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In a video shared by the official Eagles team on TikTok, A.J. Brown said something that might have you scratching your head: “Do you believe the earth is flat?”
Brown continued his tin foil hat routine by saying, “Have you ever paid attention to rockets when they take off? I want you to look up rockets taking off, and see the angle it takes off at, and wonder why it never goes straight in the air.”
This isn’t the first time an athlete has dabbled in the flat Earth debate. Some fans quickly connected A.J. Brown’s words to the infamous comments made by Kyrie Irving a few years back. Kyrie asked, “Can you openly admit that you know the Earth is constitutionally round? Like, you know that for sure? Like, I don’t know.” He then dropped the classic, ‘Do your own research for what you want to believe in’ line.
#Eagles WR A.J. Brown questions if the earth is actually flat 🌍
Brown: "Have you ever paid attention to rockets when they take off? I want you to look up rockets taking off, and see the angle it takes off at, and wonder why it never goes straight in the air."
Is he pulling a… pic.twitter.com/lCWi5urpWz
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 29, 2023
While A.J. Brown’s clip isn’t reaching Kyrie levels of viral fame, it’s definitely got some people talking.
Eagles fans probably only care about Brown’s performance on the field. Conspiracy theories aside, he’s having a stellar season, with 5 consecutive games of at least 125 receiving yards and a total of 809 yards on 52 catches, along with 3 touchdowns.