AP Source: Raiders trading Trent Brown back to Patriots
Tackle Trent Brown will head back to the New England Patriots two years after signing a lucrative free agent deal to join the Raiders.
A person familiar with the trade says the Raiders agreed Tuesday to deal Brown to New England and that Brown will rework his contract, which had two non-guaranteed years for $29.25 million remaining, to an $11 million, one-year deal. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal can’t be finalized until the start of the new league year March 17.
NFL Network first reported the trade that also includes a swap of 2022 draft picks, with the Raiders getting a fifth-rounder from New England and sending a seventh-round pick back to the Patriots.
Brown was a prominent part of an expensive 2019 free agent class that didn’t work out for the Raiders. He signed a $66 million, four-year contract but missed 16 of 32 games and was limited to less than 10 snaps in two others.
The Raiders last month released receiver Tyrell Williams two years into a four-year, $44.4 million contract and on Tuesday cut defensive back Lamarcus Joyner halfway through his four-year, $42 million contract.
The Raiders also acquired receiver Antonio Brown in a trade that offseason and gave him a new $50 million, threeyear deal but cut him before he played a game with the team.
The issue with Trent Brown was his health. He missed five games in 2019 with various injuries but still managed to get picked for the Pro Bowl because he was effective when healthy.
He then missed all of training camp in 2020 with a calf injury. He returned for the opener but left after three plays when he hurt his calf again.