The Eagles’ season has been a grind, but A.J. Brown isn’t exactly thriving on the other side of the trade either.
Philadelphia has been hammered by problems all over the roster, and injuries have taken center stage for the 2-4 Eagles. The biggest blow is Jalen Hurts, who is now out for the season with a calf injury that caused a blood clot that spread to his lungs.
While the Eagles try to piece things together, Brown is working his way back after a stint on IR with the New England Patriots. His first game after the return didn’t bring much relief.
Brown missed time after suffering a high ankle sprain in the Patriots’ season opener against the Seattle Seahawks. New England sent him to IR, and he came back in Week 6 against the New York Jets.
The stat line was ugly. Brown played 52 offensive snaps and caught 10 passes in that game, then followed it up by grabbing only three balls for 27 yards and dropping a career-high three passes in a win.
That performance fits a larger pattern. Brown hasn’t looked like the elite receiver he was when he first arrived with the Eagles in 2022. The decline showed up last season, too, especially in the San Francisco 49ers Wild Card game, when he dropped two passes and eased up on another route before Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni got in his face.
His latest struggles could be tied to the layoff, but the bigger issue is hard to miss: Brown just hasn’t been as consistent, and he hasn’t been separating the way he once did. That has been a problem last year and again in 2026.
From Philadelphia’s perspective, the trade to send Brown away this summer is looking better by the week. The Eagles may be better with Brown on the field in 2026, but even then, he’d still be dealing with a lot alongside Tanner McKee at quarterback.
And there’s another piece Philly will be eager to work with: the 2028 first-round pick it got back in the Patriots-Brown deal. That choice could become trade bait in the next draft, or it could turn into a player, depending on where it lands.
Brown was a major part of what the Eagles built, and even though the ending got messy, he still mattered to a run that brought Philadelphia to two Super Bowls and one title since 2022. But if Eagles fans are stuck watching a rough season unfold, at least they can take some comfort in knowing Brown hasn’t exactly been cruising either.
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