{"id":773331,"date":"2026-02-24T14:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/773331\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:02:18","slug":"nick-sirianni-gives-curious-answer-about-a-j-browns-eagles-future-as-trade-rumors-swirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/773331\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Sirianni gives curious answer about A.J. Brown\u2019s Eagles future as trade rumors swirl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nick Sirianni left the door open for A.J. Brown to fly out of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

While the Eagles coach spoke highly of the talented receiver before the NFL Combine and believes both parties want to continue the partnership, he said he \u201ccan\u2019t guarantee\u201d that Brown will be back for a fifth season with the franchise amid trade rumors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWill A.J. be here next season? I think we\u2019re still in a spot, like, I can\u2019t guarantee how anything is going to play out into next season,\u201d Sirainni said, according to ESPN<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m thinking I\u2019m going to be the coach next season, but you can\u2019t guarantee anything past tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

A.J. Brown before the Wild Card loss to the 49ers. Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s future has become a hot topic in Philadelphia following an uneven 2025 campaign that saw him and quarterback Jalen Hurts far too often not on the same page.<\/p>\n

The former Ole Miss star caught just 78 passes for a career-low 1,003 yards and seven touchdowns across 15 games, including four games with no more than two catches.<\/p>\n

Brown posted a cryptic message<\/a> after a two-catch, seven-yard outing in a win against the Buccaneers in Week 4, and said in November he\u2019s \u201cstruggling\u201d amid a \u201cs\u2013tshow.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The 28-year-old then had some fun during a recent spot<\/a> with Patriots legends Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski, where the latter two joked about him joining New England, and he winked and laughed. Brown did, though, later add that he was \u201cjust trolling\u201d with his response.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s enough smoke that a potential trade seems plausible, however, the Eagles would eat plenty of dead cap space should they trade him before June 1 ($43 million in 2026) or after that date ($17 million in 2026, $26 million in 2027) due to the three-year, $96 million extension he signed through the 2029 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, my expectation is (Brown) wants to be here. And obviously, you want good players like that in your building,\u201d Sirianni said, per ESPN.<\/p>\n

Nick Sirianni before the Week 18 finale against the Commanders. AP<\/p>\n

Eagles general manager Howie Roseman has repeatedly said that acquiring great players like Brown is always the goal for a franchise and reiterated that \u201csubtracting\u201d from that mix is not the plan.<\/p>\n

However, Roseman, ever the trader, did not rule out any potential trade talks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you go into the league year listening to offers for everything and anything,\u201d Roseman said, per ESPN. \u201cIf someone is going to give you something you didn\u2019t anticipate and you won\u2019t even have the conversation, I don\u2019t think you\u2019re necessarily doing your job or really servicing the team you\u2019re with.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never know what someone is willing to do. Certainly, we\u2019ve been in situations where there were guys we didn\u2019t anticipate trading that we got an offer that was too good, and then you balance it with what you can get there.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout getting into specifics on any player, we\u2019re always listening and we\u2019re always kind of open. There\u2019s very few things that I would shoot down without even hearing what that means, because how does it hurt to listen?\u201d<\/p>\n

Sirianni and Brown celebrate in 2023. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Should Brown return, he and the Eagles will look to rebound from a disappointing end to the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

While Philadelphia won the NFC East for the second straight year, the disjointed offense flamed out in a home wild-card loss to the 49ers.<\/p>\n

Sirianni demoted offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo, who later bolted for the Dolphins<\/a>, while adding Sean Mannion to handle those duties.<\/p>\n

One of Mannion\u2019s main duties will surely be to find a way to open up the passing game and involve Brown more if he is still in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Howie said, it\u2019s hard to get good players in this league. A.J.\u2019s a great player and A.J. is a good teammate and A.J. is a good person,\u201d Sirianni said, per ESPN.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes he want to be here? Yes. Do I want him to be here? Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Sirianni left the door open for A.J. Brown to fly out of Philadelphia. While the Eagles coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[8694,25,7,1641,6,5351,242,109,2476,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-773331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-a-j-brown","9":"tag-eagles","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-howie-roseman","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-nick-sirianni","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","16":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116125980945999651","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}