Howie Roseman's account of A.J. Brown trade make ex-Titans GM look more foolish

One of the shining moments of Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman's career was his execution in solidifying a trade with the Tennessee Titans to acquire wide receiver A.J. Brown. Not many know the background story behind how Roseman pulled off the deal

While appearing on the Bussin' With The Boys In a podcast, Roseman told former NFL players Will Compton and Taylor Lewan that the deal was finalized the morning of the draft, but contract talks with Brown held the deal up until the very last second.

"The interesting thing was we had the trade done, the terms agreed to in the morning. We had to get a contract done with him and at the time, we started with three first-round picks in that draft. We traded one for a future pick with New Orleans. We still had two, and basically I said, 'Jon, like if we can't get a contract done, like, we can't do this trade, like we can't trade you a one and a three for one year of a player. You know, we got to get a contract done first.' We trade up and we get Jordan Davis. Our contract is still not done, and Jon's like, 'Well, what are we doing? What's going on here?' After we picked Jordan 12th, I think the pick we ended up 18th between 12 and 18, I'm trying to finish the contract. Nobody knew except a couple of people that we were even doing it because I said, 'Imagine if this falls apart. Like I'm going to be the GM who can't get a deal done with A.J.' At that point, when we finished it, it was about pick 14 and the deal was done."