The Eagles' locker room resembles that perfectly grilled burger with one mysterious ingredient. Everyone can taste it, but nobody can quite name it. You have an undefeated team stacking wins like poker chips in Vegas. But a faint, discordant note hangs in the air, like a guitar slightly out of tune during a hit song. Something seems to be simmering beneath the surface of this 4-0 start.
And that simmer boiled over this week. Head coach Nick Sirianni faced the cameras to address the reported frustrations between his quarterback, Jalen Hurts, and star receiver A.J. Brown. The central question was about their bond, and Sirianni’s response was telling.