PHILADELPHIA -- The answers A.J. Brown gave sensed frustration. The tone of Brown's voice sensed frustration.
Brown knows the optics of the answers he gives. One word could create a media firestorm that lasts until the next chance Brown gets an opportunity to catch a football.
So Brown took the high road, regardless of how he's feeling. And that's a good thing.
"That's not something I can control," Brown said after having just one catch for eight yards. "What I can control is my effort for when the ball does come my way."
Brown never went a football game without a target, and Thursday's season opener against the Dallas Cowboys was trending that way for 58 minutes. Seems unfathomable a wide receiver of Brown's caliber could go the entire game without catching a pass -- yet alone bei