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Nobody needed Saquon Barkley to tell Eagles fans the AJ Brown wink was a joke

Drew Smith
February 21, 2026
Eagles
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Saquon Barkley went on NFL Live today to let everyone know that AJ Brown winking on Julian Edelman’s podcast was “all fun and games” and that AJ is a huge Patriots fan. He added that Eagles fans shouldn’t panic.

Appreciated, Saquon. But also, we knew.

Saquon Barkley on AJ Brown:

Saquon Barkley said on NFL Live today that AJ Brown’s wink on Julian Edelman’s podcast was “all fun and games” and that AJ is a huge Patriots fan.

He added that Eagles fans shouldn’t panic.

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— Eagles Fan Central (@PhilaFanCentral) February 20, 2026

Every Eagles fan with a functioning brain understood that AJ Brown joking around on a podcast with a former Patriots receiver was not a distress signal. It was a bit. It was funny. The guy was having a good time and the fans who were actually paying attention thought it was entertaining.

None of this required a national television appearance from Saquon Barkley to clear up. The reason it required a national television appearance is 94.1 WIP.

94.1 WIP radio host Joe DeCamara delivers a delusional “message” for AJ Brown

This is exactly what that station does.

They take something that isn’t a story, manufacture a crisis out of it, and then the noise gets loud enough that it starts bleeding into the national conversation. Now Saquon Barkley is on ESPN doing damage control for a non-issue, which makes it look like the Philadelphia fanbase was actually panicking, which we weren’t, because the people panicking were radio hosts looking for content, not real fans.

WIP does not speak for this city. They never have.

The majority of Philly sports fans want absolutely nothing to do with the takes coming out of that station, and yet every time something like this happens, they end up being the loudest voice in the room. It reflects on all of us whether we like it or not, and that’s the part that is genuinely infuriating.

AJ Brown is fine. He was joking. Everyone outside of sports talk radio already knew that.

Moving on.