Eagles Fans Flock To Amazon To Review Book AJ Brown Read On Sidelines

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Anyone who has watched the Eagles for very long knows wide receiver AJ Brown for his gravity-defying acrobats and mile-long arms that pluck a missile of pigskin from space at will.

But during the Eagles Sunday night playoff win over the Green Bay Packers, Brown made himself into a cult classic.

The TV broadcast repeatedly showed Brown, sitting on the bench on the sidelines amidst the passing clamor of linemen suiting up and coaches barking direction, calmly reading a book. As if on the beach or in the library, not on a stage before some 70,000 roaring Philadelphia sports fans.

The book is called "Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life," by Jim Murphy. Brown says he reads it during games all the time, the cameras just never caught it before.

"This game is 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical for me," Brown shared on his Twitter page. "I bring it to every game and I read it between each drive. I use it to refocus and lock in despite what may transpire in the game good or bad. People tend to create controversy when they don’t know the truth."

Eagles fans have now flooded the reviews section of the book's Amazon page.

One of the most recent reviews was headlined "good read when frustrated" and explained "Good read when you're not getting the ball but your team's up 2 TDs in the divisional round."

"This book helped me and my team win an important NFL wild card game, 10 stars!" another said.

Another credited the book for the Eagles 14-win season, while one reviewer took things in another direction.

"AJ Brown is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers," they wrote. "Like Goku in the hyperbolic time chamber, my WR1 is slowly reaching limits beyond human comprehension."

All athletes have their own routines to get themselves ready for the big moment. Brown himself told reporters after the game that the reason for reading was simple.

"I physically believe I can do anything and everything," he said. "But I gotta make sure my mental good."