Philadelphia Eagles: AJ Brown aims to dig Jalen Hurts as Phoebe Schecter urges Super Bowl hopefuls to be more 'be yourself' | NFL News

Drama was brewing with the Philadelphia Eagles this week, despite the team sitting 11-2 on the season and in the midst of a nine-game winning streak.

After the Eagles rolled past the three-win Carolina Panthers 22-16 last Sunday, star wide receiver AJ Brown told reporters that “passing” was the reason the offense wasn't clicking as expected.

Defender Brandon Graham then added fuel to the fire when he said that Brown and quarterback Jalen Hurts were not as close as they once were.

“They were friends before, but things have changed, and I understand because life happens,” Graham said, before trying to reframe his situation with an apology to both players for “assuming it was something.

Brown, coming off back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons but held to just 109 yards over their last two games, isn't necessarily wrong in his assessment of the game's stagnation. ' recently passed.

Hurts, who signed a contract extension ahead of the 2023 season worth $179.3 million guaranteed, has thrown for less than 200 yards in three straight games.

But Sky Sports' Pheobe Schecter talks about the latest Inside The Huddle Podcaston Brown and the Eagles to be more “themselves” in their pursuit of a Super Bowl and avoid the same kind of meltdown they suffered last season when they lost six of their last seven in the playoffs.

“AJ Brown coming out and saying the pass is the issue, you're totally looking at your quarterback and throwing him under the bus,” Schecter said of the three comments. -time Pro Bowler.

“And then Brandon Graham comes in and talks about how they're not getting on to the same level – only to retract his statement.

“This is what we saw from the Eagles at the end of last year, but things were going badly for them at that stage… they were losing. This is not what you do when you in your winning team.

“I get that receivers want to touch the ball as much as possible, but if you're going to be a team that's going to make the Super Bowl, 'I' cannot be in the team in that situation. to be non-self.

“Last year, I understand it was a different story: he was getting a lot of touches, like when he was with the (Tennessee) Titans – the only weapon that they had, basically.

“But certainly, if you're winning, that's good for everybody.”

Also adding to Brown's frustration may be star running back Saquon Barkley in the offseason.

The former New York Giants running back leads the NFL in rushing with 1,623 yards, 216 yards ahead of the Baltimore Ravens' Derrick Henry, and is on pace to break Eric Dickerson's 40-year-old single-season rushing record ( 2,105 in 1984) – needed 483 more yards over the final four games of the season.

Barkley will continue his successful bid when the Eagles go in search of a 10th straight win as they host the same 10-3 Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.

Watch another triple header of live NFL action this Sunday on Sky Sports, starting with Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans from 6pm.