Eagles’ Sirianni: ‘Obviously, uncharacteristic of A.J.(Brown) to have drops’

On Monday night, the Philadelphia Eagles lost their third straight game, falling to the Los Angeles Chargers 22-19 in OT. 

There were many to blame for the loss. First, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts threw a career-high four interceptions and had five total turnovers, and probably a close second was wide receiver A.J. Brown.

The three-time Pro Bowler, who had six catches for 100 yards against the Chargers, which was his third straight 100-yard receiving game, had three critical drops.

On the team’s opening possession, Hurts threw a deep pass to Brown as he was streaking down the sideline, and Brown was not able to secure it. In the fourth quarter, Hurts threw a pass to Brown across the middle, which hit off Brown’s hands and was picked off by the Chargers’ Cam Hart, and late in the fourth, Brown dropped a great Hurts pass in the end zone.

It was a rough night for Brown, who took responsibility for the drops after the game.

Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was asked about Brown’s drops on Wednesday as the team prepares for the Las Vegas Raiders at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday.

“Obviously, uncharacteristic of A.J. to have drops, no doubt uncharacteristic,” Sirianni said. “Just like we’ve talked about with Jalen, uncharacteristic interceptions as well. I haven’t even [gone] over the tape with him yet. I would hate to say, ‘Hey, here’s the coaching point,’ without– but when you talk about drops, sometimes it’s just a drop, and sometimes there’s a coaching point that you reiterate off of a drop. We’ll go through that today. We’ll have our conversations in here about it, but anytime it comes to a drop, he wants to catch it more than anybody. If there’s a good coaching point, you go over it. If not, you’d say, ‘Hey, make sure you work this catch 10 times more than you would’ve had you not dropped it.’ That’s kind of how we go through that.”

After not being happy with his usage, Brown has had four straight games with double-digit targets, so he’s getting his opportunities. Going forward, he has to take better advantage of those opportunities.