The Philadelphia Eagles are reigning champs, but against the Chargers, they didn’t play like one. After the loss, A.J. Brown didn’t hide. He broke his silence on the errors that flipped the game.

“I’m more than capable to make that grab for him. Jalen was stuffed up in the pocket; he [was] under pressure. So, like I said, I’m more than capable of making that one for the man. That one hurt,” Brown said post-game, addressing his dropped catch.

It happened in the fourth quarter. Jalen Hurts fired a clean pass toward Brown. The ball hit his hands, but it slipped. Maybe it was the safety closing in. Maybe it was timing. Either way, it was tipped by Chargers corner Cam Hart, and Tony Jefferson secured the game-sealing interception

Afterward, even the head coach looked stunned. Nick Sirianni could barely process what he saw.

“That’s just uncharacteristic stuff. I don’t know if AJ has had a drop in the last 2 years. I don’t know what the stat sheet will say he had, but it’s just uncharacteristic stuff,” Sirianni said.

Still, Brown had production. He finished with 6 catches and 100 yards against the Chargers. However, none of that mattered when the play that could have changed everything slipped away. And now, the Eagles stare at the tape and the questions.

A.J. Brown took accountability and wants his team to bounce back

After the loss, reporters asked where this Eagles team finds confidence when the skid looks ugly. A.J. Brown said it comes from leaning on each other. He believes the locker room still has leaders who talk, correct, and keep pushing. Then Brown expanded on that mindset.

“Games like this happen, we don’t come about. But the confidence and the trust, we come together. And that’s what matters. And that starts in the week, that starts each and every day. We’re looking at the film and correcting and trying to get better.”

Still, the game itself was hard to watch. Turnovers piled up, and momentum slipped away. Jalen Hurts threw two interceptions in the second quarter. One went to defensive tackle Da’Shawn Hand and the other to corner Donte Jackson. During Hand’s pick, the ball came loose, Hurts recovered it, and then lost it again on a fumble. That sequence summed up the night for Philly.

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And the context makes it sting even more. Hurts entered the matchup with only two interceptions all season while throwing for 2,514 yards and 19 touchdowns on a 66 percent completion rate. He only threw five picks last season.

Yet this night was nothing like that. Instead, it felt like a wake-up call for the Eagles and their fans in Philly Nation.