Green Bay Packers DE Micah Parsons passionately defended New England Patriots WR A.J. Brown over his fallout with the Philadelphia Eagles after Week 5 of the NFL season.
Brown was clearly held responsible for the Eagles’ Super Bowl retention campaign blowing up with elimination in the Wild Card Round, with fallout between him and QB Jalen Hurts, as well as disputes with coach Nick Sirriani.
However, after the Eagles’ 2-3 start to the 2026 NFL season, the first time they have had a losing record since 2021, Brown has to be feeling vindicated over how he was treated on the way out.
Micah Parsons thinks A.J. Brown is happy about Eagles’ slow start
On ‘The Edge with Micah Parsons,’ Parsons spoke about the Eagles’ struggles and how their 2-3 start to the season vindicates A.J. Brown’s feelings about the franchise in their final season together.
“I bet AJ Brown is somewhere smiling right now. Like, ‘I told y’all… we’re a good football team. but we can’t execute. Why can’t we execute?’ We had a whole fanbase get mad at A.J.Brown because he expected better.”
“A player expects better out of an organisation; they wanna play better, they expect to put better numbers up, and fans are mad because he expects that. ‘Oh, but we are winning.’ Barely only gets by for this long. And now we are seeing it.”
Parsons take on the Eagles might be harsh, as one of the key reasons behind their poor start is widespread injuries across the team.
Their offensive line not only lost Landon Dickerson to injury, but they also lost Lane Johnson to retirement and traded Cam Jurgens to the Baltimore Ravens.
In addition, RBs Saquon Barkley, Tank Bigsby and Will Shipley are also hurt while WRs DeVonta Smith and Hollywood Brown have also missed time. This is all without including TE Dallas Goedert, who has also been plagued by injuries.
Brown himself has not played since picking up an injury in Week 1, but is expected to return between Weeks 6-7.
Even if injuries are the root cause for the Eagles’ struggles, that does not mean Brown was wrong about the issues he had with the team’s execution on the field; it’s just that there are plenty of other reasons to explain Philly’s early-season hiccups.
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