Another day, another report about Eagles locker room turmoil. This time from the Inquirer, where Marcus Hayes provides us with the obvious. Nick Sirianni treated his stars differently then he treated his second-tier players:

Sirianni and his staff played favorites. If you were a second-tier player or a recent addition, as the team staggered to its 1-6 finish, Sirianni and his assistants targeted you. But if you were Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, or one of the legacy stars, your miscues went unmentioned or were excused.

When asked if Brown’s on-field conniptions and his two-week media blackout were affecting the team, an accomplished veteran player replied:

“I don’t know about that. But I will say it doesn’t help when they treat guys two different ways.”

With that, he nodded at Hurts’ empty locker.

What about Brown?

“Yeah. I guess some guys can’t do anything wrong.”

No doyyyyyyyyy. Treating your players fairly is one thing. Treating players equally is impossible. It’s a business. Nick Sirianni can’t treat the $100 million wide receiver the same as the practice squad guy. They can’t get equal reps in practice. Just like the first rounder gets more opportunity than the seventh rounder. Life isn’t fair blah blah blah.

No one said it better than Urban Meyer. You treat your superstars like superstars and your shit like shit:

I don’t think this is some crazy realization that Hayes wants to make it out to be. This is common throughout the 32 teams in the league. Even the great Bill Belichick learned early that star players aren’t held to the same standard:

Ask anyone who’s ever been in a sales office. You think the #1 sales guy is treated the same at your company as #100? Absolutely not. They have more leash, a bigger expense account, and more opportunities to walk into their bosses offices and tell them to fuck off. They’ve earned that right because of their performance. It’s the same in football. The $255 million QB should be able to call his own plays. He’s the franchise. You pay him like the franchise for a reason. Now, on the other hand, the boss can’t be scared of his employee, like Brian Johnson apparently was, but there’s a reason he’s not here any longer:


It’s an indictment of first-year offensive coordinator Brian Johnson. He is a longtime family friend of Hurts’ and was his quarterbacks coach for two years with the Eagles but, when promoted last year, players said Johnson became reluctant to hold Hurts accountable. Johnson also, according to players, was intimidated by Brown.

I just want to know how long are we going to pile on the Eagles with these reports? Everyone knows the locker room was shit. Everyone knows the coaching staff stunk. The major positions on the coaching staff have all changed, the offense is still very talented, and the defense will be revamped thanks to Taylor Swift – I mean the salary cap skyrocketing. I’m already bored with the unnamed sources and AJ Brown/Hurts speculation and it’s not even March.