A.J. Brown grilled about departure from Philly after Eagles-Patriots joint practice

Wed, Aug 19, 2026

A.J. Brown spoke to reporters after the first Eagles-Patriots joint practice on Wednesday afternoon in Foxborough.

Aj, does, seeing your former team give you any sort of closure?

Closure?

No, it's not about no closure or anything, man.

It's love, you know.

I, I won a Super Bowl ring with them, and, it's, it's always be love no matter how anyone feels.

You know, I love Philly, and I will always love Philly.

But I'm here now, and, and that's where my feet are, and that's what I'm focused on.

Have you talked to Jalen since the trade?

No.

How come?

Agent.

How, how do you leave things with Jalen?

Philly, man, y'all are tough, man.

Yeah, that's- Man, it's love.

Listen, listen, I'm I, I honestly, guys, none of that stuff even matters.

Yeah, I think you, you all should wanna report something positive.

You know, you, you know asking the question is gonna turn negative, so let's not get into that and let's keep everything positive.

It's love my way, and, and just move forward.

That's all.

You guys had a lot of positive- Are you in a better place mentally- Hi.

Good to see you so we can see you as well.

Am I in a better place mentally?

I wouldn't say I'm in a better place, you know.

I wasn't in a bad place in Philly, you know?

So I'll leave it at that.

You and Jalen had a lot of positive moments- Yeah of success together.

Absolutely.

Do you plan on catching up with him this week and seeing and talking to him?

I'm sure if we run across, our paths run across, yeah, sure.

Yeah.

I understand and respect that you wanna keep things moving forward- Okay and keep things positive.

Okay, keep it positive.

A lot, a lot, a lot of Eagles fans were disappointed about the way things ended, the way the 49ers game- Yeah went.

What is your message to Eagles fans?

What is my message to Eagles fans?

I love you and, you know, I'm not looking in the past.

It's, it's a game.

That game, no, I didn't play my best, but I'm not going backwards, you know.

It doesn't exist.

And, and that's the last question I'm gonna answer, I'm gonna answer about the past, so.