Hours after video of A.J. Brown venting his frustrations about the Philadelphia Eagles’ offense on a live stream circulated, the veteran receiver stood by his criticism while taking questions at a locker room media availability on Nov. 12.
Brown clarified that his comments were about the offense’s execution as a whole, not just his seemingly diminished role.
‘It’s not just solely about my situation. Obviously, I want to win, too,’ Brown told reporters. ‘I think if we’re really focused on winning and doing our job, we can’t just keep slapping a Band-Aid over the defense doing their job and getting us out of trouble. At what point are we going to pick up our slack as an offense?’
‘That’s what I’m getting at,’ he added. ‘It’s not about, ‘I don’t care about winning, all I care about is stats.’ No. It’s been week after week sometimes we’re not contributing, we’re not doing our job on offense. You can’t keep slapping a Band-Aid over that and expect to win late in the year and think you’re going to go to that at the end of the year. It’s not going to (expletive) happen.’
Brown has a point that the Eagles’ offense has taken a step back in 2025. Under first-year offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo, Philadelphia ranks 11th in the NFL in offensive EPA per play (+0.02), 12th in points per game (24.2) and just 23rd in yards per game (303.2).
By comparison, the Eagles ranked sixth in offensive EPA per play (+0.07), fifth in points per game (29) and eighth in yards per game (366) under Kellen Moore in 2024.
Brown believes there needs to be greater urgency for the Eagles to return to that form and become Super Bowl contenders once again.
‘Last year what it was, thank you for the ring, but it’s a new season,’ Brown said. ‘We have to adapt. We have to continue to get better and try to find new ways. That’s where the frustration comes in, because it’s not about winning. Like, I wanna win, yes. I wanna help contribute as well – do our thing on offense as well. I think that’s fair.’
Brown has recorded at least 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first three seasons with the Eagles. This year, he is only pacing to record 62 catches for 816 yards across 16 games. Both would be career-low marks, coming in just short of the 63 catches for 869 yards he posted in 13 games during his final season with the Tennessee Titans in 2021.
Still, Brown was adamant his complaints about the offense were not sour grapes about his role. He is concerned Philadelphia’s method of winning may not be sustainable if the offense cannot take a step forward.
‘I don’t care if I’m misunderstood,’ Brown said. ‘I stand up in front of it and fall on that sword over and over again. It’s about doing what we’re supposed to be doing on offense. If we’re really in this business and we’re trying to get better, we gotta do what we gotta do and not just say, ‘Oh it’s about wins. So as long as we got the wins, it’s cool.’
‘No. You cannot do that. Not in this league. We gotta continue to get better. We gotta do what we have to do on offense to help the defense, to help the special teams.’
