As the dust still settles from a massive move by the Philadelphia Eagles, the chatter remains plentiful.
With the much-anticipated A.J. Brown to New England deal finally in the books, former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce broke down the complex reality of the situation.
Speaking on his New Heights podcast, Kelce shed light on several things surrounding Brown, the offense as a whole, and the factors for a relationship gone south:
"Here's the reality: A.J. Brown was not the reason the offense was not successful last year. He's a very good football player. I don't want to hear all this, 'has he lost a step?' We're going to find out this year. I think he's going to have a really good year."
Jason Kelce dives into the A.J. Brown trade
Kelce went on to tackle the multitude of things that turned sour last season, fracturing a relationship beyond repair.
"How does a relationship like this start to falter? It's because you don't have success on the field, you stop executing as a team, you stop executing as players. The offense had continued to decline as a passing game, the run game stalled out with injuries and other things happening."
"You know, execution fuels emotion, when you're not perfoming, this is the reality of the league, this is the reality of how it goes."
"Do I wish A.J. would have handled it better at times? Yes, but I don't fault him for being frustrated, that he wasn't getting what he wanted out of the game, and out of playing for the Eagles."
Kelce went on to point out that Brown was not alone in his frustrations, amid an offense that had gone from top-flight in production to limited and predictable. Kelce recognizes it was time to start over offensively with a new vision, hence Sean Mannion taking the reins as offensive coordinator. He also praised the current core, reaffirming his confidence that they can absolutely get back to top form with the talent in the building.
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Sometimes change can be good for both sides. Kelce knows it was time to shake things up for his former team, and health permitting, he envisions the offense taking flight once again, even sans Brown.
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