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A.J. Brown and Jalen Hurts are \u201cnot as close as we once were\u201d \u2014 but the receiver claims there was not a big blow-up between the pair.<\/p>\n

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The now-former Eagles teammates \u2014 following Brown finally being traded to the Patriots on Monday \u2014 were previously close friends, dating back to their days in college.<\/p>\n

That relationship faded during their four seasons together in Philly, but Brown has insisted that \u201cnothing happened\u201d between them.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople just grow apart \u2026 life happens,\u201d he told Maria Taylor in an interview for \u201c7PM in Brooklyn.\u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you just look up sometimes and you find yourself drifting away. And that\u2019s fine, and I think both parties accepted that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked by Taylor where Brown and Hurts\u2019 relationship stood, the receiver gave a sobering answer.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot as close as we once were. I believe that\u2019s fine \u2014 there\u2019s no bad blood. There\u2019s actually still a lot of love, I love him. I love him to death, I want him to succeed and accomplish all the things that he wants to accomplish,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t truly understand why our friendship became the center of everybody\u2019s attention when it came to football. Because looking back on it, we haven\u2019t been as close as we were (for) a couple years now. But that didn\u2019t stop anything. We still competed, we still pushed each other, we still led the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While the team had great success during Brown\u2019s time on the Eagles \u2014 reaching two Super Bowls and winning one \u2014 tensions grew surrounding his role on the team\u2019s run-heavy offense.<\/p>\n

And following the team\u2019s Super Bowl 2025 win over the Chiefs, Brown explained to Taylor, \u201cI think the expectations that we placed upon ourselves became too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Eagles lost in the Wild-Card round to the 49ers in their attempted Super Bowl defense this past season.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to understand, this city expects you to win every single year, and rightfully so,\u201d Brown said.
\u201cThat\u2019s what we work for. But the expectations that we drilled in our brains, it\u2019s like: \u2018We have to win, we have to win, we have to win.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you can become so overly focused and start pressing. And I think this team just started to do that over a period of time. Because we still had great players, and it was still the really core group of guys, and we added some more guys. But things just started to go left.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brown finished last season with 1,003 yards \u2014 his fewest in an Eagles jersey \u2014 and at times took to social media to seemingly voice his frustrations at his lack of involvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot every moment I can say handled the best way,\u201d he admitted to Taylor. \u201cEspecially the ones I was on social media, that was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now, Brown will hope for a fresh start in New England.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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