The Dallas Cowboys have had precious few moments to point at the rival Philadelphia Eagles and laugh during the duration of the 2025 season, but the continued refusal to get star wide receiver A.J. Brown involved in offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo’s offense has been the subject of league-wide mockery.
Brown hasn’t looked right all season, and the Eagles have seemingly gone out of their way to avoid making him a featured part of their offense. Even against Dallas’ pitiful secondary, Brown only managed one catch, and it came at the very end of the contest.
Brown, who has just 408 yards and three touchdowns on the season, has seemingly accepted the fact that he is going to put together some below-average numbers for the remainder of the campaign. Brown told fantasy football managers who have him on their teams to drop him. Could this be the predecessor to a trade? Brown certainly is not someone who hides his true feelings.
If the Eagles somehow manage to fumble a key piece of what could be a dynastic run by hiring a clueless offensive coordinator who is unable to maximize him, the Cowboys should count their lucky stars that Philly proverbially shot themselves in the leg to such a sharp degree.
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Not only has Devonta Smith seemingly leapfrogged Brown (who is posting the lowest yards per game numbers of his career) on the depth chart, but he is also behind tight end Dallas Goedert in receptions. There’s no way Brown has had that quick of a physical decline.
While Jalen Hurts has only thrown one interception on the season, that is a result of this passing attack being extremely conservative. With Saquon Barkley failing to capture his 2024 glory days, this offense is so sluggish that even the Cowboys held their own against it.
While it might be a bit before Dallas is able to put together a roster that can make Philadelphia really start to sweat atop the NFC East, losing Brown at a time when there are not very many star wide receivers available to replace him might be the fatal blow that truly knocks this offense down a peg.
Even though the notoriously moody Brown is in the middle of a big contract that might be difficult to move, one should never underestimate the ability of a top wide receiver to pitch a fit and eventually find his way into the trade market.
