{"id":688761,"date":"2026-06-06T23:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/688761\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T23:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:02:09","slug":"a-j-brown-admits-he-leaked-eagles-stories-to-media-for-one-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/688761\/","title":{"rendered":"A.J. Brown admits he leaked Eagles stories to media for one reason"},"content":{"rendered":"

A.J. Brown tried to weaponize his words as much as his speed and his hands when times got tough for the Eagles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brown admitted to feeding certain stories to the media as a motivational tactic during an appearance on \u201c7PM in Brooklyn\u201d<\/a> this week. <\/p>\n

He did not specify whether he was a source of anonymous leaks in the locker room.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was done purposely to give us a push,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI knew if I said something in the media, it\u2019s going to propel us to work harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Assuming that they didn\u2019t realize it was Brown at the time, will his Eagles teammates and coaches agree with his thinking? Maybe not.<\/p>\n

But Brown is now a member of the Patriots, after he was traded Monday for first- and fifth-round picks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIf you say what you need to say to the media, which I won\u2019t do anymore, it gives everything legs to push everyone to be better,\u201d Brown said. \u201cBecause pressure isn\u2019t always a bad thing, it can be a good thing. Honestly, I felt like it was OK to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite his vow not to do it again, will his new teammates and coaches \u2013 in New England, the capital of Say Nothing to the Media \u2014 trust that Brown won\u2019t do the same to disrupt their team?<\/p>\n

Maybe because of Brown\u2019s history and mutual respect with head coach Mike Vrabel, dating to when both were with the Titans.<\/p>\n

\"A.J.A.J. Brown of the New England Patriots holds the ball during New England Patriots OTA on June 2, 2026, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe disagreed with Brown giving information to the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not giving out any information about my team,\u201d Sharpe said on \u201cNightcap\u201d with Chad Ochocinco<\/a>. \u201cWhatever transpired, be it a team, be it somebody blown a play, somebody overslept, somebody got fired, somebody got injured, I ain\u2019t telling you. Don\u2019t ask me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s four seasons with the Eagles included a Super Bowl victory sandwiched between two promising seasons that went off the rails. <\/p>\n

His deteriorating relationship with quarterback Jalen Hurts was a constant topic of conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A.J. Brown tried to weaponize his words as much as his speed and his hands when times got…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[61658,1815,349,1239,99],"class_list":["post-688761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-a-j-brown","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}