The frustration with the Eagles passing game might just be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown’s relationship.
The Eagles passing game was a glaring issue on Sunday against the Panthers, and after the game several people spoke about the problem, including Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown. They both alluded to the fact that it’s hard to be synchronized or in a rhythm when so much of the offense is dedicated to the run game, but Brown’s comments were far more curt than Hurts.
The WR succinctly stated the “passing” was an issue, but didn’t directly call out Hurts. Since he made that comment, everyone outside the building has been speculating whether Brown was putting the onus on Hurts or if it’s a bigger problem with the system.
The speculation didn’t get any better on Monday when Brandon Graham took the mic on 94WIP and implied that the personal friendship between Hurts and Brown has changed — even saying that they can’t let their personal stuff affect the business relationship.
“The person [A.J. Brown] that’s complaining need to be accountable. And I’m just being honest, you know what I’m saying. And like, he knows this.
I don’t know the whole story, but I know that [Jalen Hurts] is trying, and I mean, [Brown] could be a little better with how he responds to things. And, they was friends before this, but things have changed. I understand that, because life happens, but it’s the business side that we have to make sure that we don’t let the personal get in the way of the business. And that’s what we gotta do better right now, because we know it’s an issue, everybody’s seeing some things. But we need to be able to talk things out as men. You know what I’m saying?
But we need to let personal stuff go, and let’s get right for this game, because it’s like a lot of stuff most of the time it’s just a conversation that just needs to be had. But the person with the problem, gotta want to talk to the person, other than others.”
This does seem a little overblown — especially considering just two weeks ago, the QB and WR were doing their Fresh Prince celebration with huge smiles on their faces. But, it’s also reasonable that BG has some insight from the locker room that we don’t.
Hopefully, regardless of how these two (former?) best friends feel about each other off the field, they can work together and come up with some solutions to the passing game to get the Eagles where they need to go this postseason.
