Philadelphia Eagles Part Ways with Failed Free Agent Addition

Brown will now be able to sign with another NFL team for a potential playoff push.

Hollywood Brown was a bust for Eagles

It became evident early on during Brown’s tenure with the Eagles that he might not have the desired on-field impact. Brown didn’t see a single snap in Philadelphia’s Week 1 win over Washington despite being healthy, and at that point the writing was already on the wall.

After that game, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni stressed the fact that he wanted to figure out ways to get Brown involved in the offense, but he ultimately proved unable, or unwilling to do so.

“We obviously want to get him into the football game because his speed is real. It just didn’t work out that way yesterday. There are games like that. There are games where you get shut out on catches. Unfortunately, there are games, they get shut out on reps,” Sirianni said at the time.

“But we know that Hollywood can help us win football games, and his speed is real, and, quite frankly, just from my end, we want to get him into the football game, right? And so, you know, we’ll make a better effort to do that next time, ’cause I know the playmaking ability that he can bring with his speed. … I do want to see him in that football game and getting reps and contributing to this football team.”

Given how poorly the Eagles’ passing offense has operated all season, Brown is probably thankful that he was waived so that he can potentially land somewhere that they might actually look in his direction. It will be interesting to see where he ends up.