A.J. Brown suffered a hamstring injury during Friday’s practice that sidelined him for tonight’s matchup with the Falcons. However, it’s sounding like the wide receiver may face more than a one-week absence.
Brown told ESPN’s Lisa Salters that he expects to miss a couple of weeks while dealing with his hamstring issue (per ESPN’s Adam Schefter). The receiver clarified that the injury isn’t “too serious,” and it sounds like Brown isn’t expecting an IR stint.
The wideout didn’t miss a regular season game through his first two seasons in Philly, although he did miss last year’s playoff loss while dealing with a knee injury. The former Titans second-round pick has taken his game to another level with the Eagles, with Brown averaging 97 catches for 2,952 yards and nine touchdowns between his two campaigns.
DeVonta Smith will leap to the top of the depth chart with Brown sidelined, but the rest of the team’s receiving corps remains questionable. Jahan Dotson is expected to be the main beneficiary of Brown’s absence, but the Eagles could also look to the likes of Parris Campbell, Britain Covey, and sixth-round rookie Johnny Wilson.
Bummer
Bro, where is your teams pass rush? The secondary played awesome tonight and made some key tackles and pass break ups. However hurts was sitting there for like an easy 5/6 seconds on every pass play,
Falcons edge rush has been trash for years lmao
Not an eagle fan, but hope it isn’t serious
Bad pass defense on that winning Falcons drive.
Lack of pass rush was the bigger issue
I wasnt able to watch the game, but the Eagles could have ran more time off on third down but had a dropped pass that gave more time to the Falcons. If he catches it though, its over. Speaking of pass rush, where was Jalen Carter?
Siriani is an absolute joke of a head coach. Play calls during the drive he and Moore choose to pass to Barkley rather than hand it off, burn clock and kick a field goal was a bone head call. He has the ability to override that. He didn’t. He’s a cheerleader with a headset. The pass defense was terrible. That’s just not have quality personnel or guys too inexperienced or too old.
Early in the game 0-0 score close to the end of the first, kick the field goal. No shame in taking the points rather than going for it on 4th down.