The Eagles’ star wide receiver has a right to be frustrated.
The Philadelphia Eagles are 4-0 and all is well in the world.
Right?
Maybe not?
A.J. Brown, who declined to speak to reporters after the Birds’ win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, instead took to Twitter to post some cryptic tweets.
First, this:
Then he shared Mark 6:11 from the Bible:
Maybe it’s nothing. But it doesn’t feel like nothing when Brown’s lack of involvement has surprisingly been a major issue for the Eagles’ offense this season.
Brown did not lack targets in the Eagles’ Week 4 win; he had nine passes come his way. Those accounted for 37.5% of Jalen Hurts’ 24 passing attempts. But they resulted in just two catches for seven yards. And it’s not like Brown stunk as much as the offensive design wasn’t really putting him in positions to succeed. Case in point, there was a second half series where he was targeted three straight times on short routes where the Bucs’ defense easily locked in on breaking those up to force a three-and-out.
Brown’s numbers from each game this season:
Week 1 — 1 target, 1 reception, 6 yards, 0 TD
Week 2 — 8 targets, 5 receptions, 27 yards, 0 TD
Week 3 — 10 targets, 6 receptions, 109 yards, 1 TD
Week 4 — 9 targets, 2 receptions, 7 yards, 0 TD
Brown is averaging just 37.3 yards per game. That’s well under his 78.1 yards per game career average entering 2025. And his 85.8 average with the Eagles prior to this season.
It felt like the Eagles had turned a corner and figured out how to properly get Brown involved after the Eagles’ Week 3 comeback win over the Rams. But apparently not.
Brown has every reason to be frustrated and/or confused. Yeah, the Eagles are winning. But they’re unnecessarily making it harder on themselves than it has to be. Getting Brown going shouldn’t be this difficult.
Figure it out.
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