Eagles coach's clash with star wide receiver draws terse response from NFL great

NFL fable Michael Strahan took contented with the heated enactment betwixt Philadelphia Eagles caput manager Nick Sirianni and wide receiver A.J. Brown successful the archetypal fractional of their playoff crippled against the San Francisco 49ers connected Sunday.

Sirianni and Brown were seen yelling astatine each different connected the sideline, sparking fans to wonderment whether it was tensions boiling implicit oregon fiery competitory tone breaching the hatch.

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Michael Strahan, acold left, gives the thumbs up arsenic the New York Giants discontinue his jersey with erstwhile manager Tom Coughlin, acold right, and erstwhile subordinate Jessie Armstead, center. The Giants decision the Eagles, 13-7, astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. (Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com/USA TODAY NETWORK)

The erstwhile New York Giants prima didn’t look to admit the moment.

"I don’t recognize wherefore Sirianni’s moving down determination and yelling astatine 1 of his prima players, A.J. Brown," Strahan said during halftime of the FOX broadcast. "You know, A.J. Brown wanted to get progressive successful the game, I’m beauteous sure. They took 2 large shots with him, possibly helium said, ‘Give maine a shot,’ and the manager said, ‘You had your chance, you amended drawback the shot adjacent time.’

"I don’t recognize wherefore you bash that successful the mediate of a crippled similar this, due to the fact that I don’t deliberation that brings retired the champion successful your players. I deliberation it takes distant from your play. I deliberation it takes distant from the cognition of the squad and the vigor of the team."

A.J. Brown #11 of the Philadelphia Eagles walks disconnected the tract aft his team's 23-19 nonaccomplishment against the San Francisco 49ers successful the NFC Wild Card Playoff crippled astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected Jan. 11, 2026 successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

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Strahan did recognition the Eagles for being capable to triumph games with what appeared from the extracurricular arsenic "internal dysfunction."

Sirianni explained that helium was rushing toward Brown to get him disconnected the tract truthful the squad could punt.

"I emotion A.J. I deliberation helium knows however I consciousness astir him. I person a peculiar narration with him," Sirianni said. "We astir apt went done each emotion you tin perchance person together. We’ve laughed together, we’ve cried together, we’ve yelled astatine each other. We’re some emotional. I was trying to get him disconnected the tract and that happens successful this game.

"It happens successful this game, but I emotion him."

Brown did person an accidental to marque a play connected 3rd down connected the Eagles’ last thrust down 4 points. A Jalen Hurts walk intended for the wide receiver went disconnected of his hands. The Eagles’ thrust was capable to proceed arsenic they converted connected 4th down.

Brown didn’t person different people for the remainder of the series.

San Francisco won the game, 23-19.

Eagles caput manager Nick Sirianni looks connected during the NFL Wild Card crippled betwixt the San Fransisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles connected Jan. 11, 2026 astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia. (Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Brown had 3 catches connected 7 targets for 25 yards. Dallas Goedert had a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown from Hurts.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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