A.J. Brown's constant complaining hasn't prevented the Eagles from winning but it's not helping

A.J. Brown is close that the Philadelphia Eagles request to hole their offense.

His changeless complaining isn’t helping the situation, though.

Brown has made it wide done cryptic posts connected societal media and nationalist comments that he’s not blessed with his role.

It hasn’t been a distraction to the squad — yet.

There was play surrounding Brown past play erstwhile seasoned walk rusher Brandon Graham said connected his vigor amusement that Brown and Jalen Hurts had a damaged relationship. It didn’t halt the Eagles from winning the Super Bowl.

And, they’ve continued winning.

The Eagles are 7-2. They bushed the Chiefs, Buccaneers, Vikings and Packers connected the road. They bushed the Rams astatine home. All were awesome victories. Some were ugly. But wins are wins. They’re successful presumption to go the archetypal NFC East squad to triumph consecutive part titles successful 2 decades.

But the extremity successful Philadelphia is to repeat. Anything little than different Super Bowl parade connected Broad Street wouldn’t beryllium considered a success.

That’s wherefore Brown is frustrated. He sees the discourtesy underachieving. He knows it won’t beryllium bully capable to triumph important games successful January unless the Eagles tin get connected track.

“It’s not that I don’t attraction astir winning, each I attraction astir is stats, no,” Brown told reporters connected Wednesday. “It’s been week aft week sometimes we’re not contributing, we’re not doing our occupation connected offense. You can’t conscionable support slapping a Band-Aid implicit that if you expect to triumph aboriginal successful the year. You deliberation you’re conscionable going to spell to it astatine the extremity of the year? It’s not going to. ... happen. It’s not going to happen. It’s not going to happen.

“Last year, what it was, convey you for the ring, but it’s a caller season. They adapted. We person to accommodate and we person to proceed to get amended and find caller ways. That’s wherever the vexation comes in. Because it’s not astir winning, you guys. I privation to win, yes. I privation to assistance lend arsenic well. Do our happening connected discourtesy arsenic well. I deliberation that’s fair.”

Brown lone has 31 catches for 408 yards and 3 touchdowns. He has caught 1 oregon 2 passes successful 3 of the 8 games he’s played. Brown is an elite receiver who has been a second-team All-Pro 3 consecutive seasons. Hurts and first-year violative coordinator Kevin Patullo simply person to find ways to get him much progressive successful the offense.

Playmakers request the football.

“A.J. Brown is 1 of the champion wide receivers successful the NFL, truthful of people we’re trying to get him progressive successful the crippled each azygous time,” Sirianni said. “Sometimes, it goes similar it did successful the Rams crippled oregon the Vikings crippled and sometimes it goes similar it did successful this past game.”

Hurts is ace cautious arsenic a passer. He’s lone thrown 1 interception. He prefers harmless throws. He doesn’t springiness Brown arsenic galore one-on-one, 50-50 opportunities arsenic he’d like. It’s hard to blasted Hurts. The Eagles are winning games and winning the turnover conflict is simply a large crushed for their success.

Hurts did propulsion an ill-advised heavy shot to Brown connected fourth-and-6 from the Packers 35 with 33 seconds near successful a 10-7 crippled connected Monday night. Coach Nick Sirianni insisted helium called the play adjacent though players indicated Hurts and Brown changed it.

“I deliberation it’s just for maine to adjacent accidental that we bash request to bash a amended occupation of creating for me, trying to assistance enactment maine successful situations to assistance to contribute,” Brown said. “But close now, it conscionable feels arsenic if I’m conscionable freeing it up for everybody.”

While Brown’s accumulation has decreased, DeVonta Smith has stepped into the No. 1 wideout role. He has 48 receptions for 657 yards and 3 TDs.

Overall, the Eagles are 25th successful the NFL successful passing discourtesy and 21st successful the run. That’s been the biggest astonishment due to the fact that Saquon Barkley acceptable an NFL grounds with 2,504 yards rushing successful the regular play and playoffs successful 2024. This season, he’s averaging conscionable 3.9 yards per carry, down from 5.8.

The violative enactment isn’t opening up the aforesaid moving lanes and Philadelphia’s inability to person occurrence connected the crushed has had a antagonistic impact connected the passing attack.

The Eagles person a immense trial connected Sunday nighttime against the Detroit Lions (6-3). They look the Bears (6-3), Chargers (7-3) and Bills (6-3) implicit the last 7 games.

Brown and Barkley person to get going for the Eagles to person a accidental to repeat.

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