AJ Brown has many strings to his bow: wide receiver; Backing singer and He will be a professional baseball player. On Sunday, he added another facet: the NFL’s most committed reader.
The Eagles wide receiver was captured by TV cameras leafing through a book on the sideline during his team’s win over the Green Bay Packers.
brown, Who was named to the NFL’s All-Pro team For the third team this season, he had just one chance on Sunday but denied he started reading because he was out of the game.
“I wasn’t frustrated at all. I thought that’s what you all probably thought,” Brown said after the game. “Why do you always think I’m down? Dang. I like reading.”
The book in question is “Inner Excellence” by Jim Murphy, which promises to “train your mind for exceptional performance and the best life possible.” Brown isn’t the only athlete he admires: Book page on Amazon He also has recommendations from Olympic golf champion Nelly Korda and PGA Championship winner Jason Duffner.
Brown later added on social media that he brings the book to every game and that reading helps his performance. “I use it to refocus and stabilize despite what may be going on in the game, good or bad,” he wrote. “People tend to stir up controversy when they don’t know the truth.”
Brown said he was dealing with an injury coming into the game, while quarterback Jalen Hurts was coming off a stint on the bench after suffering a concussion.
“I’ve never seen him read [on the sideline]; “I saw the book in his hands,” Hurts said. “Everyone has something different and finds their flow in different ways. This is the way they choose to do it.”
Inner Excellence’s free advertising on US network television did not appear to immediately increase sales. On Sunday night, it was listed at No. 573,835 on Amazon’s book sales charts.