss might be the greatest one to ever wear the uniform. If the Patriots acquired Antonio Brown you would be getting a player of a similar caliber.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have wasted Brown’s talent. He has yet to win a Super Bowl and only appeared in the big game once.
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It seems that Brown is fed up with Pittsburgh. He is getting into arguments with his QB Ben Roethlisberger (I can’t blame him) and his latest move has been to ask the team for a trade.
The New England Patriots have some quality receivers, but no one like Brown. Julian Edelman is a good receiver but I doubt that he would have the same success without Tom Brady.
After that, there are a lot of relative no names. Chris Hogan, Phillip Dorsett, and Cordarrelle Patterson don’t really instill fear in opposing defenses. Also, we have no idea what the Patriots plans are in regards to Josh Gordon.
The Patriots need a big name receiver and Antonio Brown should be that guy.
Tom Brady could use some help. He isn’t the same quarterback he once was. Brady still is great, but we saw how much he struggled early on in the season. Imagine if he had Antonio Brown? The duo would probably have had a record-breaking year.
So here are 5 reasons the New England Patriots should trade for Antonio Brown.
1. His value is at an all-time low
Now this would usually turn you away from a player, but Brown’s value has nothing to do with his play.
When you request a trade the team you are on loses all leverage. The league knows you want to leave so there is no reason to overpay for the guy.
It is clear that there is no way that Brown can survive in Pittsburgh. The team is falling apart at a rapid rate. Le’Veon Bell is leaving the team, Ben Roethlisberger is washed up, I don’t blame Brown for wanting to leave.
This is when the Patriots should scoop in and get Brown. They could probably wave some draft picks in front of the Steelers and acquire him. The Steelers need to rebuild their offense so acquiring draft picks would lead them in the right direction.
At one time it would seem that in order to acquire Antonio Brown it would take a once in a lifetime deal. Now it seems like with a little negotiation any team can have him.
2. Antonio Brown is still elite
Even though Antonio Brown is at that dreaded age of 30, he is still one of the best wideouts in the NFL.
Brown had some fantastic performances this season. In week 17, he had 14 catches for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns. I would consider that a bold statement that Brown is still extremely talented. In the entire 2018 season, he had 104 catches for 1,297 yards and 15 touchdowns.
The thing about Brown is that he can change the game with his speed. He can blow by defenders and turn long balls into touchdowns. That is something the New England Patriots could use.
New England hasn’t had a superb deep threat at wide receiver in a decent amount of time. Brandin Cooks was pretty good, but Randy Moss was the last true deep threat that was extremely talented
It is clear that Brown is still one of the best receivers in the league. So why wouldn’t you want him?
3. The Patriots can handle Antonio Brown’s attitude
Now the only negative that can come with bringing in Brown is his attitude. I am all for flash and style on the field. I love watching Brown get excited in the end zone.
The thing is the off the field stuff like recording a team speech after a game and putting it on Facebook live. What’s the point of that? Also, you don’t really like Brown getting into heated arguments with teammates.
I don’t think we will have to worry about that in New England.
First off the Patriots found a way to handle Randy Moss who personifies the diva wide receiver stereotype. When Moss came to New England he was able to fit into the Patriot Way while still being himself.
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I think we will still see Brown’s smile all over the field and have him putting on performances in the end zone, but he won’t do the stupid things that got him chastised in the past.
4. Antonio Brown would help out the rest of the offense
If the New England Patriots were able to acquire Antonio Brown he would help out the entire offense.
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Brown is someone that the defense constantly has to pay attention to. It’s hard to have a single guy lock him down. Usually, it takes some great defensive schemes to keep Brown in check.
This would mean that Julian Edelman would be facing lesser talent. Opposing defense’s No.1 corner would have to watch over Brown like a hawk. Edelman should be able to take advantage of these situations.
Also if Rob Gronkowski sticks around this should help him out as well. The tight end has struggled to get open so taking a back seat to Brown wouldn’t be a bad idea.
Finally, when you have a great passing game it opens up the running game. Sony Michel would be able to take advantage of fewer men being in the box and stampede over defenses.
5. You give Tom Brady at least one more Super Bowl
I know that Antonio Brown is only one man, but the New England Patriots instantly boost their chances of winning a Super Bowl by acquiring him.
Brown would make the Patriots offense unstoppable. New England would just have so many weapons. Defense’s would have a hard time deciding who to focus on.
The Patriots would win a Super Bowl or two and Tom Brady would ride off into the sunset with no competition as the best player to ever play the game of football.
So it seems like a no-brainer for the Patriots. New England will have all the leverage and shouldn’t have to pay an arm and a leg for the wideout.
Then when Brown is on the team he should become an even better wide receiver. When you play with Tom Brady the sky is the limit.
The NFL rumor mill is churning at an epic rate. This is going to be one interesting offseason.