Brandon Graham sheds light on Jalen Hurts and AJ Brown’s relationship: “They were friends, but things have changed”

Despite being 11-2 this season, the Philadelphia Eagles’ passing attack has left much to be desired. AJ Brown said as much when asked where the team needs to improve on offense, and critics in the media have pointed the finger at Jalen Hurts. A pretty innocuous (and 100% correct) quote has proved incendiary enough to lead to ridiculous discussions about a potential rift between the two.

Brandon Graham went on WIP to discuss the relationship between AJ Brown and Jalen Hurts but only seemed to make things look much worse than they actually are:

“I know 1 is trying and 11 could be better with how he responds to things. They were friends, but things have changed.”

Brandon Graham gives insight to the AJ Brown/Jalen Hurts drama: pic.twitter.com/RcouHPGK43

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I mean, this makes things look 10 times worse, right? AJ did nothing wrong in that quote to the media, as far as I’m concerned.

Obviously, there’s more context here, but that doesn’t really matter in the end. BG can’t preach accountability and push to handle things in-house while giving his perspective on the situation in the media.

And he especially cannot do that when he gives the vultures at WIP and the media at large a tasty morsel like that. Out of context, he’s basically saying the two aren’t friends anymore because the passing attack sucks.

So, forget the context; this was some nasty work by BG. I get he was trying to explain the situation and make his teammates look good, but he did the opposite, context or not.

AJ Brown was right. The Eagles need to improve their efficiency in the passing game. Hurts simply needs to improve some of his reads, but the playcalls could be better as well.

Could he have said that to him personally? Yes. But if he answered the question with something like, “That’s something we’ll discuss internally,” he’d get crucified for being vague, and the media would still infer that he was talking about the passing game.

And, remember, context is king, but the controversial soundbite is god. And Kanye West once asked, “What’s a king to a god?” The answer is, of course, nothing.

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