AJ Brown says he and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts grew apart before trade to Patriots

The Philadelphia Eagles traded wide receiver A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots connected Monday, and the wide receiver said his narration with prima backmost Jalen Hurts grew distant.

Brown, 28, said that portion there’s nary atrocious humor with his now-former quarterback, the 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 the tract aft the crippled against the Washington Commanders astatine Northwest Stadium successful Landover, Maryland, connected Dec. 20, 2025. (Right) Philadelphia Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts (1) stands connected the tract aft the nationalist anthem earlier an NFC Wild Card Round crippled against the 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 atrocious blood. There’s really inactive a batch of love, I emotion him to death. I privation him to win and execute each the things that helium wants to accomplish."

The three-time Pro Bowler said that thing happened and some parties accepted that they were drifting apart. Hurts precocious made quality for not attending Brown's wedding successful May.

"Nothing happened. People conscionable turn apart. Nothing happened betwixt maine and him, oregon our families, our wives, anything. Nothing similar that ever happened," Brown said. "But beingness 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 helium was confused arsenic to wherefore their relationship became specified a talking constituent among the public.

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A.J. Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles reacts aft the crippled against the Los Angeles Rams astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected Sept. 21, 2025. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

"I didn’t genuinely recognize wherefore our relationship became the halfway of everybody’s attraction erstwhile it came to shot due to the fact that looking backmost connected it we haven’t been arsenic adjacent arsenic we were for a mates of years now, that didn’t halt anything," Brown said.

"We inactive competed, we inactive pushed each other, we inactive led the team. It’s benignant of strange, radical conscionable got truthful fixated connected our relationship."

Hurts and Brown helped pb 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 the success, the Eagles moved connected from Brown connected Monday aft it became much advantageous to commercialized him connected June 1 owed to wage headdress implications.

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Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles ticker the Dallas Cowboys during the 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 the commercialized to shrinking that to $16.3 cardinal based connected NFL June 1 wage headdress rules. The squad acquired a 2028 first-round prime and a 2027 fifth-round enactment from the Patriots for Brown.

Now successful New England, Brown has thing but emotion for Hurts.

"Nothing but emotion for him, I privation him to bash good and execute everything his bosom desires."

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