A.J. Brown passed his physical and practiced with the Patriots for the first time on Tuesday, insisting his knees are fine after a history that once raised trade concerns with the Rams.
A.J. Brown walked through his first Patriots day with a clear message in the background: his knees aren’t holding him back.
Brown passed his physical and practiced with his new team for the first time on Tuesday. The Patriots have no concerns about Brown’s health, and Brown doesn’t either.
That confidence lands with extra weight because a report in April had flagged Rams interest in trading for Brown. That interest reportedly cooled when concerns about his knee came up.
Brown’s own knee history stretches back to the 2020 season opener against the Broncos, when he injured his right knee and missed one game. In 2021, he had minor cleanup surgery on both of his knees.
When he was asked about his condition Tuesday, Brown didn’t hedge. “No injury, nothing to worry about,” Brown said, via Sophie Weller of USA Today. “You got to understand where I came from, so any conversation about anything is going to come up. So maybe in what, four years, I’ve missed one game from a shot to the knee.
“So that’s nothing to worry about. I’m good. I’m ready to go.”
Brown, who turns 29 this month, enters his eighth season with his focus pointed forward. Tuesday’s questions also circled the future—how much time he believes he has left in his career.
“You’ll see,” Brown said as he left the podium at the conclusion of his news conference.
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Knees are fine?? we’ll see lol
So the Rams wanted to trade for him but then his knees were the issue? That feels like every player ever. I’m glad he passed the physical though.
Idk why people even worried, he missed like one game? That’s basically nothing. Also doesn’t “minor cleanup surgery” mean they just like… brushed it off and sent him back out? Patriots PR already sounds like it.
I swear every time a WR switches teams it’s the same thing, “my knees are fine.” Like okay but he had surgery in 2021 and injured it in 2020, so if it’s not bothering him right now then cool, but it’ll pop up later. And why does it matter who was interested in a trade back in April, doesn’t it always come down to something health related anyway? I’m rooting for him but I’m not fully buying the “nothing to worry about” part.