Why A.J. Brown likes facing off against Quinyon Mitchell so much

Why A.J. Brown likes facing off against Quinyon Mitchell so much originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

It would make sense for the Eagles to give first-round pick Quinyon Mitchell an opportunity to cover their resident Pro Bowl receiver A.J. Brown in 1-on-1s at training camp.

But that hasn’t been a directive from the team.

It has actually been Brown’s doing.

“That’s not by design,” Brown said. “That’s me kind of picking a fight with him, trying to get him going. He likes to talk trash at me. But I’m just picking a fight with him to make practices very interesting. But he’s not fazed, he’s not fazed.”

Brown isn’t much of a trash talker but Mitchell is and Brown seems to enjoy the competitiveness with which Mitchell plays. It started way back in the spring when Mitchell told Brown he ran a “trash” route on their first rep against each other.

Back then it surprised Brown. Now? He’s used to it.

And it’s leading to battles like the one we saw in this 1-on-1 rep from the other day.

On this play, Brown pulls down the one-handed catch in the end zone but just gets just one foot in bounds. Mitchell had extremely tight coverage.

Whenever Brown challenges Mitchell, he’s gauging the response of the young cornerback.

“For sure, for sure,” Brown said. “I know these are camp battles but ultimately I’m just trying to get him prepared for when we play in September and that can carry on. Like I said, he doesn’t back down, he hasn’t backed down not one time and that’s what I want to see.

“And, also, like I said, for me, it makes practice very interesting when somebody’s over there chirping. It gets me going. Because these days are long, these days are long and you don’t just want to go through practice if you didn’t catch a ball or whatever. You want some competitors on the other side too. Not saying the other guys doesn’t do that but you all know (Darius) Slay like I know Slay. Not too much is going to get to him. He’s…

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Publish date : 2024-08-02 11:00:00

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