After the Philadelphia Eagles edged past the Carolina Panthers 22-16, star receiver AJ Brown told reporters that “passing” was the reason the offense wasn’t clicking; NFL triple-header live on Sky Sports this Sunday, starting with Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans from 6pm
Drama was brewing with the Philadelphia Eagles this week, despite the team sitting 11-2 on the season and in the midst of a nine-game win streak.
After the Eagles squeaked past the three-win Carolina Panthers 22-16 last Sunday, star receiver AJ Brown told reporters that “passing” was the reason the offense wasn’t clicking as expected.
Defensive end Brandon Graham then added fuel to the fire when saying that Brown and quarterback Jalen Hurts aren’t as close as they have been in the past.
“They were friends before this, but things have changed, and I understand that because life happens,” Graham said, before attempting to reframe his position with an apology to both players for “assuming that it was something it wasn’t.”
Brown, coming off consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons, but held to only 109 yards over they last two games, isn’t necessarily wrong in his assessment of the recent stagnation of the passing game.
Hurts, who signed a contract extension ahead of the 2023 season that was worth $179.3 million guaranteed , has thrown for fewer than 200 yards in three-straight games.
But Sky Sports’ Pheobe Schecter, speaking on the latest Inside The Huddle Podcast, called for Brown and the Eagles to be more “selfless” in their pursuit of a Super Bowl and avoid the same sort of meltdown suffered last season when losing six of their last seven into the playoffs.