Eagles’ wide receiver AJ Brown chose not to address the media following Philadelphia’s 23-19 loss to the visiting San Francisco 49ers. He reportedly exchanged a few handshakes with teammates on his way out of the locker room and told local media he was ‘about to leave.’ In doing so, he may have unintentionally breached the league’s media policy.

“I saw AJ when I came into the locker room, but it seems like he left during DeVonta Smith’s media scrum,” insider Jason Dumas shared on X (formerly Twitter).

The NFL media policy is set by the league, with input from both the players and the Pro Football Writers Association. Under this policy, locker rooms are usually open to reporters for 45 minutes, typically three times a week, and again after games, after a brief cool-down period.

During these windows, reporters mill around the locker room, waiting for a chance to speak with players. Most importantly, the league prefers coaches and players alike to share postgame remarks with the media, and AJ Brown declined to speak at all, per Ari Meirov of the 33rd Team.

Unless they are placed in the concussion protocol, the NFL expects all players to be available to speak with the media after games. In certain cases, the league also chooses to impose a fine on a player for not following the rule. In other cases, the league lets it slide. It now remains to be seen in which category AJ Brown will fall.

It was arguably one of the worst nights of AJ Brown’s 7-year-long NFL career. He finished the game with three catches for 25 yards and dropped three passes.

He was unable to record a single catch in the second half for the defending Super Bowl champions. Not to forget, he dropped a key third-down pass and was slow to leave the field. That prompted head coach Nick Sirianni to run over and confront the frustrated wide receiver on the sideline.

With one of the worst numbers throughout the season, his team not only lost the game but also the chances of securing their Super Bowl title.

AJ Brown’s HC addresses the main reason behind the Eagles’ recent loss

The Philadelphia Eagles’ recent loss to the San Francisco 49ers resulted in a major realization for Nick Sirianni. While stating his understanding of the aspects that caused their ship to sink, the 44-year-old highlighted one pattern that could be noted in several of their games throughout the season.

According to him, the castle of cards experienced a blow in the quarter where they fell “behind the sticks.”

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“It felt like that was kind of our story as the year progressed,” Sirianni said, as reported by Jeff Skversky. “Good first half. Didn’t do a good enough job coaching. Didn’t do a good enough job executing in the second half.

In that third quarter, particularly, some penalties got us behind the sticks, and we had a hard time overcoming them. Those are things that we always work our a– off to try to fix any situation and every situation that we can. And you know what? At the end of the day, we didn’t do a good enough job of doing that. And that starts with me.”

The Eagles started strong, scoring touchdowns on two of their first three drives, but the offense couldn’t continue to hold down the same levels. They managed only two field goals and struggled against a short-handed San Francisco 49ers defense. Late in the game, Nick Sirianni used a key time-out before a fourth-and-11. Jalen Hurts then threw an incomplete pass, allowing the 49ers to run out the clock.