After he bluntly responded: “Passing,” when requested what’s mistaken with the Eagles’ offense after their near-loss to the Panthers on Sunday, A.J. Brown and his obvious rift with quarterback Jalen Hurts was taken to a different degree on Monday afternoon.
Said subsequent degree? Philadelphia crew captain Brandon Graham—who’s out for the season with a tricep harm—making it identified on Sports Radio WIP that there’s, actually, some dangerous blood between the 2:
“The person who’s complaining must be accountable,” he defined on his personal Brandon Graham Show on 94WIP—alluding to Brown. “I’m simply being trustworthy… I do not know the entire story, however I do know that 1 [Jalen Hurts] is making an attempt and 11 [Brown] could possibly be slightly higher with how he responds to issues.”
“I do know 1 is making an attempt and 11 could possibly be higher with how he responds to issues. They had been buddies, however issues have modified.”
Brandon Graham provides perception to the AJ Brown/Jalen Hurts drama: pic.twitter.com/RcouHPGK43
— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) December 9, 2024
“They was buddies earlier than this,” the defensive finish continued. “But issues have modified, and I perceive that as a result of life occurs. But we have gotta—it is the enterprise facet that we’ve got to guarantee that we do not let the private get in the way in which of the enterprise. And that is the place we gotta do higher… as a result of we all know it is a difficulty. Everybody’s seen some issues.”
Graham went on to say that he thinks Brown wants to hunt out Hurts to speak out his frustrations.
“We want to have the ability to discuss issues out as males… We have to let private stuff go and let’s get proper for this sport as a result of man—more often than not it is only a dialog that must be had, however the particular person with the issue has gotta wanna discuss to the particular person, aside from others.”
After Graham’s radio spot started to achieve traction on social media, he clarified his feedback with ESPN’s Tim McManus, and mentioned he supposed to apologize to each Brown and Hurts.
Just spoke with Brandon Graham. He clarified his feedback about Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown’s relationship.
“I simply assumed [about their friendship] and it made me out to look even worse as a result of I had all of it mistaken and now individuals are going to run with that half.”
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— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) December 10, 2024
Despite his frustrations, Brown remains to be on tempo for his third-straight 1,400+ yard season whereas the Eagles are 11-2 and sit one sport behind the Lions within the NFC. He notably, nonetheless, hasn’t had double-digit targets in a sport since Week 1 (h/t Ian Hartitz on X).
Philly welcomes the 10-3 Steelers to Lincoln Financial Field subsequent Sunday for a 4:25 p.m. kickoff.
