{"id":105392,"date":"2025-09-29T08:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=105392"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:35:47","slug":"105392","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=105392","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8EAGLES WR CRYPTIC: A.J. Brown posted a cryptic message following a modest 2-catch performance, leaving fans and analysts speculating about his mindset, frustrations, or potential messages to teammates and critics."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236625039-e1759113188865.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236625039-e1759113188865.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236625039-e1759113188865.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2236625039-e1759113188865.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Eagles WR A.J. Brown Posts Cryptic Message After 2-Catch Performance\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stop us if this sounds familiar.<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia Eagles are in the middle of a winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>Superstar wide receiver A.J. Brown seems like he\u2019s on his best behavior.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles keep winning but Brown doesn\u2019t get the ball like he wants one game.<\/p>\n<p>Brown doesn\u2019t like it and expresses that in public.<\/p>\n<p>For the second season in a row, Brown took his beef with quarterback Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia offense to a public forum, this time after a 31-23 road win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers improved the Eagles to 4-0 but saw Brown have just 2 receptions for 7 yards on 9 targets.<\/p>\n<p>Brown posted a cryptic message on his official X account following the win \u2014 a game in which the Eagles did not complete a pass in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re not welcomed, not listened to, quietly withdraw,\u201d the post read. \u201cDon\u2019t make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and be on your way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a different Brown than we saw the first 3 games of the season and comes just one week after he had a breakout game with 6 receptions for 110 yards and 1 touchdown in a Week 3 win over the Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a different Brown, however, than we saw during the Eagles\u2019 run to a Super Bowl win following the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>A Brief History of A.J. Brown Pouting Over Touches<\/h2>\n<p>In 2024, Brown called out Hurts, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, after he had just 4 receptions for 43 yards in a Week 14 win over the Carolina Panthers\u00a0\u2014 regardless of the fact it was Philadelphia\u2019s ninth straight victory.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Brown and Hurts had what appeared to be an argument over the same issues.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles signed Brown to a\u00a04-year, $100 million contract extension right after they traded with the Tennessee Titans for him in April 2022, then again to a 3-year, $96 million contract extension in April 2024 that keeps him in Philadelphia through the 2029 season, when Brown will be 32 years old.<\/p>\n<p>In all 3 of his seasons with the Eagles and with Hurts, Brown has been an NFL All-Pro and made 2 Pro Bowls, getting over 1,000 yards receiving each season including going over 1,400 yards each in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Social Media Reacts to Brown Stirring the Pot<\/h2>\n<p>The fact Brown was doing his passive aggressive posting following a win is something that might make even the most middle of the road NFL fan\u2019s blood boil.<\/p>\n<p>It might be a little more nuanced than that, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA.J. Brown has every right to be upset about his role in Philadelphia\u2019s offense right now,\u201d The Philly Special\u2019s Anthony DiBona wrote on his official X account. \u201cI\u2019d be concerned if he was content with his role. Some people will be upset because of his tweets but it\u2019s 2025, this is how some professional athletes voice their displeasure now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAJ Brown had 2 back to back seasons of damn near 1500 yards, almost 1100 last season, and missed some games,\u201d X user Ahmir Young wrote. \u201cDude has been an all pro 3 times, had over 100 yards just last week. On top of all that, won a Super Bowl, and he is still (expletive) crying. Like gah damn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony Adame covers the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Commanders, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens, Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos. A veteran sports writer and editor since 2004, his work has been featured at Stadium Talk, Yardbarker, NW Florida Daily News and Pensacola News Journal. More about Tony Adame<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Eagles<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eagles WR A.J. Brown took to social media to post a passive aggressive message after his 2-catch performance in Week 4 win over Buccaneers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8EAGLES WR CRYPTIC: A.J. 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