Patriots' Trent Brown talks tumultuous 2023 season, claims coaches were trying to 'f--- with' him

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New England Patriots offensive lineman Trent Brown appeared to be unhappy for a good part of the 2023 season as the team fell into the bottom barrel of the NFL.

Before Brown left the Patriots’ facility for the season, he strongly pushed back on the negative reports that swirled around him over the course of the year. Brown took issue with "anonymous sources" leaking information and denied ever speaking about wanting to join an NFC East team.

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Trent Brown, #77 of the New England Patriots, walks off the field after the first half of a game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on Oct. 15, 2023 in Las Vegas. (Chris Unger/Getty Images)

"It’s been a rough year," he told NESN in an interview published Tuesday. "This has been a year like no other that I’ve had in my NFL career as far as the amount of anonymous sources that have come forward to spew complete lies about my character.

"It’s been tough to even go in the building every day knowing that there’s somebody that I probably look at every day, or smiles in my face every day, that is running a smear campaign."

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New England Patriots offensive tackle Trent Brown, #77, walks toward the team bench during the game between the New England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023 at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida. (Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Brown touched on the Patriots’ struggles, pointing to the departure of Ted Karras, the trade of Shaq Mason and the lack of doing anything to fill the