A.J. Brown says Eagles' issues are not with coaches: 'Coaches play zero snaps this year'

Philadelphia's last month has been dreadful, so much that they've been forced to look inward to make sense of matters in Week 18.

It's not a good time for that, not with the postseason right around the corner. But growth comes from uncomfortable situations, and A.J. Brown has certainly been in some of those as of late.

Brown has receded into the shadows in the biggest moments of the Eagles' last month, not entirely by his own doing, but as a result of Philadelphia's offensive dysfunction. Both head coach Nick Sirianni and offensive coordinator Brian Johnson have admitted they're frustrated and need to create more opportunities for Brown to make a difference. Brown, meanwhile, has declined to speak to reporters while in such a displeased state, fueling a new narrative in which Brown is featured as a malcontent.

Brown attempted to clear the air on Wednesday.

"Honestly, the reason why I didn't speak to the media after the game was because I didn't want to be negative," Brown told reporters from the Eagles locker room. "I had already transitioned to the mindset that we're going through a tough time, and so me personally, the person I am, I just have to go back to work. Ain't nothing I can do about it. And like I said after the game, I was raised if I had nothing nice to say, I'm not going to say nothing at all. So I'm not just about to compound the negative with the negative.

"So you guys can write more negative stuff. You guys watch the games, too, you guys already know. That's why I was like there's nothing more than I can say – I'm not trying to make it worse than it is. And then on top of that, everything that I do, if I say something or I do anything I'm classified as a monster, honestly. Honestly, it's the opposite. You saw