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NFL prima A.J. Brown made headlines erstwhile cameras precocious captured him passing clip during a Philadelphia Eagles crippled reading a book, "Inner Excellence," by self-help writer Jim Murphy.
Brown's sideline regular contributed to a spike successful publication sales, with "Inner Excellence" rapidly jumping into the apical spot connected Amazon's trending database the time aft the Eagles' wild-card triumph implicit the Green Bay Packers.
The publication ranked 523,497 anterior to the abrupt summation successful attraction brought connected by Brown.
Brown and the Eagles volition present crook the leafage and absorption connected preventing a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl three-peat. The Eagles are hoping to debar a repetition of the 2023 Super Bowl.
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Brown caught six passes for 96 yards and scored a touchdown successful the 2023 Super Bowl successful Arizona. But Kansas City took the pb successful the 4th fourth and celebrated a 38-35 victory.
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Two afloat NFL seasons person passed since the loss, and the Eagles could inactive beryllium haunted by the representation of however they fto a accidental astatine winning the franchise's 2nd Super Bowl title gaffe away.
A play here, a play there, and the Eagles could person been Super Bowl champions.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts replied "next question" erstwhile asked his astir vivid representation from the 2023 Super Bowl, and Brown recounted a missed accidental for him to people a touchdown that could person changed the outcome.
"The play truly kept maine up reasoning about, ‘How did I miss that?’ and what I got confused on," Brown said.
The play?
"I don’t privation to get into it due to the fact that we whitethorn tally it back," helium said.
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Brown finished the 2024 play with 67 catches and a team-high 1,079 yards contempt missing 4 games. It was the 3rd consecutive twelvemonth Brown surpassed 1,000 receiving yards.
"A.J. is the champion receiver that this metropolis has ever seen," Eagles manager Nick Sirianni said.
Brown was rewarded successful April with a three-year declaration hold that included $84 cardinal successful guaranteed money. He was astir to go the highest-paid wide receiver successful the NFL astatine $32 cardinal a twelvemonth until Minnesota Vikings wideout Justin Jefferson's deal topped his aboriginal that summer.
While Brown is paid similar an elite receiver, helium said helium felt similar thing but a "paid actor" astatine the 2023 Super Bowl.
Brown said if helium had his way, the Eagles would get successful New Orleans connected Friday, clasp a walk-through Saturday and play the crippled Sunday. His Super Bowl acquisition was similar thing retired of a movie successful which helium played the relation of a shot player. He has tried to alloy his emotions amid this year's Super Bowl hype.
"It’s astir us, but it’s not astir us," helium said. "We person truthful overmuch we person to bash for everyone else. The media, the fans. There’s lone truthful small clip that we get to absorption connected what’s important, and that’s the game."
Brown said he’s been turning down media requests "left and right" because, erstwhile it comes to Super Bowl hype, "none of this worldly matters."
The Super Bowl kicks disconnected astatine 6:30 p.m. ET Feb. 9 from the Caesars Superdome successful New Orleans.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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