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He didn’t moan and he didn’t pout. He didn’t stomp around the sideline, he didn’t yell at his quarterback or his coaches. He didn’t do situps in the driveway.

A.J. Brown just stayed ready for an opportunity that he wasn’t sure would come.

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When it finally did, he was ready.

“Great job by him staying patient,” Jalen Hurts said. “And in the big moment, making a play, the most important play of the game in my eyes.”

Brown is one of the most explosive and productive wide receivers in football, but as the Eagles and Cowboys rolled on following the two-minute warning Thursday night, he didn’t have a catch and didn’t even have a target in the 2025 season opener.

With the Eagles nursing a

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