Ray Didinger defends A.J. Brown's comments
Ray Didinger defended the postgame comments from Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown, who appeared to be frustrated despite a ninth win in a row.
Joe DeCamara and Jon Ritchie asked Didinger on Monday's 94WIP Morning Show what he thought the sentiment of Brown's comments were.
"Is your passing game right now efficient enough, good enough, to win a game against a good team that figures to slow down your running attack?" Didinger said.
"Seems to be that people are taking this as A.J. is unhappy about his role, A.J. is unhappy about his catches, his production," Didinger continued. "Well, I don't know. I think what he was expressing there was an overall concern about where are we as a passing team...I didn't see it as a diva wide receiver pounding his chest saying, 'I want mine.' I kind of took it like, 'Right now we need to be better in this part of our offense if we really do hope to go onto the Super Bowl and win.'"
Despite another win to improve to 11-2, the Eagles' passing attack struggled against the Panthers and Brown had just four catches on four targets for 43 yards.
After the game he told reporters it's "incredibly tough" to get into a rhythm as a wide receiver when the offense isn't throwing the ball a lot.
Brown also threw his helmet in frustration at one point during the game and when asked about what caused that reaction he said simply, "Three and out."
Philadelphia has become the run heaviest team in the NFL over their nine-game winning streak and Jalen Hurts completed just 14 of 21 passes for 108 yards in Sunday's uninspiring 22-16 win over Carolina.
Heading into Week 14, the Eagles were last in the NFL in pass rate over expectation.
