Eagles star WR has no issue with QB Jalen Hurts after sideline incident

An underlying subplot to come out of the Philadelphia Eagles' Week 2 win over the Minnesota Vikings was a sideline incident involving star wide receiver A.J. Brown and quarterback Jalen Hurts. A TV camera caught the two having an intense discussion during the fourth quarter, with head coach Nick Sirianni having to step in between them and talk to Brown as Hurts walked away.

Brown did not speak after the game and finally broke his silence regarding the incident on Thursday.

Good news for Eagles fans — he said he has no beef with Hurts, and their discussion had nothing to do with Brown's role in the offense or the number of targets he had been receiving in the game. 

It had been speculated after the game that Brown was unhappy with the number of passes he had received.

Here is what Brown had to say on Thursday, via ESPN:

"I know everybody took that out of context, but it's not a big deal, me and him are still on the same page, we're still growing, we're still trying to become great and get wins most importantly," Brown said. Brown, who finished with four catches for 29 yards, exited the stadium following the Eagles' 34-28 win without speaking to the media. "The reason I left after the game is because my emotion was high, so I had to remove myself. Because I know [the media] wants a story and you all are doing your job ... but I just had to clear my mind before [talking]," he said.

Brown has been targeted on 16 passes through the first two games, one more than fellow star receiver DeVonta Smith. 

This is one of those scenarios where the most likely explanation is the simplest explanation, and the simplest explanation is that Brown, despite what he says, was probably unhappy with the number of looks he was getting in the game and his role in the offense. Wide receivers want the football. They want to make plays. They want the ball in their hands. When they do not get it, they are typically very vocal about it. 

If he was not mad about something relating to that, why were his emotions so high after the game? Especially a game his team won? Brown tried to explain it as something that happened earlier in the game but never went into any details as to what it was. It had to be something that would have resulted in that big of an altercation on the sidelines and still linger that long after the game (and for a week later until he finally decided to talk about it.)

Brown and Smith are drawing almost all of the targets in the Eagles' passing game through the first two weeks.

The Eagles, after making a trip to the Super Bowl a year ago, are 2-0 this season but have not yet fully hit their stride offensively.