PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles receiver A.J. Brown was too important to the team to move him at the trade deadline, general manager Howie Roseman said Tuesday.

"I think that when you're trying to be a great team, it's hard to trade great players, and A.J. Brown is a great player," Roseman said of the team captain on a videoconference with reporters. "He wears a 'C' for a reason. He's an important part of this team, of this organization. He cares about winning, he cares about his teammates, and I think when you're a team like ours that is looking forward to an opportunity to compete for a championship, you just don't get rid of guys like that."

Brown, 28, is averaging a career-low 56.4 receiving yards per game this season and has expressed frustration over the state of the Eagles' offense on

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