A.J. Brown BOOKGATE! What was the deal with this scene?

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What’s the deal with this whole book-reading thing on the sideline?

In the middle of Wild Card Sunday, we had a relatively low fireworks game between the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles. A.J. Brown was held for just 1 catch for 10 yards on the day. The only news surrounding him after the game was the fact that the cameras caught him reading a book on the sideline in between drives.

Social Media has had a field day with this, labeling it as ‘Not locked in’ and ‘Disgruntled’. Nick Sirianni took to the podium to say that he was absolutely fine with it and that it was ‘lazy’ reporting to call A.J. Brown ‘disgruntled’. He went to say that Brown had been reading this book for a while on the sideline and this was the first week that the cameras caught it.

A couple of things here.

First off, why does it always seem like the Eagles and Sirianni get in the middle of this stuff? The guy is just a punching bag for this type of stuff.

Two. It’s so interesting to see the interactions between the sports world and the sports media. People will see one thing and absolutely run with it. I will say A.J. Brown had to have known that eventually, this would come out and the media would have a field day.

Three. And maybe the funniest thing about this whole situation. The book was “Inner Excellence” by Jim Murphy. Eagles fans have RALLIED around this book and are flooding the reviews of it on all websites. The book is now #6 on the Amazon charts for the week! Just goes to show how much pull these athletes have and how loyal fans are.

Gets me thinking, what do we gotta do to get somebody scrolling through The Daily Stump on the sideline? If anybody has any ideas, let us know!

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