After he was traded to the New England Patriots in June, wide receiver A.J. Brown said in an interview that he and Jalen Hurts weren't as close as they once were last season with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Hurts, in an interview with GQ magazine published Tuesday, confirmed the accuracy of Brown's sentiment, but not without being pressed for an answer.
"There's no surprise that it was talked about," Hurts told GQ when asked if he and Brown had grown apart.
He then was asked again to answer whether the two had grown apart.
"I mean, clearly," he told GQ.
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Brown was asked in June by NBC Sports' Maria Taylor on the "7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony" podcast about his relationship with Hurts in his final season with the Eagles.
"Nothing happened, people just grow apart," Brown told Taylor. "Nothing happened between me and him, or our families, wives, anything. Nothing like that ever happened. Life happens, and you just look up sometimes and you just, you find yourself drifting away, and that's fine. And I think both parties accepted that."
Last month when the Eagles and Patriots took part in joint practices in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Brown told reporters that he and Hurts had not spoken since the trade. The two former teammates were seen catching up together, however, the next day at the second of two practices between the teams.