In fact, he spoke more in the present tense when it came to Brown, which is the same way that Lurie chose to address the matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Howie kept saying A.J.’s an Eagle, and he’s definitely\u2014look, I just will say this, DeVonta [Smith] and A.J., two great receivers and also great teammates,” said Lurie. “I just want to say that. These two are wonderful to have and great teammates and great receivers. He’s an Eagle, we’ll see what happens down the road. So is Devonta, so is Jalen Hurts, so is Saquon [Barkley]. They’re all really great competitors.”<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n The New England Patriots<\/a> are expected to be the top suitor for Brown<\/a> if the Eagles ultimately decide to go through with a trade.<\/p>\n Some NFL fans appear to believe that Brown is on borrowed time in Philadelphia after hearing Lurie’s response. Like Roseman, he appeared to be safe with his words without outright denying the possibility of a trade.<\/p>\n Yes, Brown is a member of the Eagles. But will that still be the case after June 1? NFL fans aren’t as convinced as they once were of Brown’s future in Philly. Here’s what fans were saying on social media on Lurie’s comments.<\/p>\n Follow Patriots<\/a> Wire on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 1, 2026, 8:22 p.m. ET Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie probably didn’t intend to stoke the fires…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[95878,25,7,6,242,109,2476,96851,96852,97895,95882,97896,97645,97301,116221,95896,96854,95888,95899,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-848658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-eagles","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","14":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","15":"tag-sstssportsnflpatriots","16":"tag-sstsnpatriots","17":"tag-taga-j-brown","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagdevonta-smith","20":"tag-taghowie-roseman","21":"tag-tagjalen-hurts","22":"tag-tagjeffrey-lurie","23":"tag-tagnational-sports","24":"tag-tagnew-england-patriots","25":"tag-tagnfl","26":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-tagtwitter","29":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116333502328995073","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848658","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=848658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/86371878007-cardis-1.jpg\")