Philadelphia Eagles huge receiver A.J. Brown as soon as once more generated headlines when he stated throughout a Tuesday night time stream that he was coping with a “sh– show” outdoors of his private life.
On Wednesday, Brown stood by his feedback when he revealed he was “not apologizing” for venting his obvious frustrations concerning the Philadelphia offense. Throughout a Thursday look on Philadelphia’s 94WIP Sports activities Radio, Eagles legend and present ESPN character Jason Kelce addressed the most recent Brown-related matter.
Is Jason Kelce anxious about newest A.J. Brown feedback?
“It isn’t as large of a deal because the media is making it to be,” Kelce stated, per Patrick McAvoy of Sports activities Illustrated. “I believe that there is frustrations. I believe that within the recreation of soccer, there’s continually frustrations build up inside groups, inside place teams, inside coaches and gamers, and these are issues which can be all the time, that is the course of a season, the course of a relationship on this recreation. I believe it’s being made a much bigger deal than it really is.”
Brown has a lengthy history of talking publicly and overtly about wanting “to contribute” extra throughout video games. He provided his newest feedback after he recorded simply two catches for 13 yards on three targets in Philadelphia’s 10-7 win over the Inexperienced Bay Packers on Monday night time.
Whereas that victory improved the reigning Tremendous Bowl champions to 7-2 on the season, Brown stated on Tuesday that fantasy soccer homeowners ought to “eliminate me.” On Wednesday, head coach Nick Sirianni insisted issues have been “enterprise as common” for the Eagles behind the scenes following Brown’s newest complaints.
Does Jason Kelce suppose A.J. Brown is a distraction for the Eagles?
“…It has been a distraction,” Kelce acknowledged concerning the Brown saga that goes back to final season. “I believe that may be very true. However you are continually being distracted. There are continually, particularly in in the present day’s age, there are going to be media stories, individuals crushing this participant, crushing your coach, individuals saying, ‘You suck.'”
“[Brown is] a really well-liked individual in that constructing,” Kelce added. “He was a terrific teammate in my time there. I perceive his frustrations. I perceive the offense’s frustrations. The sport is a really exhausting sport. That place, specifically, may be very reliant on a number of individuals. It is a very irritating place to play at instances. I believe that, all in all, none of this makes me suppose any much less of A.J. as a teammate.”
Kelce additionally thinks the Eagles “will likely be superb transferring ahead” simply as they have been final season, when alleged issues between Brown and quarterback Jalen Hurts did not forestall the membership from successful the Tremendous Bowl.
For now, Sirianni will do no matter he can to assist Brown and Co. concentrate on this coming Sunday night time’s residence recreation versus the Detroit Lions (6-3). It may very well be attention-grabbing to see how typically Hurts targets Brown within the contest’s first half following the occasions of the previous few days.
