A.J. Brown’s has no more room to complain following Eagles’ Week 5 loss to Broncos
A.J. Brown’s problems are now his own.
Philadelphia Eagles No. 1 wide receiver A.J. Brown has no room to complain anymore, following his big missed opportunity in the team’s Week 5 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
The Eagles had a 17-3 lead over Denver in the third quarter when quarterback Jalen Hurts attempted to connect with Brown for a 61-yard touchdown.
While some argued that Hurts overthrew Brown, the replay clearly showed that he slowed down way too soon.
A.J. Brown won’t take full responsibility for the missed opportunity
“From my point of view, it was just missed,” Brown said after the game.
Brown wouldn’t come out and directly admit that he slowed down, but he did take responsibility, though not fully.
“It’s not that I didn’t think the ball was coming,” he said when asked if he stopped running because he didn’t think the ball was coming his way. “When I looked up, I didn’t see the ball. When I looked back, I didn’t see the ball. And then the ball was thrown. We just missed.”
As for Hurts, he called the missed throw a “shot” that he and Brown will learn from.
“That situation in that play, that was a shot,” he said. “So you either hit it or you don’t, and we didn’t hit that one. We’ll watch the tape, and we’ll get the opportunity to we’ll learn from that. But at that moment in the game, it’s about finding a way to put the dagger in them, and that definitely could have been a dagger.”
Brown caught five passes for 43 yards on eight targets in the loss. He’s now hauled in 19 catches for 194 yards and one touchdown in five games. Meanwhile, Hurts connected on 23 of 38 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns, with zero interceptions.
The Eagles had a winning formula in place, but couldn’t capitalize on key moments, and Brown is at fault.
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