Eagles' A.J. Brown calls out rumors, says, 'I want to be here' - ESPN

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown called into a sports radio show Friday afternoon to address rumors about his future with the team.

«I have no problem. I want to be here, it's as simple as that,» Brown told Philadelphia radio station 94WIP. «I love where I'm at, it's as simple as that. Next question.»

He also called rumors of friction between himself and quarterback Jalen Hurts «total B.S.»

«I'm not going to get into me and his relationship on the air. But it's total B.S., you know what I'm saying?» he said. «It wasn't a problem when I was on my six-game streak. They wasn't talking about that then, so they only started talking about that when we started losing. Of course, you see friction from everybody, from the coaches, the players and from everybody. So there you go.»

Brown was referring to his streak of 125-plus receiving yards in six straight games, an NFL record. The Eagles started the season 10-1 but collapsed down the stretch, losing six of their final seven games.

Brown called into the radio station Friday afternoon because he was unhappy with reporting about him, calling it «personal» and saying that negativity was a reason he didn't speak to the media during stretches last season.

«You see what the media's doing right now, this past whole month. You wonder why I'm not talking to them,» he said. «I don't want to talk to them because no matter what I say, you guys are going to make a story and pinpoint it however you want to pinpoint it.»

Brown said he believes he and his teammates gave the media «the answers» after the Eagles' collapse, but «people just didn't want to accept the answers.»

«Really, I'm just taking up for my teammates,» he said, «because half of the rumors, it really be crazy.»

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