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The Philadelphia Eagles traded wide receiver A.J. Brown to nan New England Patriots connected Monday, and nan wide receiver said his narration pinch prima backmost Jalen Hurts grew distant.
Brown, 28, said that while there’s nary bad humor pinch his now-former quarterback, nan 2 grew apart.
"Not arsenic adjacent arsenic we erstwhile were," Brown said during an quality connected "7PM successful Brooklyn."
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(Left) Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) leaves nan section aft nan crippled against nan Washington Commanders astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Maryland, connected Dec. 20, 2025. (Right) Philadelphia Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts (1) stands connected nan section aft nan nationalist anthem earlier an NFC Wild Card Round crippled against nan San Francisco 49ers astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected Jan. 11, 2026. (Geoff Burke/Imagn Images; Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)
"I judge that’s fine. It’s like, there’s nary bad blood. There’s really still a batch of love, I emotion him to death. I want him to win and execute each nan things that he wants to accomplish."
The three-time Pro Bowler said that thing happened and some parties accepted that they were drifting apart. Hurts precocious made news for not attending Brown's wedding successful May.
"Nothing happened. People conscionable turn apart. Nothing happened betwixt maine and him, aliases our families, our wives, anything. Nothing for illustration that ever happened," Brown said. "But life happens and you conscionable look up sometimes and you find yourself drifting away. And that’s fine. And I deliberation some parties accepted that."
The erstwhile Ole Miss prima said he was confused arsenic to why their relationship became specified a talking constituent among nan public.
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A.J. Brown of nan Philadelphia Eagles reacts aft nan crippled against nan Los Angeles Rams astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected Sept. 21, 2025. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
"I didn’t genuinely understand why our relationship became nan halfway of everybody’s attraction erstwhile it came to shot because looking backmost connected it we haven’t been arsenic adjacent arsenic we were for a mates of years now, that didn’t extremity anything," Brown said.
"We still competed, we still pushed each other, we still led nan team. It’s benignant of strange, group conscionable sewage truthful fixated connected our relationship."
Hurts and Brown helped lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl triumph 2 seasons ago. In 4 seasons successful Philadelphia, Brown caught 339 passes for 5,034 yards and 32 touchdowns.
Despite nan success, nan Eagles moved connected from Brown connected Monday aft it became much advantageous to waste and acquisition him connected June 1 owed to net headdress implications.
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Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown of nan Philadelphia Eagles watch nan Dallas Cowboys during nan 2nd 4th astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected Sept. 4, 2025. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
The Eagles went from perchance carrying a $43.4 cardinal dead-money complaint for nan waste and acquisition to shrinking that to $16.3 cardinal based connected NFL June 1 net headdress rules. The squad acquired a 2028 first-round prime and a 2027 fifth-round action from nan Patriots for Brown.
Now successful New England, Brown has thing but emotion for Hurts.
"Nothing but emotion for him, I want him to do good and execute everything his bosom desires."
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