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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown.
For someone who makes over $30 million per year, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown sure does complain a lot. Most of his complaints, somehow, seem to come after his team wins games.
The latest complaint from Brown — and it’s honestly hard to keep track of how much he’s complained at this point — came on a livestream video with podcaster Janky Rondo on Tuesday night in which Brown called the Eagles’ season a “S–t Show” when asked how things have been going for Brown and if he was OK.
“No,” Brown replied as he played the Madden 26 video game. “Where have you been? … Family’s good. Everything else? No … It’s a s–t show … if you got me in fantasy (football), get rid of me.”
Brown’s latest online diss came just one day after the Eagles improved to 7-2 with a 10-7, Week 10 road win over the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football in which Brown had 2 receptions for 13 yards on 3 targets.
The Eagles are trying to win a second consecutive Super Bowl this year, and with Brown as one of their highest paid players after he signed a 3-year, $96 million contract extension before last season.
For Brown, the pattern of criticizing his team and taking veiled, passive aggressive shots at his teammates then backtracking goes back several years. It also only seems to come when his team wins but he doesn’t put up big numbers.
If people on the internet are getting sick of Brown’s constant complaining when his team is winning, imagine how his teammates must feel who have to deal with him in real life.
“A.J. Brown just slappin all of his teammates in the face yet again!” Sports Radio 94 WIP’s Hunter Brody wrote on his official X account on November 12.
“The media has stirred up drama at times, but this certainly isn’t one of those situations,” The Philly Special’s Anthony DiBona wrote on his official X account. “A.J. Brown is doing more than enough on his own to fan the flames in Philadelphia.”
The target of Brown’s passive aggressive vitriol is almost always the same — quarterback Jalen Hurts.
“I think it’s a relationship issue,” former Eagles wide receiver Jason Avant said. “That’s my thing. I think that this has nothing to do with, I don’t think that it’s football only. I think this is these two guys used to be best friends, and they’re not. And I think that it’s a hard situation to deal with.”
Brown has 31 receptions for 408 yards and 3 touchdowns in 8 games — he missed one game with a hamstring injury — and is on track to have his worst statistical season as a pro.
“AJ Brown is a diva,” NFL reporter James Nagle wrote on his official X account. “At the same time, you’d be hard-pressed to find a WR of his caliber who isn’t. He’s the best WR in Eagles history & after 16 years without a true WR1, I truly couldn’t care less what he says on social media. Anyone who wants him gone is insane.”
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Las Vegas Raiders DT Adam Butler.
Things have gone awry for the Las Vegas Raiders. While they weren’t expected to be a Super Bowl contender this season, many thought they’d be better than 2-7.
Head coach Pete Carroll has a long history of winning and usually does a great job of building a culture, but there seems to be a disconnect between the roster and the coaching staff. When the offense plays well, the defense fails, and when the defense shuts down an opponent, the offense can’t do anything.
There’s something going on with the team that hasn’t really been reported on, and defensive tackle Adam Butler made some comments that are stirring speculation.
“It’s very frustrating sometimes, I can’t lie, when the other side isn’t delivering the way you think that they should deliver, and sometimes it’s frustrating when we don’t deliver how we should deliver,” Butler told reporters on Tuesday.
“Everybody can see what’s going on, we know what’s going on and the only thing we can do is do our job. I just focus on doing my job and focusing on helping the team win.”
It’s unclear what he means by “everybody can see what’s going on.” It’s obvious that the team isn’t very good, but it’s possible that there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes.
Sometimes teams are just bad because they lack talent. The Raiders don’t have an overly talented roster, so that’s likely the biggest reason they aren’t good, but Butler’s comments suggest that there could be something else.
The most obvious potential issue could be coaching. Offensive coordinator Chip Kelly has not done a good job this season, and players could be turning on him. He’s paid a lot and isn’t known to form great relationships with players.
Some players could be fed up with the fact that he hasn’t been held accountable for the Raiders’ offensive woes. There could also be frustration that quarterback Geno Smith hasn’t been benched despite his poor play. There are many reasons why Raiders players could be frustrated right now.
Heading into the season, it seemed like a given that Carroll would at least get two of three years to turn the Raiders around, but the team wasn’t expected to be this bad. It still might be too early to put Carroll on the hot seat, but it’s definitely warming up.
What’s not going to help Carroll is that he’s the reason why the team traded a third-round pick for Smith and gave him a big contract extension. The Raiders need to start showing signs of progress. Carroll is 74 years old, so he’s not the kind of coach the team is going to want to be patient with.
Carroll likely has enough juice to keep his job if the Raiders can win another two or three games, but Kelly is very much on the hot seat. The offense has to play better, or there’s a chance he could get fired before the end of the season.