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A.J. Brown has been very vocal about his frustrations with the Philadelphia Eagles’ offense this season, but never more than on Tuesday night. While on stream, Brown called the Eagles’ offense a sh**show, and told his friend that things are not going well on the field right now.

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“Family is good, yeah. But everything else, no,” said Brown on stream. “It’s been a sh**show. I’m struggling, brother.”

This reaction comes after the Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers 10-7 on Monday Night Football. It was not a pretty game whatsoever. Both sides struggled to move the football offensively, and Brown caught just two passes for 13 yards – his fourth game with under 30 receiving yards this season.

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On Wednesday morning, Eagles Head Coach Nick Sirianni went on a radio show to talk about the Eagles’ game on Monday. He was quickly met with questions regarding Browns’ statement. While he doesn’t want to speculate, he says they have a good feel for the mood in the building, and he believes Brown is still all in.

“You go with your interactions with guys on a daily basis and not what people are speculating or anything like that,” Sirianni said on Sports Radio WIP. “We’re going to continue to try to get better on offense. We played a great game on defense. But again, we are in tune with what’s going on here, the relationships we have here and the process we have in here, and AJ [Brown] is all in.”

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Brown has been very vocal this season. He has talked about the team’s offensive struggles to the media on multiple occasions, and now he’s done it on stream while playing Madden in the early hours of the morning.

Brown has also been quoted as saying he doesn’t care about winning as much as putting up big numbers. That’s what makes him happy in football: proving he can dominate any defense and come through when his team needs him the most. Wins are great, but production is better, in his opinion.

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“I know everybody’s counting on me, that’s my thrill,” he said to The Athletic. “And then I come through. That makes me proud of myself. And I’m doing it over and over again. And then I got another opportunity a couple of plays later. Third down, everybody knows the ball’s coming to me. I love that feeling. Like, it’s a rush. I don’t do drugs, but that has to be what drugs feel like. I’m getting that dopamine, and I’m coming through for my team again. And that’s where the excitement comes from. And that’s why it’s frustrating at times…if I’m not getting the ball, obviously, it’s not as fun.”

A.J. Brown’s Struggles This Season

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In 2024, Brown caught 67 passes for 1,079 yards and seven touchdowns, and he did it in just 13 games. It was one of his most efficient seasons as a pro, but reality has smacked him hard in the face this season.

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Through eight games, Brown has just 31 receptions, 408 yards and three scores. He’s on pace to finish the year with 65 catches, 867 yards and six touchdowns. That’s less catches, yards and scores than he had last year in 13 games.

In 2024, Brown never failed to put up at least 30 receiving yards in a single game. This year, he’s already had fewer than 30 yards in a game four times. He’s also had four or fewer catches in four games this year, which is something that only happened three times in all of last year.

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But it’s not just Brown that’s struggling; it’s the entire offense. Saquon Barkley, the man who just ran for 2,000 yards a year ago, is averaging just 3.9 yards per carry and has four touchdowns on the year. Brown’s counterpart, DeVonta Smith, has also seen his numbers go down. He has 657 yards this season, but 297 of them have come in two games. Take those out and he’s averaging 51 yards per game.

Despite all their struggles offensively, the Eagles are 7-2 and sit atop the NFC. Still, if their players aren’t bought in and are publicly shaming their passing attack, and therefore hinting at potential problems at quarterback, that’s a massive problem. Philly needs to find a way to keep their star receiver happy. If they can’t, he could be detrimental to team morale.

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