Rat Dianna Russini shares her AJ Brown sources heading into the NFL trade deadline and it’s flat out embarrassing

Anyone with a brain — which apparently only Philadelphia Eagles fans have — knew that Howie Roseman was never going to trade A.J. Brown. Despite all the ridiculous rumors being thrown around, and no matter what he was posting on Instagram, that move was never happening.

But everyone’s favorite rat reporter, Dianna Russini, was leading the charge with all this A.J. Brown nonsense. And the best part? She was wrong. She even got called out by Adam Schefter himself — you can read between the lines on that one.

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“I truthfully do not believe there was anything there. Could somebody have called and said, ‘is AJ Brown available’? Maybe, not that I’m aware of, [someone] could have called. It doesn’t matter they weren’t going to trade [AJ Brown]. It wasn’t going to happen”.

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— 97.5 The Fanatic (@975TheFanatic) November 5, 2025

And here comes Dianna Russini back pedaling on Ryen Russillo’s new podcast with Barstool. This was her moment to finally clear everything up and come out of the storm damp, so to speak. Instead she completely dropped the ball when sharing her sources and she came out of the storm soaking wet actually.

Dianna Russini shares her AJ Brown sources

How close was AJ Brown to being dealt at the deadline? @TheRyenRussillo @DMRussini @DraftKings #DKPartner pic.twitter.com/9Ar10UMSL8

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In other words, her sources were: “trust me bro.”

Great work Dianna. And look, I don’t mean to rip her entirely, at the end of the day she’s just doing her job. But, at the same time maybe have some more pride in your work?

Are we really just going to keep beating the same drum for clicks? When do we decide to be bigger than that and do some real investigative journalism here?

I mean seriously…

Dianna Russini has way more credibility and connections in the industry than I do — yet it turns out I was right and she was wrong. Riddle me that.

Just some kid who’s been blogging and creating content about the Philadelphia Eagles since the pandemic — back when all sports were shut down, and for some idiotic reason, we thought that was the perfect time to launch this website.

Now look at us.

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