Eagles QB Jalen Hurts Reveals Feelings on A.J. Brown’s Social Media Posts
The defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles are heading into Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season with a record of 5-2. Jalen Hurts and company have had their fair share of ups and downs during their title defense, but seem to be on the right track following the win over the Minnesota Vikings after dropping two straight.
However, everything isn’t perfect in Philadelphia, as the team seems to have a glaring problem when it comes to star wide receiver A.J. Brown, who continues to express publicly that he’s not happy with his role with the Eagles.
Brown’s discontent dates back to last season and has worsened during the 2025 campaign, as he has become an increasingly off-the-field issue for the Eagles because he believes he’s not being used to the best of his ability in the passing game.
Ironically enough, Brown is coming off his best game of the season, catching four passes for 121 receiving yards and two touchdowns, but he still appears to be unhappy in Philadelphia.
Jalen Hurts Shares Revealing Thoughts on A.J. Brown
GettyJalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles.
After the strong performance against the Vikings, which almost certainly propelled the team to its fifth win of the 2025 season, Brown took to his Instagram account with yet another cryptic message, conveying a fairly obvious sentiment about how he feels.
“Using me, but not using me,” Brown posted on his Instagram account.
With the Eagles being title contenders once again with only two losses to their credit after seven games, the last thing head coach Nick Sirianni and company want is discord in the locker room, which can bleed over to other star players on offense like Hurts or superstar running back Saquon Barkley.
However, it doesn’t seem like Brown’s discontent with his role in Philadelphia is stopping anytime soon, with Hurts having to field questions about his star wide receiver’s social media posts.
“I just keep my focus singularly on the collective,” Hurts said of Brown’s social media post during media availability.
As the leader of a team coming off a Super Bowl title and maintaining the status as a heavyweight in the NFC, Hurts is taking the right approach here, as he doesn’t want to escalate things further with Brown.
Despite Hurts’ reluctance to engage in Brown’s antics, the question has to be asked whether the team will seriously consider trading the star wideout before the Nov. 4 NFL trade deadline.
Eagles Trading A.J. Brown Before the NFL Trade Deadline?
GettyA.J. Brown #11 of the Philadelphia Eagles.
At this point during the 2025 NFL season, A.J. Brown seems like an obvious distraction for the Philadelphia Eagles, as he can’t help himself and constantly wants the fans to know that he doesn’t feel appreciated by the team because of his role.
Even though Brown’s discontent with the Eagles seems like a weekly storyline in Philadelphia, the Eagles seem adamant about keeping him around beyond the NFL trade deadline on Nov. 4.
“We aren’t moving him now,” Diana Russini of The Athletic said of the team’s stance on Brown ahead of the deadline.
Although the Eagles seem intent on keeping Brown in Philadelphia, things can change quickly in the NFL if an intriguing trade call comes in over the next week or so. For now, Brown is staying put, but crazier things have happened in this league, as anything can go down before the buzzer sounds on the NFL trade deadline.
Chiefs Seek Redemption in Super Bowl Rematch Against Eagles in Must-Win Week 2
The Kansas City Chiefs will look to avoid their first 0-2 start since 2014 when they host the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles in a Super Bowl LIX rematch on Sunday.
This version of the Andy Reid Bowl comes seven months after the Eagles scored the first 34 points in a lopsided 40-22 victory in New Orleans, ending the Chiefs' bid for an unprecedented Super Bowl three-peat.
"We'll learn from this," Reid, the winningest coach in the history of both the Chiefs and Eagles, vowed after that game.
Both teams enter Sunday's rematch rested. Philadelphia (1-0) kicked off its title defense last Thursday with a 24-20 home win against the NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys, while Kansas City (0-1) fell 27-21 last Friday in Sao Paulo to the AFC West rival Los Angeles Chargers.
The last time the Chiefs opened a season with two straight losses, in 2014, was also the last time Kansas City failed to make the playoffs.
The game features the active NFL head coaches with the highest winning percentage in Philadelphia's Nick Sirianni (.710, 49-20) and the most wins (Reid, 273). It's also a clash of Super Bowl MVP quarterbacks with the highest winning percentages in the league since 2022: Jalen Hurts (.792, 38-10) and Patrick Mahomes (.780, 39-11).
"It's just another opportunity for us," Hurts said Wednesday when asked about facing Mahomes and the Chiefs again. "That's been my approach on it. We've got a lot that we can learn from this past week and we're playing a really good team. It's a new team. We're a new team.
"... It's a different team. They have their leaders and they've always had their core, and they've always been really renowned for being disruptive, being able to score the ball and just playing really good team football. It's a real well-respected organization."
Mahomes, who has three Super Bowl rings, said he always learns from his mistakes, whether it's from the Super Bowl loss to Philadelphia or last week's effort in Brazil.
"That's part of playing the game," Mahomes said Wednesday. "You learn from your failures, just like you learn from the positive things you do, and then you come back and play better football this week, and it's going to take our best football to go out there and get a win."
This is the fifth straight season (including playoffs) that Philadelphia has played Kansas City. Including a split in their two recent Super Bowl meetings, the all-time series between the Chiefs and Eagles is tied at 6-6.
Only Kansas City (.714, 25-10) has a better road winning percentage than Philadelphia (24-10, .706) in the NFL since 2021. And only the Chiefs have a better interconference record (17-3) during that same span than the Eagles (16-4). Philadelphia has won nine straight regular season and postseason games against AFC opponents.
Philadelphia tight end Dallas Goedert missed practice Wednesday with a knee sprain and is questionable for Sunday, per multiple reports. Starting left guard Landon Dickerson (back) practiced in a limited basis. Backups QB Tanner McKee (thumb) and RB Will Shipley (oblique) did not practice.
For the Chiefs, wide receivers Xavier Worthy (shoulder) and Jalen Royals (knee) did not practice Wednesday. Right guard Trey Smith (knee/illness) and linebacker Drue Tranquill (knee) were limited. Linebacker Nick Bolton (biceps), wideout Marquise "Hollywood" Brown (ankle) and right tackle Jawaan Taylor (knee/ankle) were full participants.
