Green Bay Packers cornerback Carrington Valentine (24) breaks up a pass intended for Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) during the fourth quarter of their game Monday, November 10, 2025 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Oh, look, A.J. Brown went on a social platform to complain again.
The Eagles need to hire a virtual traffic cop so that every time a fan clicks on the link to one of these posts or streams, he just pops up on the screen and says, "Nothing to see here."
What happened this time?
On a livestream with Janky Rondo, Brown said flatly, “No. Where've you been? ... Family’s good. Everything else? No. … It’s a shit show.”
AJ Brown was asked “Everything good?” on JankyRondo’s stream tonight: “No. Where have you been?.. Family’s good. Everything else? No.. It’s a shit-show.. *Laughs* You on some ‘How you been?,’ Struggling brother.”
( via @JankyRondo ) pic.twitter.com/KIu5KLGL0O
— Eagles Nation (@PHLEaglesNation) November 12, 2025
On the stream, he's playing a game of Madden Football against Rondo. Brown is playing as the Eagles. He also tells Rondo he's "struggling, brother" and suggests that fans who have him on their fantasy football teams to "get rid of" him. Then after throwing passes, including a touchdown to himself in the game, Brown added things like, "Good things happen when you get touches." Also, "This is the only positive I've got," referring to the video game touchdown, and when looking at his video game stats added, "This is the only highlights of damn football I'm living right now."
Eagles Nation on X has all the clips in one thread if you want to watch them.
It's just the latest headache for the Eagles involving Brown, who had just two catches for 13 yards and only three total targets in the Eagles 10-7 win in Green Bay on Monday night.
There’s no denying Brown’s drop-off. The 28-year-old entered the season with three straight 1,000-yard campaigns and Pro Bowl/All-Pro credentials, yet through Week 10 he had recorded just 31 receptions for 408 yards and three touchdowns. He also logged his fifth game of the season with fewer than 45 receiving yards and his fourth with fewer than 30 — shocking marks for a player who’s been the focal point of the offense in the past.
But Brown can't have it both ways.
On the one hand, he does all this complaining — whether it was last year's rift with Jalen Hurts that was leaked by teammate Brandon Graham on his former radio show, or he's reading a self-help book on the sidelines, or he's making cryptic Instagram posts.
And if you are watching the Eagles, you have to wonder if his carping is justified, as it seems like the offense almost forget he exists for large swaths of the game. It's truly malpractice by the coaches and to a lesser extent, but still not blameless, the quarterback.
But then at the same time, Brown can't stand in the locker room in front of television cameras and say he loves it in Philadelphia. It's home. He's happy and he just wants to win — which the team does most weeks.
So, which is it?
Regardless of Brown's feelings, which are a constant discussion, his comments are revealing three converging problems for the Eagles:
Nick Sirianni explains that he does not want to “speculate” on what A.J. Brown meant by his “s**tshow” comment.
Sirianni reiterates that, “A.J. is all in” and committed to the Philadelphia Eagles. https://t.co/f4xKTOY1Kq pic.twitter.com/raKXxtK5nJ
Sirianni saying it's speculation to assume what Brown meant and that the mercurial receiver is "all-in" is what the kids like to call gaslighting.
Look, winning is the elixir for all problems, fine. But then you better keep on winning to make Brown's outbursts just an annoyance that everyone continues to learn to live with each week.
But what happens if he continues to be mostly irrelevant in the offense and they start to lose games? What happens when you can no longer hide behind your record?
The Eagles shouldn't wait to find out, because that's when it can get really bad, and we don't have to go back too far in the past to know it can get there quickly (shout out to 2023).
They need to nip it in the bud. This is where Sirianni and Howie Roseman should come out and say enough is enough. Beat Brown at his own game. Publicly decry his complaining. Insist that if it continues they will punitively handle it in-house, but let Brown know they mean business.
And there is something else they can do — throw him the damn ball.
He doesn't need 10 catches a game, but he certainly needs more than three targets. If he remains under-leveraged, the offense risks predictable stagnation. Keep in mind the offense, other than spurts here and there, have only had two A-quality games this season — one against Minnesota and one against a New York Giants team that just fired their coach, so maybe that predictability already exists.
A.J. Brown has run 28 go routes this season. On those routes, he's been targeted three times, with one catch.
I am perplexed. Do the Eagles really want to pay $32 million per year for a clearout guy? pic.twitter.com/0OpUUFveOz
Meanwhile, Brown may already have given himself a reputation of being difficult, even though the core issue is strategic under-use rather than a bad attitude.
Any way you slice it, this needs to be rectified, one way or another. There's a possibility of carving out a niche as a dynasty team in the NFL at stake.
This needs to be a wake-up call. For all the Eagles’ success, they cannot hide the truth: when you pay a receiver of Brown’s caliber to be an elite WR 1 and then turn around and ask him to ride shotgun while other players lead the offense, you’re setting yourself up for tension. His words — “It’s a shit show” — are raw, but they might just be the truth the Eagles need to hear.
