A.J. Brown Shares Photos of Himself Wearing Tom Brady Jersey as a Child After Patriots Trade — But Fans Question If They're A.I.-Generated
A.J. Brown Shares Photos of Himself Wearing Tom Brady Jersey as a Child After Patriots Trade — But Fans Question If They're A.I.-Generated
Natasha DyeTue, June 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM UTC
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A.J. Brown shared a throwback photo that fans suspect he made using artificial intelligence
The Philadelphia Eagles traded Brown to the Patriots on Friday, June 1, after four seasons
Brady showed support for the NFL player in the comments section of Brown's post
A.J. Brown celebrated his trade to the New England Patriots with a nod to the team's legendary quarterback, Tom Brady.
After Brown, 28, was traded from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Patriots (as first reported by Ian Rapoport on Monday, June 1), the NFL star took to social media with an apt throwback photo, but people suspect the image was crafted using artificial intelligence.
Brown shared two pictures of himself as a young child wearing Tom Brady's iconic No. 12 Patriots jersey in a post on Instagram.
Brown left the post's caption blank and allowed the images to speak for themselves, but fans are suspicious that the photos are A.I., namely because of the Nike check on Brown's jersey — the company was not the NFL's apparel partner when he was a child — and because the Patriots' wordmark on his chest matches the one that the team did not use until 2013.
Instagram even flagged the post, noting it "may have been created with AI."
The post still caught's Brady's attention and the former Patriots quarterback, 48, commented a handful of heart emojis. Eagles fans reacted to the post in the comments, with some thanking Brown for his time with the Eagles and others expressing emotional turmoil over their favorite wide receiver's departure from Philadelphia.
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"You couldn’t wait to post these smfh, congratulations dawg. I’m pissed," one user said, while Eagles cornerback Cooper DeJean commented a single heart.
Aside from his throwback photos in Brady's jersey, Brown took the opportunity to poke fun at the trade with an "official statement" in a sponsored post from a moving company, Angi, whom he said would help him move from Philadelphia to his new digs in New England.
Before Brown's departure from the Eagles, rumors of a rift between him and quarterback Jalen Hurts began to swirl after Hurts was noticeably absent from Brown's wedding on May 18.
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On May 28, Hurts told the media that "nothing's changed" regarding their friendship and said they're "really good."
"I saw how beautiful the pictures came out at his wedding," Hurts said, adding that he's "very happy for him, and his wife and his family," and "very excited and congratulatory towards that.”
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