Forget that the defender is a four-time Pro Bowler. Forget that the wide receiver had been a virtual non-factor in the previous two playoff games. Forget that an incompletion could have turned the tide of Sunday’s NFC championship game.
The Philadelphia Eagles' get aggressive on fourth down and the offense delivers with a 31-yard connection from Eagles' quarterback Jalen Hurts to Eagles' wide receiver A.J. Brown.
Brown believes he left "a lot of opportunities" on the field in the Eagles' playoff win over the Rams. “I can’t worry about what happened in the past or even these past two games,” he said.
The Eagles advanced to the NFC championship game by defeating the Los Angeles Rams, but an Eagles players uncharacteristic drops made the game close for most of the afternoon.
Despite a quiet postseason statistically, A.J. Brown embraces his role in the Eagles' playoff success, proving his commitment to the team's championship aspirations.
"We've done it before, so it's not too far," Brown said of the Eagles' passing game. "It's not like it's never been done. We just gotta do what we gotta do."
Philly's stars combined for six rushing touchdowns and the Eagles forced four turnovers Sunday, ending Washington's dream run.
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Hurts largely succeeded against the blitz on the NFC side of the playoff bracket. But the Los Angeles Rams, who sacked Hurts seven times in Philadelphia’s 28-22 win in the divisional round, gave the Eagles quarterback considerable trouble. Oftentimes it appeared his checkdown options were ill-placed or covered up entirely.
That's because Hurts completed 20 of 28 passes for 246 yards and a touchdown. He hit A.J. Brown on a beautifully thrown deep ball on 4th-and-5 from the Eagles' 45-yard line for 31 yards midway through the second quarter to the Commanders' 14-yard line.
The Philadelphia Eagles had themselves a day on Sunday, taking down the Washington Commanders in the NFC championship 55–23 to punch their ticket to the Super B