Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown generated a lot of noise during the season, and there remains buzz around him as the NFL offseason gets underway.
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni spoke with reporters at the 2026 NFL Combine last week in Indianapolis. While Sirianni asserted that he wants Brown on the Eagles and believes Brown wants to remain in Philadelphia, he stopped short of guaranteeing it.
“Will A.J. be here next season?” Sirianni said. “I think we’re still in a spot, like, I can’t guarantee how anything is going to play out into next season. I’m thinking I’m going to be the coach next season, but you can’t guarantee anything past tomorrow.”
The Eagles might make it too expensive for another team to trade for Brown, 28.
According to ESPN’s Dan Graziano, “Teams have contacted the Eagles about a potential Brown trade, but word is that Philly’s asking price remains too high. This lines up with what I heard about the Eagles’ stance: They’d be open to the right offer, but it would have to be a really good one. They don’t want to just get rid of Brown or need him off the team for any chemistry reasons. The Eagles will always listen to trade offers, but if they’re going to move Brown, it sounds like they’d have to be blown away. If you’re not ready to talk about at least your first-round pick, I don’t think that conversation is getting very far at the moment.”
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler also reported that he had heard from a few teams during the Combine that Brown’s “true trade value” is a package that includes a second-round pick. Fowler relayed that “interested in Brown has picked up here late in the week,” and multiple unnamed league executives believe that Philadelphia is open to moving Brown. Fowler pegged the New England Patriots as “a logical destination,” which would reunite Brown with Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel from their days in Tennessee.
Graziano’s report that the Eagles aren’t looking to part with Brown over chemistry concerns runs counter to what The Athletic‘s Dianna Russini reported during the season. In early October, Russini wrote that, while Brown and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts’ history dates back to high school, and Hurts is the godfather to Brown’s daughter, Brown and Hurts are “not that close these days.”
Brown publicly vented his frustrations with the Eagles’ sputtering offense early and often last year. In 2025, the then-reigning Super Bowl champions looked like a shell of the offense that blew out the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX under first-year offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo. The Eagles would look explosive for one half, and then disappear in the other half. For context, Philadelphia led the league in drives ending in 3-and-out at various points last season.
Brown finished 2025 with his fourth-straight 1,000-yard receiving season - all four coming after Philadelphia’s trade with Tennessee to acquire him during the 2022 NFL Draft - but he never appeared in rhythm with Hurts in the offense. During the Eagles’ 23-19 NFC Wild Card loss to San Francisco, Brown only caught three of seven targets for 25 yards.
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