Eagles QB Jalen Hurts Reveals Feelings on A.J. Brown’s Social Media Posts
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Jalen Hurts #1 and A.J. Brown #11 of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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
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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?
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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.
Aaron Rodgers Reveals What He Told Steelers OL Who Tackled Him During TD Celebration
After one of Aaron Rodgers’s four touchdown passes during Thursday’s loss to the Bengals, Steelers tackle Broderick Jones was
Rodgers connected with tight end Pat Freiermuth on a sensational 68-yard touchdown pass during the game. While running to the end zone to celebrate with his teammates, Rodgers was unexpectedly taken down from behind. It wasn’t a tackle from an opposing player that brought down Rodgers, but instead his own teammate’s overzealous attempt to celebrate the touchdown with him.
Rodgers was effectively tackled by his own protector, and he didn’t appear too happy about it in the moment. On Wednesday, Rodgers was asked about the incident and made clear there’s nothing but love between him and Jones. He also joked that was the only time he was tackled in the loss.
"Brod is always the first one to come find me after a play. It could be a first big pass down to D.K. [Metcalf] on third down, he's coming and dapping me up. What you don't see after the video is he's coming over to me and shaking me and shaking me," Rodgers said while smiling, via Brooke Pryor of ESPN.
He revealed the text message he sent his much-younger teammate after the game, saying, ”I love everything you're about, but also, I’m 41—You can’t be tackling me like that.”
”I love Brod, we had a couple laughs about it and I told him I’m getting him next. He better watch his back."
Rodgers certainly seems to enjoy Jones’s energy and enthusiasm, despite having to remind him that he's a bit too old to be roughousing to that degree.
