Brookover: Birds' receivers down in the dirt

The suspense was excruciating.

Slideshow Packers 27, Eagles 13Would Nelson Agholor sit out Monday night's game against the Green Bay Packers with a deeply bruised psyche or would he play through the brain cramps that he publicly admitted were haunting him after the Eagles' loss in Seattle?

It was all up to coach Doug Pederson and the speculation lingered through a longer than usual week. It was like waiting to find out what Geraldo Rivera was going to unearth inside Al Capone's vault 30 years ago.

Rivera uncovered nothing but dirt and had to apologize to a national television audience. The Eagles probably should have done the same following a listless 27-13 loss to the Packers that pushed them…