Apparently it’s not always sunny in Philadelphia.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and wide receiver A.J. Brown were caught having a sideline spat in Thursday’s 34-28 win over the Minnesota Vikings at Lincoln Financial Field.
It happened at the start of the fourth quarter with the Eagles up 27-14.
Wide receiver DeVonta Smith was standing near the players when it happened and head coach Nick Sirianni had to come over to break up the heated discussion.
Sirianni was seen talking with Brown as Hurts walked away.
After the disagreement, Hurts targeted Brown three times on the following series, which included a 25-yard touchdown wiped out by a penalty.
Brown finished the game four receptions for 29 yards and was targeted by Hurts a total of six times.
Brown didn’t talk with reporters after the game, but Hurts gave some details on the incident.
“I think everybody wants to make plays and everybody wants to contribute,” Hurts said, according to ESPN. “I have no worry about him. He’s a great player, a great teammate, a great friend, and we’ll do anything and everything to win.”
Smith was the receiving star of the night with four catches for 131 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown in the third quarter.
After the game, he stuck up for Brown.
“That’s part of being a competitor, man. You always want to feel you’re a part of the team, helping the team and things like that,” Smith said. “Anytime something like that is going on, it’s not anything bad. He’s not bashing nobody. He just wants to feel part of the team, wants to help us.”
Sirianni tried to move past it during his postgame press conference.
“The conversations we have on the field are going to be private,” Sirianni said. “And the conversations we have in our locker room are going to be private. Y’all don’t need to know what was going on right there.”
All-Pro center Jason Kelce talked about the exchange after the game in the locker room with reporters.
“Everybody’s going to get frustrated,” Kelce said, according to NJ.com. “I mean, I’ve been frustrated on the sideline. I was frustrated last week. I think that you want guys talking. I think actually, it’s worse when guys aren’t talking. So the fact that they were having an exchange at all is a positive in my mind.”
Brown is in his second season with the Eagles.
He set career highs last year with 88 receptions and 1,496 receiving yards following his offseason trade from the Tennessee Titans.