Titans Fire GM For Trading AJ Brown After He BALLED OUT On Them With Eagles | Pat McAfee Reacts 

Can’t have our GM looking like the lead singer for Rascall Flatts 😂😂😂

Probably goes down as one of the greatest revenge games in NFL history. Brown not only torches the team that got rid of him but the man responsible for making it happen gets fired immediately after

If only it were just the AJ Brown trade. In reality, that was just one of the latest string of blunders over the last 3 years of failing to capitalize off of the run to the AFC title game. 2020: Start of the decline of the offensive line with Conklin not getting a deal over Vic Beasley and Clowney (no sack scrub) and the fallout of that year's draft (Isaiah Wilson, anyone?). 2021: The Julio trade, departures of Corey Davis and to a lesser extent Jonnu, overpaying for Bud Dupree, and the 2021 draft, with a quasimodo corner in the 1st round. 2022: offensive line's woes at LG and RT became too much to retain Saffold and Quessenberry, previous decisions forcing cap hell into trading AJ Brown. Yes, this last draft has some nice weapons, but we wouldn't have needed to do this if we'd actually drafted and signed well.

This just shows how good of a coach Vrabel is. Dude is turning mid talent into diamonds.

Everyone is asking what could have happened to make them fire their GM in the middle of the season other than the AJB situation but this is probably the best time of the year to fire the GM besides directly after the season. The trade deadline has come and gone so whoever they bring in only has to worry about evaluating the current state of the roster and preparing for the draft

If TN is done with their GM, imagine how bad the Colts look by continuing to keep Ballard around. Fire him immediately.

As an Eagles fan, I love the AJ Brown trade, but I'm sure the Brown trade isn't the main reason behind the firing. Its an easy narrative to make right now because of the loss on Sunday, but there is probably something bigger behind the curtain.

As a diehard Titans fan, ever since they were the Tennessee Oilers days. This is the happiest thing I’ve heard all year. Trading AJ was the biggest bust since drafting Jake “I’m Garbage” Locker!!!!

Can you imagine the conversation Owner: You didn't resigned A.J because of what GM: Too much money Owner: Your FIRED he just destroyed us

They didn’t just trade him, they practically gave him away.

The way they handled the trade didn't make a lot of sense to me. By that I mean if you're going to draft a guy who is basically an unproven version of the guy you just traded since that's who everyone compares him to, just pay the proven guy. Titans really should have got more than they did for Brown in my opinion.

Robinsons Draft results with Titans 2016 Draft Round 1, Pick 8: OT Jack Conklin (Good RT let him sign with Browns Round 2, Pick 33: DE Kevin Dodd Round 2, Pick 43: DL Austin Johnson Round 2, Pick 45: RB Derrick Henry (Excellent pick) Round 3, Pick 64: S Kevin Byard (Excellent Pick) Round 5, Pick 140: WR Tajae Sharpe Round 5, Pick 157: CB LeShaun Sims Round 6, Pick 193: OG Sebastian Tretola Round 7, Pick 222: OLB Aaron Wallace Round 7, Pick 253: CB Kalan Reed 2017 Round 1, Pick 5: WR Corey Davis (Jets) Round 1, Pick 18: CB Adoree’ Jackson (Giants) Round 3, Pick 72: WR Taywan Taylor Round 5, Pick 155: LB Jayon Brown Round 6, Pick 217: OL Corey Levin Round 7, Pick 227: OLB Josh Carraway Round 7, Pick 236: OT Brad Seaton Round 7, Pick 241: RB Khalfani Muhammad 2018 Round 1, Pick 22: LB Rashaan Evans Round 2, Pick 41: OLB Harold Landry (Great Pick) Round 5, Pick 152: DB Dane Cruikshank Round 6, Pick 199: QB Luke Falk 2019 Round 1, Pick 19: DL Jeffery Simmons (Excellent pick) Round 2, Pick 51: WR A.J. Brown (Traded 🤯) Round 3, Pick 82: OG Nate Davis Round 4, Pick 116: S Amani Hooker (Good FS) Round 5, Pick 168: OLB D’Andre Walker Round 6, Pick 188: LB David Long (Starting ILB) 2020 Round 1, Pick 29: OT Isaiah Wilson (Bust) Round 2, Pick 61: CB Kristian Fulton (Good CB) Round 3, Pick 93: RB Darrynton Evans Round 5, Pick 174: DL Larrell Murchison Round 7, Pick 224: QB Cole McDonald Round 7, Pick 243: DB Chris Jackson 2021 Round 1, Pick 22: CB Caleb Farley (Injured ACL, Back) Round 2, Pick 53: OT Dillon Radunz (Backup Guard) Round 3, Pick 92: LB Monty Rice Round 3, Pick 100: CB Elijah Molden Round 4, Pick 109: WR Dez Fitzpatrick (Cut) Round 4, Pick 135: OL Rashad Weaver Round 6, Pick 205: WR Racey McMath Round 6, Pick 215: S Brady Breeze 2022 1st-18th: Arkansas WR Treylon Burks (Potential No.1 WR) 2nd-35th: Auburn CB Roger McCreary. 3rd-69th: Ohio State OT Nicholas Petit-Frere. 3rd-86th: Liberty QB Malik Willis. 4th-131st: Michigan RB Hassan Haskins. 4th-143rd: Maryland TE Chigoziem Okonkwo. (Good TE) 5th-163rd: UCLA WR Kyle Philips. 6th-204th:Tennessee CB Theo Jackson. 6th-219th: Mississippi LB Chance Campbell

Thanks Amy. You did us all a favor. AJ should still be on the team. Oh well. Let’s go. Titan up.

I suspect a clash of personalities and with Robinson thinking he was Belichick, decided to assert his ultimate authority and part ways with Brown. Kind of like how BB sat Malcom Butler in the Superbowl.

It was a dumb idea to trade him

Anyone with one tenth of a scouts eye could see clear as day that AJ brown was special. A type of blue chip players you NEVER trade unless you're going full rebuild mode and need lots of draft capital for the future.

Some owners are happy to just be in the post season. Clearly the titans owners want to be elite Good change imo

As a Cowboys fan, I was pissed off when I found out the Titans allowed the Eagles to get AJ Brown !!!!

The hypothetical breaking news future storyline predictions are my new favorite segments of the show. Used to be when they would sing a random country song, but this is so much more creative and entertaining.

Dont forget about Corey Davis too

Guys, you could have any Titans fans on and they will tell you why... Major wiffs on #1 draft picks. Super risky decisions across the board, rostering up with practice squad players across the board, and abysmal OL with no depth, bad CB depth, Horrible WR group (quite literally all PS players besides Burks, and Woods) terrible contracts that locked us down on players that never stay on the field, the Julio Jones trade, The AJ trade, Drafting Isiah Wilson Draft, Drafting Caleb Farley, Drafting Dillon Radunz at LT (can't play that position), Drafting Dez Fitzpatrick, constantly opting for developmental players rather than skill NFL players. He just swung for the fences every time and it caught up with him.

amazingly, this wasn't even the first time in the past few years that an AFC South team traded an elite receiver for no good reason, nor was it the worst

As a titans fan, I'm shocked. Since 2016, Jrob hasnt had a losing season of football. And weve won our division more times since he came in, than the titans won it for 20 years before he showed up. But I love the move because it shows Owner Amy Adams isn't happy with GOOD... She wants GREAT and wants Championships. Titans have never had an aggressive owner than cares about winning more than her. I think since taking over as owner, she's said, and proved , she's only happy with championships. Her dad didn't give a af about winning. 2-14 / 3- 13 seasons back to back. Also, I think with Ohio State pursuing Vrabel as HC.. Amy is giving Vrabel ( COTY )anything he wants. Vrabel was clearly pissed off after the AJ trade... And he knows our Online Sucks and WRs suck when Burks isn't out there... Andvrabel wants winning a championship just as much as Amy.

Being a eagles fan and resident of Philadelphia we are very happy he was sent to us lol

NOW FIRE TODD DOWNING NO CHANCE HE STAYS AS OC AFTER THIS SEASON

Thank you for everything J Rob. We'll always have love for you

were tired of losing and having players traded so were rebuilding the team

Letting go of AJ Brown was the BIGGEST mistake because King Henry and the Beast Brown were the BEST RB WR combo prob since ______!! I know my combo feel free to remember your greats! 3 way tie for Rod Smith Terrell Davis, Emmitt Smith Michael Irvin, & Terry Holt Marshall Faulk

It’s just the fact they traded him when he’s still 1-2 years out from being in his prime..if they made a trade like that instead of the eagles, their team could have been crazy

No Pat that’s not the only reason he got fired he got fired for all of the bad decisions he’s made including Trading Aj

Probably has something to do with OC getting the DUI couple weeks ago

Th quote that “We are a run team so he wont have explosive stats and therefore isn’t worth the money” drives me crazy. Even Dallas needed michael Irvin to make plays when Troy was averaging 16 touchdowns a year. I’d argue brown was more important to the titans because he’s manned up all game while the d tries to stop Henry, it keeps them honest and teams no longer play them honestly because AJ brown isn’t there.

Not many realize this is the week we start scouting players for the draft ...we all know we don't want jrob having any part of anymore drafts

we’ve also only had 4 of his 29 draft picks make it to a second contract

@ 6:36 the bottom reads "chance to get a 1st 'dahn'" haha

AJ Brown a difference maker? That is an understatement

these answer pow wows are legit

Couldn’t be happier as a titans fan

They also told Jeff Simmons they can’t afford him mid season

No mention of Caleb Farley??... Exactly

Give Vrabel both jobs, hes great at promoting guys off the practice squad and getting value from them.

I don't blame the coach for not wanting to trade AJ Brown, that's just common sense.

Titans fan here. It was a culmination of jrob bad draft picks and busts other than just 1 or 2. And then trading aj knowing damn well aj was a major piece to the success of the team and to Derek Henry. When aj lit them up and said love ya but had to spank ya. It was enough. The team was holding on by threads and good coaching at the time because jrob failed at personnel. Giving away big money to Clowney and Julio other bust free agents.

The moment they signed Tannehill they should have been working to replace him- can't believe they thought that guy could take them to a SB- their Derrick Henry window has closed

Why even hire a GM to do the job if you’re gonna fire them if you don’t agree with each and every decision they make. Just do it yourself and see how that plays out.

Vrabel asked the GM how do you want to cover AJ this week. AJ then proceeded to run over the Titans. That's how the GM gets fired.

Robert Woods makes $16.5 million a year... and Jrob decided to trade for him coming off of an ACL injury in the latter part of his career, instead of paying AJ $22-23 million a year (could've gotten him just a couple million cheaper than Philly because of no state income tax). If you think about it like that it is baffling. As titans fans we were trying to trust the move as bad as it hurt, but we all knew it made no sense. JRob knew he had to pay AJ big money. It makes me sad to think about how losing one player can make your team feel so much worse. AJ could've retired as a top 5 Titan of all time but now it looks like the Titan's super bowl window is closed for good because of our cap situation on top of having a mediocre roster. Also, we are a run-first team, and have a bad o line with Derrick Henry in the last 2-3 years of his prime. I don't get how JRob thought what he did this offseason made the Titans any better. I just hope Vrabel stays and we get stuff turned around. He's the identity of our team.

if you pause it at 3:47 you see all the other guys stare the Titans GM down while Vrabel gets up

Some people watch Pat McAfee so they can better keep up with football. I watch football so I can better keep up with Pat McAfee

The crazy part is I read a list of his accomplishments since being there compared to how it was before robinson got there and he's a hell of a GM

I guess the fact that he just lets good players walk(biggest being Conklin)didn't sit well with ownership and that they've seen Big Jeff's production of late and bite the bullet.

I can only imagine what was going through J Robs head as AJ brown ripped us a new one. He probably started job hunting while the game was going on lol.

Bruh they roasted that poor man 🤣🤣🤣

What did he do to get fired?????? He made so many bad moves the last 4 years! Don’t get me started! Vrabel is the one carrying this team on his back! Pissed off Vrabel!

As a Titans fan. That AJ Brown trade hurts but I do love he torched them and then the GM gets fired!!! Hopefully they'll get better moving forward

Im gunna guess it was like the movie draft day. Vrabel walked into the GM’s office, and grabbed some of his paperwork and lit it on fire because he hated it the GM’s plan

Would be hilarious if Colts picked up JRob and led them to a Superbowl. Totally could see Irsay doing this.

Only better revenge game from a WR has to be Steve Smith vs Carolina

According to the father of Assistant coach John Striecher, Vrabel told the owner its either me or John Robinson. Vrabel was fed up with the draft picks and the AJ Brown trade! The only top draft pick that was Vrabels guy was Jeffery Simmons. The AJ brown trade and AJ smoking the Titans this past Sunday was the tipping point.

Glad the Boston guy called it out

That’s not the reason! Click bait. SMH!

Titans trading AJ Brown was the worst move ever

If you watch the divisional round game between Titans and Bengals AJ Brown was 1 of the best players on the field. For a GM to value him so little is baffling.

AJ Brown averaged 1,000 yds 65 REC and 9 TDs; 2 out of 3 years for Titans. It is OBVIOUS he is a TOP 15 WR in the League and you gave him away for a First Round (18 overall pick) and a Third Round pick? Good WR are hard to come by, ask the Patriots... GM gots to go.

As said below, many reasons to dump this guy, but in my mind, he should of been fired for just thinking about trading AJ Brown.

The GM's worst decision got him fired. Why would you trade a super star receiver like AJ Brown? Sometimes men's ego gets in the way of common sense.

The GM and Coach are probably at odds over the QB and after the terrible trade, he isn't trusted. He's out of the circle of trust.

Should I get Tennessee or Denver's defense to stash for my fantasy playoffs? 👀

Pat he was pissed off because at one of his press conferences he AJ wouldn't be traded then when draft night came he found out with everyone else that AJ was traded

The press release from the ownership kept using words like "off the field" and "reputation in the community". That sounds like something went down. The AJ Brown thing is a big deal, but I don't think you fire your GM at this exact moment over that. Fire him at the end of the season maybe. But I think one of two things happened; either he did something illegal and got caught, or him and Vrabel got INTO it after the loss to the Eagles and it escalated to a point of unable to working together anymore.

Damn seeing this, Vikings were lucky as hell. Trading Diggs away, only to get a better receiver than Diggs that’s younger and cheaper.

Pat be careful I think espn trying to keep you close while planning your demise.

To be fair when ur gm builds a offense around Derrick Henry bit doesn’t even attempt to give him any competent o-lineman and he literally is ur whole offense I’m shocked this didn’t happen sooner

I'm just floored they haven't fired the OC yet. TITAN UP!!

Don't worry. The commanders will take him

Remember that even better most experts said the Titans won that trade because they got a 1st round pick AND a rookie was right there who was an exact replica of the guy they refused to pay.

I'd like to put in my request that the Packers follow this example.

It's kind of crazy to think you're firing GMs when you're a perennial playoff team because of an ex star lighting you up in just one game.

Lookin like big ben ate big ben

I called it. It was AJ brown move for sure and AJ showed him that he regretted it. Also it shows that you paid Tannehill before you paid your WR who actually added more value. Nothing is special about Ryan. He should be gone next.

And their #1 CB that was supposed to “lock up AJ” got trucked, injured, penalized AND scored on in one play. 😬

U don't really need a gm between the trade deadline and the offseason tbh

Thts wat Robinson gets I knew their was issues when they showed vrable visibly upset after the announcement of the brown trade Robinson did tht move without even conversation with his HC

One of those rare times where they don't have to make up the statistic like this is the first time a GM has been fired by his team with a winning record while eating glue

The eagles fans were dogging the Titans owners box all game

Deserved. You dont trade away someone with the caliber of AJ.

is this all because the eagles fans flipped off the titans owners box every aj brown scored

AJ Brown has elite talent and elite attitude. Terrible trade.

Since PMS was asking about what Aaron Rogers was doing on his bye week.... maybe he is interviewing for Titans GM position??? 😆

Funny enough, Vrabel is not foriegn to what just happened here. He was present on the Steelers roster, when Cowher and GM Tom Donahoe had their falling out, after Donahoe made the decision to draft Troy Edwards over Jervon Kearse, after they lost out on David Boston. As the story goes, Cowher really wanted Kearse, saw tons of potential in him, but Donahoe was unrelenting in taking Troy Edwards instead. It woumd up being his final year with the Steelers. Kearse ended up a Titan...the rest is history.

Since we're on the discussion of firing GMs, now only if Dean Spanos would fire Tom Telesco.

I don’t think even ownership wanted to trade AJ Brown, which is why you see this firing. The fact it came right after he torched the Titans is clear the main reason is that trade. It has totally just derailed the Titans offense

Titans are a WR away from title contention

Guy thought he could replace AJ cheaper rookie like vikings did for Diggs w Jefferson, but even vikings would tell you "good luck"... vikings just draft good WRs... its kinda their thing... good RB, great WR... mid to bad QB. Vikings! How's Burks coming?

Brown wanted to go! He slipped JR a couple mill under the table. Thus crap was a perfect set uo!

He's also been struggling to get a deal done with Jeffery Simmons. Trading one of the best WR's in the league like it was a no brainer then telling one of the best defensive lineman in football hey man idk if we're gonna be able to pay you what you may be worth is alarming. Yes, the money isn't totally there right now but it was his decisions to why that money is allocated elsewhere instead of taking care of priority players. Got mad love for J-Rob coming in and turning the franchise around but he's been screwing up the last few years on big, costly misses.

Great idea. Fire Packer GM for screwing up Adams.

Titans should let the kid play , they may have hit their ceiling with a Derrick Henry/ mid qb combo they have going on

Sounds like the guy just kept making the wrong choices and now this one crushed him.

I just listened to the intro of nonstop and describes AJ Brown perfectly after that titans game.