Jalen Hurts reveals context of long meeting held with Saquon Barkley and A.J. Brown ahead of Giants clash

Jalen Hurts discusses private meeting with AJ Brown and Saquon Barkley - via Getty/CMS
Jalen Hurts discusses private meeting with AJ Brown and Saquon Barkley - via Getty/CMS

Jalen Hurts is currently not having the best relationship with AJ Brown, but he is trying his best to mend it.

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Speaking to the media during practice against the New York Giants on Tuesday, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback confirmed reports that he and his primary pass-catcher had held a private meeting that also involved star running back Saquon Barkley the day before, after their team lost for the first time in 2025 against the Denver Broncos:

“Yeah, that’s just us talking about the collective, talking about taking ownership for what we can, talking about how we move forward as a team so we can continue to find ways to win games.”
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Barkley, meanwhile, refused to reveal more details of the conversation, but insisted that it went well:

“I feel like that conversation is meant to stay between us. The focus was all about the team, which I think is a good thing.”

Across five games, Brown has had just 194 yards and a touchdown on 19 catches. Barkley, who had a season-worst six carries for 30 yards against the Broncos, has rushed 83 times for 267 yards and three touchdowns.

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Eagles HC Nick Sirianni exonerates Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown after failed connection vs. Broncos

The aforementioned loss was sealed at four seconds of the final quarter, when Jalen Hurts sought a Hail Mary pass but failed to find it. But there was arguably a bigger missed opportunity earlier in the game, when he overthrew A.J. Brown for what would have been a 60-yard touchdown.

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For head coach Nick Sirianni, however, it was the Broncos' defense that caused the incompletion. He said on Monday:

“I look back at that and definitely see the reroute affected us. ...That’s what defenses do. Sometimes you’re expecting a certain look, they give you a different look or they reroute in the middle of it. That definitely affected it. ...So hats off to them.”
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Both Hurts and Brown, meanwhile, took responsibility:

Brown: “From my point of view, it was just missed. It’s not that I didn’t think the ball was coming. When I looked up, I didn’t see the ball. When I looked back, I didn’t see the ball. And then the ball was thrown.”
Hurts: “That was a shot. You either hit it or you don’t, and we didn’t hit that one. ...That definitely could have been a dagger.”

Kickoff for the Eagles-Giants game is at 8:15 pm ET on Amazon Prime Video.

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