PHILADELPHIA — The challenge was presented to the Philadelphia Eagles locker room. Character has been tested with this team up against it, mired in a three-game losing streak with the 2023 season suddenly sinking similar to the Titanic.
Fingers have been pointing why the ship is even heading toward the iceberg, instead of trying to steer the vessel clear of impending disaster. Just like the Titanic, the Eagles are still a powerful ship — as long as it stays out of its own way.
The first step the Eagles are taking is accountability, which has been dormant in the locker room in the midst of a defensive play-caller change and an offense that isn’t living up to its potential. If there’s a lack of accountability in the Eagles locker room, it didn’t show amongst the team captains.
Darius Slay was the first culprit of finger pointing, getting significant backlash from his comments over the defense playing poorly but himself playing well. There were plenty of factors on that defense that led to Sean Desai’s demotion, yet the bottom line was simple.
“It’s our fault. We failed him,” Slay said at the NovaCare Complex Friday. “That’s the sad part about that. I don’t like seeing a man get demoted because of (our) performance. It is a production business, and we just weren’t productive.
“I feel like we all got a hand in that. I don’t like the fact he got demoted. At the end of the day, it is a production business but we have to execute.”
A.J. Brown was also under fire for a few social media posts that gave the outside world a poor outlook on his character. Brown stood up for himself and the player he was, getting mixed emotions from the city. His response was as genuine as they come, wise for a person beyond his years.
“I didn’t handle that correctly. And I’m man enough to say that,” Brown said. “I pride myself on being the best. When the game is on the line, throw me the ball. So when things don’t go my way, it’s OK. Shit, put the blame on me. I accept that. To much is given, much is required.
“So I had to sit down and really think to myself, like, ‘Yeah, if they do put the blame on me, sure, I asked for that. I asked to be in that chair.’ Who cares? So what? That don’t define me. None of that stuff defines me.”
The Eagles are working as hard as they can to get this right, making sure the Titanic doesn’t hit the iceberg. Brown hates to lose, reflecting as a team…
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