After officially being traded to his childhood favorite team, the New England Patriots, on June 1, AJ Brown stopped by the Philadelphia Eagles facility for one last time to collect some things, say some goodbyes, and leave a message to anyone who walks through the Jefferson Health Training Complex: “The best to ever play here. Always open.”
To some, this was just Brown being Brown, as he is without a doubt one of the more braggadocious players in the NFL, but some, like former player-turned-WIP host Ike Reese, took it personally. Why? Because not only was Brown trying to dictate his legacy despite a very messy trade demand, but he was also disrespecting players who came before him.
“You’re trying to dictate your legacy here, which no other player has ever really done that successfully, right?” Reese asked. “Like trying to say how great you are and what you were and what you meant to the team while orchestrating your departure, but you’re not that. That’s not getting covered up. Now we’re trying to be respectful, meaning this Eagle fan base, for the most part, and… I’ve never heard so many qualifications when talking about a guy who forced his way out of here. Oh, man, he’s a great guy. He didn’t disrupt the team. He didn’t tear up the team. Everybody loves him in the building. Guess what? This makes him look even worse!”
A strong take, right? Well, Reese wasn’t done, as he wanted to note just how strange Brown’s post-Eagles media tour has been, as if everything was so good in Philadelphia, why had he been trying to orchestrate a trade for months?
“Why does he want out right if everybody loves him? Everybody loves him in the building. He’s such a great teammate. You got a new offensive system, a new offensive coordinator. Why do you want out? Look, according to AJ, him and Jalen? You’re fine, nothing anything specific there that happened. They just grew apart,” Reese noted.
“So you can’t be on the team because you grew apart from the quarterback. Y’all not as close as you all were but you got all this love in the building. You’re such a great Eagle, but you can’t wait to get to your childhood team. And you orchestrated all this behind the scenes, you did. You asked for a trade during the season when the team was undefeated. You did all this but now all of a sudden you’re the greatest ever to play here. Yeah. No, thanks graced us with your presence? It seems like we were lucky to have him. Yeah, you were lucky to be here, buddy.”
Will fans ever really know the true story behind Brown’s exit? Considering how much Brown has shared over the past few weeks, that feels inevitable, but for now, it would appear the Eagles have closed the door on his era with the team, even if the former No. 11 left them a message on the way out.
Ike Reese on A.J. Brown reportedly writing he is the “best ever” on his image at the Eagles’ practice facility:
“Outrageous…And you’re trying to dictate your legacy here…I’ve never heard so many qualifications when talking about a guy who forced he’s way out of here.” pic.twitter.com/u1TS2RPFmd
— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) June 9, 2026
After officially being traded to his childhood favorite team, the New England Patriots, on June 1, AJ Brown stopped by the Philadelphia Eagles facility for one last time to collect some things, say some goodbyes, and leave a message to anyone who walks through the Jefferson Health Training Complex: “The best to ever play here.