A.J. Brown is officially a Patriot — and he couldn't be happier

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Patriots Nation, News, Ja'lynn Polk, Football, Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots, Afc East, Afc, Mike Vrabel, Sports, Tom E. Curran, Sports News, Phil Perry, Nfl

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

A.J. Brown has arrived in New England. Tom and Phil break down everything that came out of Foxboro today, including Brown’s clear excitement about becoming a Patriot. They discuss whether Mike Vrabel has any concerns about Brown’s reputation as a demanding personality, the surprising comp Josh McDaniels made for Brown and how he looked in his first official practice with the team.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up everybody?
0:13.4	Welcome into Tom Carren's Patriots Talk podcast featuring Phil Perry, OTA access today.
0:19.2	Big news of the day, A.J. Brown unveiled and on the practice field, we'll also touch
0:24.8	briefly on some of the news. Julian Hill lost for the season, the tight end signed
0:28.5	from the Miami Dolphins. He'll be gone.
0:32.1	The Gonzalez situation remains somewhat collegial.
0:35.1	Mike Frable speaking briefly on that.
0:37.0	Joint practices with the Eagles and Colts will be ahead this summer.
0:41.5	And minicamp's going to be next week.
0:43.2	Great news for us.
0:44.9	Yeah, I love that.
0:46.0	I'm okay with that.
0:47.6	They didn't ask me, but I'm okay with it.
0:49.9	No, and if they had, I would have been the same.
0:52.5	But no one cares, Tom.
0:54.1	What they care about is Action Jackson Brown, A.J. Brown.
0:58.0	Here is Mike Vrable initially speaking about A.J. Brown.
1:00.9	And here's A.J. Brown talking, well, basically, this is a dream come true.
1:04.9	Just trying to improve our football team every possible way.
1:09.6	You know, give our offense multiple weapons to build on what we did last year.
1:14.8	And I think having, you know, experience with the person, you know, to be able to add an accomplished
1:21.2	NFL football player, receiver, premium player at his position, but somebody that we also, you know, feel strongly about as a person and a competitor and as a teammate.
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