1 hour ago, Parrot Head said:

Blaming the media for AJ's selfish behavior is wild. So is excusing it.

1 minute ago, Parrot Head said:

Continuously referring to AJ’s post as a "Bible Quote" is as disingenuous as it gets.

He fully admitted yesterday that he did it lashing out in frustration.

He's frustrated. The team is last in the League in passing offense. He should be frustrated.

Just now, NCiggles said:

He's frustrated. The team is last in the League in passing offense. He should be frustrated.

This is beside the point being discussed. Nobody, that I’m aware of, has disagreed with the frustration.

It’s the childish, cowardly behavior of trying to settle it on social media that’s the problem.

14 minutes ago, Parrot Head said:

This is beside the point being discussed. Nobody, that I’m aware of, has disagreed with the frustration.

It’s the childish, cowardly behavior of trying to settle it on social media that’s the problem.

He's not settling anything via social media. He's expressing frustration online. It is a ubiquitous part of society and more prevalent among athletes who are expected to maintain a public persona. I am not sure how it is cowardly or childish. His complaints are well founded. The passing game is terrible at this point in the season.

2 hours ago, paco said:

I got a laughy face, but I’m serious about the puppets.

Ernie just doesn't look as happy without Bert around.

11 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Dumbfounded why Hurts didn't make that throw.

28 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Massive hits have historically been a BIG part of the game so it is rather easy to see why players aim to make those happen.

The rules are already in place. Not really anything more to do there. They could call them tighter but I don't see that being a net positive. There are already so many flags for plays where there is unintentional glancing contact to the head or by the head. Maybe they can come up with a softer helmet that still protects and still looks good without being a weapon at the same time.

And that is it. Its an inherited culture I understand the why, Very much so. But it needs acceptance, that with CTE as an issue, players need to be more careful and as you say, perhaps kits needs to be looked at.

For me, its a balance to the Gladiators doing their thing, but allowing as many to fight another day. We all want to see the best players on the field.

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

It's not just Philly sports media that sucks...everyone sucks. Like what kind of low life POS do you have to be to even assume this from Flacco's comment?

There's no reference towards Sanders, but there's also nuance to this. Whenever players talk about what a new head coach brings, people default to assuming that means the previous head coach must have sucked at it, when that's not what's being said.

Still -- I also think there would be truth in the perception that Gabriel has a better work ethic than Sanders does and is also more serious -- as demonstrated by Sanders' tomfoolery in his media availability yesterday.

28 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

He's frustrated. The team is last in the League in passing offense. He should be frustrated.

Exactly, sure they are winning but the offense is bad. If they were winning and the offense were good but he just wasn't getting the ball then it would be different.

3 minutes ago, UK Eagle said:

And that is it. Its an inherited culture I understand the why, Very much so. But it needs acceptance, that with CTE as an issue, players need to be more careful and as you say, perhaps kits needs to be looked at.

For me, its a balance to the Gladiators doing their thing, but allowing as many to fight another day. We all want to see the best players on the field.

Certainly a balance to be worked on continuously.

6 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

He's not settling anything via social media. He's expressing frustration online. It is a ubiquitous part of society and more prevalent among athletes who are expected to maintain a public persona. I am not sure how it is cowardly or childish. His complaints are well founded. The passing game is terrible at this point in the season.

It is childish. Mailata has problems with the offense, he isn't posting cryptic tweets, he's addressing the issue. DeVonta Smith pretty clearly is also frustrated but he's not posting cryptic tweets, he's either keeping it to himself or in house. Offensive linemen were frustrated last year, they didn't all post to social media, they addressed it with the coaching staff that they need to lean on Barkley. If AJ just said what he said yesterday without posting vague quotes that could have several different meanings, it would go a long way.

5 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

It is childish. Mailata has problems with the offense, he isn't posting cryptic tweets, he's addressing the issue. DeVonta Smith pretty clearly is also frustrated but he's not posting cryptic tweets, he's either keeping it to himself or in house. Offensive linemen were frustrated last year, they didn't all post to social media, they addressed it with the coaching staff that they need to lean on Barkley. If AJ just said what he said yesterday without posting vague quotes that could have several different meanings, it would go a long way.

What's the difference between saying something to press when asked a question vs. a social media post? I don't think the post is terribly cryptic. I don't think we are going to agree on this. The problem isn't AJ Brown. The problem is the offense is not working well. If the passing game was going well and AJ Brown wasn't getting the ball, I would call that a self centered response.

8 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

It is childish. Mailata has problems with the offense, he isn't posting cryptic tweets, he's addressing the issue. DeVonta Smith pretty clearly is also frustrated but he's not posting cryptic tweets, he's either keeping it to himself or in house. Offensive linemen were frustrated last year, they didn't all post to social media, they addressed it with the coaching staff that they need to lean on Barkley. If AJ just said what he said yesterday without posting vague quotes that could have several different meanings, it would go a long way.

Not specific to this particular instance, but social media is the root cause of the lack of respectful, meaningful human interaction/relationships and will only get worse. Too many keyboard warriors and people that want to get their jabs in at people, organizations, beliefs, etc. At least with a respectable forum (a form of social media)such as this one people can disagree and converse without getting to over the top, one of the reasons I continue to participate here.

2 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

What's the difference between saying something to press when asked a question vs. a social media post? I don't think the post is terribly cryptic. I don't think we are going to agree on this. The problem isn't AJ Brown. The problem is the offense is not working well. If the passing game was going well and AJ Brown wasn't getting the ball, I would call that a self centered response.

The problem is the offense and the problem is also Browns decisions to address the problem. It's a compounding problem. If he said what he said to the press in a social media post, no one would care.

Just now, Joe Ball said:

Not specific to this particular instance, but social media is the root cause of the lack of respectful, meaningful human interaction/relationships and will only get worse. Too many keyboard warriors and people that want to get their jabs in at people, organizations, beliefs, etc. At least with a respectable forum (a form of social media)such as this one people can disagree and converse without getting to over the top, one of the reasons I continue to participate here.

Well, I remember a time on this blog where there was a discussion about drafting Fight Waivers.

This is why I can't buy his "apology". In the same day he's tweeting and deleting. Childish social media behavior. And it's going to happen again at some point.

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

The problem is the offense and the problem is also Browns decisions to address the problem. It's a compounding problem. If he said what he said to the press in a social media post, no one would care.

He should have just done sit ups quietly in his driveway like a normal WR.

2 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

He should have just done sit ups quietly in his driveway like a normal WR.

Or just address it in house like his other teammates. Or just address the issue directly if you want to say something publicly, like his other teammates.

Just now, LeanMeanGM said:

This is why I can't buy his "apology". In the same day he's tweeting and deleting. Childish social media behavior. And it's going to happen again at some point.

I think AJ Brown should double-down on his posts. I invite him to come here and join @HazletonEagle to call for the firing of Patullo and benching of Hurts.

4 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

What's the difference between saying something to press when asked a question vs. a social media post? I don't think the post is terribly cryptic. I don't think we are going to agree on this. The problem isn't AJ Brown. The problem is the offense is not working well. If the passing game was going well and AJ Brown wasn't getting the ball, I would call that a self centered response.

I'm with you on this. This speaks more negatively of our societal culture in the moment than AJ Brown.

If AJ Brown went onto social media today and posted a random emoji... a cloud, a bowl of soup, a paint brush, whatever... thousands of people would be wracking their brains and obsessively trying to figure out what he means. That is not healthy nor is it normal. And it's not an athlete's job to pander to those newly developed societal sensitivities and curiosities.

If I were a star athlete, I would post random photos and emojis everyday just to watch the helplessly obsessed droves of social media waste minutes or hours of their day trying to figure out what it means. If you can't help yourself, you deserve to be Fed with. Not saying AJ is trolling, but the point is, it was an objectively harmless photo. He didn't post a photo of a swastika. AJ Brown has never been malicious or mean spirited, so I really couldn't give a crap less what the photo meant and neither should anybody else. This is the modern age. Athletes who have trouble controlling their emotions take to social media. We see this pretty commonly these days. AJ has a history of mental health related issues, so it makes sense. As long as it's not malicious, I don't care what he posts. Until that happens everyone needs to go outside and touch grass.

Just now, NCiggles said:

He should have just done sit ups quietly in his driveway like a normal WR.

This generation doesn't know what a real WR "Diva" is. AJ has been tame in comparison, lol.

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Or just address it in house like his other teammates. Or just address the issue directly if you want to say something publicly, like his other teammates.

I would guess he did and his quotes in the media after the Rams game suggest he did. I wonder if the coaches and players that were at fault for the abysmmal second half apologized to him before he went on social media. Did Patullo go up to him and say we are going to work on getting it fixed? Did Hurts apologize for not making better throws? Did Sirianni say I am overemphasizing avoiding turnovers to the detriment of productivity.

1 hour ago, NCiggles said:

He's not calling the plays.

Correct but do you think he's helping to design the running game only for the OC to ignore those and run up the middle?

6 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

I think AJ Brown should double-down on his posts. I invite him to come here and join @HazletonEagle to call for the firing of Patullo and benching of Hurts.

You want him to interact with @HazletonEagle ? Why do you hate him so much?

4 minutes ago, NCiggles said:

I would guess he did and his quotes in the media after the Rams game suggest he did. I wonder if the coaches and players that were at fault for the abysmmal second half apologized to him before he went on social media. Did Patullo go up to him and say we are going to work on getting it fixed? Did Hurts apologize for not making better throws? Did Sirianni say I am overemphasizing avoiding turnovers to the detriment of productivity.

So lets say he did. Why is he still the only one on the team constantly doing this on social media?