{"id":977776,"date":"2026-08-19T22:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/977776\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:12:22","slug":"patriots-wr-a-j-brown-faces-ex-eagles-teammates-in-joint-practice-itll-alwas-be-love-latest-nfl-news-analysis-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/977776\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots WR A.J. Brown faces ex-Eagles teammates in joint practice: ‘It’ll alwas be love’ | Latest NFL News, Analysis & Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the first play, Brown hand fought with Mitchell before getting separation along the sideline. Quarterback Drake Maye<\/a> lofted a deep pass to Brown, who got one hand on it before Mitchell was able to knock it away at the last second.<\/p>\n

The play, though ultimately incomplete, still drew one of the loudest reactions of the day from the bleachers packed with fans.<\/p>\n

It was only time that Brown, a three-time Pro Bowler, and the Eagles\u2019 third-year All-Pro cornerback matched up during the session.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first rep, man, Q got away with a little holding,\u201d Brown said with a chuckle. \u201cI won and he pulled himself back into the play. I just got to finish the play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mitchell acknowledged the intensity on the play.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a little more amped up, knowing the battles we had in Philly,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cHe\u2019s just a great receiver. He gives you so many battles and tough assignments. … It was really great to just go out there and compete with him again today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s relationship with the Eagles franchise, and notably Super Bowl LIX MVP QB Jalen Hurts<\/a>, soured as much as his production last season.<\/p>\n

The frustrating year for Brown came to a head during the Eagles\u2019 23-19 wild-card round loss to San Francisco when the receiver and Philadelphia coach Nick Sirianni were caught by television cameras bickering on the sideline. The spat caused a security officer to intervene. Brown ripped off his helmet in frustration at one point and yelled in Sirianni\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n

Brown said he had not spoken to Hurts since the trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, honestly guys, none of that stuff even matters,\u201d Brown said. \u201cYou know asking the question is going to turn negative. Let\u2019s not get into that. Let\u2019s keep everything positive. It\u2019s love my way and just move forward. That\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he had any messages to fans about what turned out to be one of the final images of Brown in a Philadelphia jersey, Brown said he has left that, too, behind him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s my message to Eagles fans? I love you and I\u2019m not looking in the past,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThat game, no I didn\u2019t play my best. But I\u2019m not going backwards, you know? It doesn\u2019t exist.”<\/p>\n

Hurts said he isn’t harboring any bad feelings about Brown’s departure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he’s going out there and competing,\u201d Hurts said. \u201cI’ve got a lot of love for him, always have.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the first play, Brown hand fought with Mitchell before getting separation along the sideline. Quarterback Drake Maye…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":977777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8694,2910,7,249,88,6,609,109],"class_list":["post-977776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-a-j-brown","tag-associated-press","tag-football","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-philadelphia-eagles"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117124474071062454","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977776","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=977776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/977777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}