Issues appear to be going nice with the Philadelphia Eagles.
On the one hand, the Eagles are once more atop the NFC, due to Monday night time’s win over the Inexperienced Bay Packers. That 10-7 victory moved Philadelphia to 7-2 on the season, placing them again within the driver’s seat for the No. 1 seed within the NFC. If the NFL playoffs started this weekend, the street to Tremendous Bowl LX out of the convention would run by means of Lincoln Monetary Area.
A.J. Brown was focused simply thrice in that recreation — together with a fourth-down play late within the contest the place Jalen Hurts focused him on a go ball alongside the left sideline, a play that led to some head scratching across the league — and caught two of these passes for 13 yards. Brown has simply two 100-yard video games this yr, and has scored three receiving touchdowns.
And when you’ve got him in your fantasy workforce, you may wish to drop him. That’s not coming from me, however from Brown himself:
His Madden stats, nevertheless, are slightly higher it appears:
With these feedback lighting up social media within the hours forward of Nick Sirianni’s weekly press convention, the Eagles head coach was requested about Brown repeatedly on Wednesday.
Requested if the feedback had been a “distraction,” Sirianni insisted they weren’t.
“No, I don’t assume so,” Sirianni mentioned. “You may solely go out of your interactions with all people and the way in which they go about their work each day that you just guys aren’t capable of see. No, it’s enterprise as ordinary.”
The top coach then, chatting with Brown’s manufacturing, outlined how generally the field rating doesn’t inform the entire story.
“Once more, should you have a look at the sport and the way the sport went, there’s plenty of performs in that recreation which might be going to him that for various causes don’t,” Sirianni mentioned. “For example, [DeVonta Smith’s] landing. That play goes to A.J. They took it away and he threw it excessive. You may’t have a look at stats and simply say that is what’s taking place. You may’t paint the image that approach. I do know that’s generally all the data that you just guys could have however you possibly can’t have a look at it that approach and say, ‘Right here’s how the sport is taking part in out.’ There are causes and various things.
“A.J. Brown is without doubt one of the greatest large receivers within the NFL so after all we’re attempting to get him concerned within the recreation each single time. Generally it goes prefer it did within the Rams recreation or the Vikings recreation and generally it goes prefer it did in that recreation.”
Nonetheless, because the questions on Brown continued, Sirianni moved to alter the subject.
“I’m near being achieved answering these questions with this,” Sirianni mentioned. “He’s working onerous and he’s a giant a part of this recreation plan and will probably be a giant a part of the sport plan going ahead. He’s working like loopy when he’s right here and I’m excited to have him.”
Bear in mind … this workforce is 7-2 and coming off a Tremendous Bowl win.
