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AJ Brown has 'chance' to return for Patriots-Jets clash

Brown has missed four games since suffering a high ankle sprain in the season-opening loss to Seattle; the Patriots beat the Raiders 45-17 without him.

On air: Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Kenji Moonfield on The Pile-On
Published 4:11 PM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

At a glance

First reported by New York Post: “AJ Brown has ‘chance’ to return for Patriots’ clash with Jets”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 4:11 PM ET on The Pile-On, by Hank Ledger, Vera Bullock and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Patriots, Brown, Jets.
BBN covered this story before: Drake Maye's deep passing puts Patriots QB in club with Mahomes, Love (October 12).

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New York PostAJ Brown has ‘chance’ to return for Patriots’ clash with Jets

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Post says Patriots receiver AJ Brown has a chance to play against the Jets, after missing four games with a high ankle sprain from the opener against Seattle.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA chance is a yes wearing a helmet. He's coming back, the ankle has healed, and New England is going to feel whole again.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA chance is a teaser trailer. Nobody trusts the trailer, and everybody still shows up opening weekend.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA chance is a chance. It's also what I have of getting a straight answer from either of you.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me finish. They just beat the Raiders forty-five to seventeen without him, so imagine what he adds to that!
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentForty-five. They scored forty-five without him. Maybe he's the problem and nobody wants to say it.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat is a terrible thing to say about an injured man, and I'm going to send him a fruit basket on behalf of the entire desk.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA fruit basket.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIf he plays and catches ten, I called it. If he sits, I said it was only a chance, and that's airtight either way.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's not a take, that's a hedge with a hoodie on.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe only person who knows about that ankle is the ankle, and it isn't on this panel.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt would be so much more fun if it were.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPut the ankle on the panel. It would out-talk both of you.