Philadelphia Eagles Wide Receiver A.J. Brown Insists He’s Not Angry With Coach Nick Sirianni
Philadelphia Eagles star A.J. Brown has moved to quash talk of a falling out between him and his head coach, Nick Sirianni. The wide receiver has cut a rather forlorn figure in recent games, and that has led to speculation that all is not well at the Lincoln Financial Field franchise.
The Eagles have stuttered into the Wild Card Playoffs and have looked like a shell of the team that started the season so brightly. Philadelphia fans who feel that Sirianni’s men can still go deep into the playoff picture and perhaps even avenge last season’s Super Bowl defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs can aid their wager by taking on board the insights given here on the Pennsylvania sports betting scene.
Things looked to be going incredibly well after the Eagles defeated the Buffalo Bills after overtime in NFL Game Week 12, a victory that left them sitting pretty at 10-1, top of the NFC East and seemingly on course for breezing into the postseason but a run of five losses in six, including a 27-10 defeat to the New York Giants to close out their regular season schedule, have seen things go very wrong.
Thankfully, the run of form was not enough to cost them their place in the postseason, and A.J. Brown, among others, has not looked all that happy at the way things have panned out, though the 26-year-old has been quick to dispel rumors of any issues between him and Sirianni, stating,
“People say I’m beefing with Nick,”
“I’m not mad at Nick; I’m not mad at nobody. We have a great relationship.”
“We’re riding with Nick. We’re riding with [offensive coordinator] Brian [Johnson]. We just have to come out and play ball.”
“Like I said after the game, I was raised that if I have nothing nice to say I’m not going to say nothing at all. “
“So I’m not just about to compound the negative with the negative so you guys can write more negative stuff.
“And then on top of that, everything that I do, if I say something, if I do anything, I’m classified as a monster. And it’s honestly the opposite. You saw my frustration on the field — it wasn’t about the playcall, it wasn’t about none of that. It was about my guy [DeVonta Smith] getting banged up. I’m going to need Smitty moving forward. That was it.” Brown added.
Brown went on to say that he apologized to his teammates after his behavior led to the media asking them for comment.
Clearly, the media needs to find stories where they can, and on occasion, they make something out of nothing, a common practice designed to elicit a response.
These initial reports then tend to snowball, and it’s a good move on A.J. Brown’s part to nip things in the bud, especially ahead of what promises to be one hell of a clash as the Eagles travel to Tampa to face an in-form Buccaneers side who have an opposite recent record, winning five of their last six and that makes for one hell of a clash between two titans of the game.
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