Largely, the Eagles cleaned home amongst their teaching workers after struggling by a second-half downward spiral this season.
And now, one in all their star wideouts is talking out in regards to the adjustments.
Philadelphia let go of offensive coordinator Brian Johnson together with defensive coordinator Sean Desai whereas additionally parting methods with Matt Patricia, who was added an assistant to Desai towards the top of the season after ongoing defensive struggles.
A.J. Brown, who usually refused to talk to the media out of frustration after losses, discovered the phrases to handle these latest adjustments — ones that he didn’t discover it surprising, particularly Johnson’s departure.
In an interview with the Related Press, Brown mentioned “any individual needs to be the unhealthy man” when a staff’s offense fails to discover a stride because the Eagles did after their Week 12 extra time thriller win over the Payments.
The Eagles misplaced six of seven video games after that, together with a playoff clunker to the Buccaneers.
“On this league, any individual needs to be the unhealthy man if one thing don’t go effectively. I wasn’t stunned,” Brown mentioned. “Like I mentioned earlier in regards to the OC job, no matter whoever you set in that place, it comes all the way down to the gamers executing and making performs. Me personally, I’m not too connected to whoever’s within the OC place, as a result of I’ve a job to do. When my quantity’s referred to as, I’ve to reply.”
After the Eagles’ wild-card spherical playoff exit after a 32-9 loss to the Bucs, Johnson was changed by former Cowboys and Chargers offensive coordinator Kellen Moore and former Dolphins defensive coordinator Vic Fangio has taken over for Desai.
Brown missed the Eagles’ lone playoff recreation after struggling a sprained knee in Week 18 towards the Giants, which was a day after he deleted his X account and eliminated all Eagles references from his Instagram web page.
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Earlier this week, he was pressed about commerce rumors throughout an look on FanDuel TV’s “Up & Adams” by host Kay Adams, and he didn’t say a lot to calm the chatter down.
“I don’t know. Possibly they know one thing I don’t know,” Brown mentioned. “I kinda been by this earlier than. I’m a vet. I’ll stay quiet. If one thing occurs I’ll be ready by the telephone and if not, I’ll be proper right here.”
Fellow Eagles broad receiver DeVonta Smith was additionally on the present, and he jumped in so as to add that his teammate “ain’t going nowhere.”