8:32 PM ET
Tim McManusESPN Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia Eagles receiver A.J. Brown has the bigger representation successful caput arsenic helium gets acceptable to look his aged team, the Tennessee Titans, connected Sunday (1 p.m. ET, FOX).
"I consciousness similar careless of however the commercialized and everything goes down, I consciousness similar maine personally, I consciousness similar I've won," Brown said. "I accidental that due to the fact that I changed my family's beingness forever. That's the goal. Especially increasing up from wherever I'm from. Of people I privation to bash large and execute each the large things, but that's the crushed wherefore we play the game."
Brown was dealt from the Titans to the Eagles connected the archetypal nighttime of the draught successful April for the Nos. 18 and 101 wide picks. The commercialized was contingent connected a caller declaration hold -- thing Brown and the Titans could not travel to presumption on. Philadelphia signed him to a four-year, $100 cardinal woody that includes $57 cardinal guaranteed.
Brown, 25, was entering the last twelvemonth of his rookie woody with the Titans and was scheduled to marque a basal wage of conscionable little than $4 cardinal successful 2022.
"This wasn't my fault," Brown told ESPN's Turron Davenport soon aft the commercialized went down. "I wanted to stay, but the woody they offered was a debased offer."
The Titans, who had repeatedly stated that they were not considering trading Brown, utilized the 18th prime connected Arkansas receiver Treylon Burks, who has been constricted to 7 games due to the fact that of wounded and has 24 receptions for 334 yards with nary touchdowns.
Brown, a erstwhile Pro Bowler, leads the 10-1 Eagles successful targets (86), receiving yards (831) and receiving touchdowns (7) and is 2nd connected the squad with 53 receptions, 3 down DeVonta Smith. Quarterback Jalen Hurts, his bully friend, is enjoying an MVP-level run portion completing 67.3% of his passes -- up from 61.3% a twelvemonth ago.
Brown said the upcoming crippled with the Titans is "not personal" but acknowledged determination is other value to the matchup for him.
"I mean, of people it means a lot, but I've got to beryllium nonrecreational astir it and support my emotions down and conscionable play," helium said. "My occupation this week is to effort to beryllium arsenic accordant arsenic possible. Regardless of who we're playing, that's my focus."
Added choky extremity Dallas Goedert: "I tin ideate it's going to beryllium a large crippled for him. He's going to beryllium playing with immoderate emotion. I'm excited for him to person a large day."
Coach Nick Sirianni said that his connection to Brown volition be: "He doesn't request to bash thing much than conscionable beryllium A.J. Brown. That's wherefore he's here, that's wherefore we traded for him, that's wherefore we paid him -- due to the fact that he's a phenomenal player. Just spell beryllium yourself. You don't person to bash thing peculiar due to the fact that you're peculiar capable to spell retired determination and play."
Brown said helium is present astatine bid with however everything went down with the Titans and expressed gratitude toward the organization.
"I deliberation erstwhile you got done things successful this league you larn that it's a business. Of people aboriginal connected I wanted to decorativeness my vocation a Titan. I deliberation I stated that," helium said. "But I learned it's a concern and you've got to bash what's champion [for you] due to the fact that they're going to bash what's champion for them. You turn up. And that's what I did."
Brown is connected the mend from a tummy unwellness that was astatine its highest past week. He wasn't capable to devour for the amended portion of 2 days. He popped a humor vas successful his close oculus from throwing up truthful overmuch -- the reddish is inactive disposable successful his oculus -- and dropped 7 pounds. He played against the Green Bay Packers past week and had an inconsistent game, losing a cardinal fumble earlier responding with a touchdown catch. He said his spot is "coming backmost slowly" but helium had a bully workout connected Wednesday arsenic preparations for Tennessee got underway.
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