From bad to worse the season for the Philadelphia Eagles. This Sunday, the defending champions said goodbye to the campaign by falling to the San Francisco 49ers, Furthermore, part of the team left a very bad impression during the meeting, especially the boss Nick Sirianni and the star receiver AJ Brown, who had a couple of words against each other.
The Eagles had a poor offensive performance for much of the game. Saquon Barkley was key to the game, overcoming the 100 yards rushingbut the air offensive left much to be desired because they only had 168 yardsof which 25 were from AJ Brown.
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Discussion between HC and WR
After a difficult offensive series for the Eagles, in which AJ Brown missed a pair of deep catches on the team’s final possession of the first half, the receiver and the head coach got into an angry argument.
The incident occurred when Sirianni ran down the sideline to confront Brown, apparently with the intention of removing him from the playing field. The receiver responded directly to the coach and, after the exchange, other team members had to intervene to separate them and help Brown back away. The scene was captured by television cameras and analyzed in real time by the transmission team.
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Minimized the problem
In the press conference after the defeat, Nick Sirianni explained that His intention was for Brown to leave the field because the team was going to punt the ball.n, and ruled out any resentment over what happened. “I love AJ very much. I think he knows how I feel about him. I have a special relationship with him. We’ve probably been through every emotion possible together. We have laughed together, we have cried together, we have yelled at each other. We are both sensitive… That happens in this game”, declared the head coach of Philadelphia. Brown declined to speak to the media.
The altercation drew attention because it occurred almost exactly a year after Brown was seen reading the book “Inner Excellence,” of Jim Murphy, during a playoff game last season, an image that at the time generated multiple comments.
In the regular season, AJ Brown He accumulated 1,003 receiving yardsthe seventh most in the league, in what was his fourth consecutive season with at least 1,000 yards. In addition, he added seven touchdowns on 78 receptions and was part of the team that won the NFC East for the second consecutive season, after the Super Bowl title won the previous year, however, it seems that his days with Philadelphia are numbered.
Aims to leave the Eagles | AP
