The city of Philadephia has always been crazy behind its sports teams and the NFL teams are no different. The Philadephia Eagles inspire a lot of love and affection from the city fans. While they did face off and lose against the Chiefs, the Eagles are one of the most popular teams in the NFL. Therefore, it came as a horrifying shock for the city’s fans when the news of a player suffering an injury went viral.
A video of AJ Brown, while he was streaming on Instagram Live, went viral. While he was on the road, Brown’s accident video went all over the social media platform.
The close call of the rising star of the Philadelphia Eagles
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A video from Brown’s Instagram Live went viral all over different social platforms. The Live, which had 395 people on it when it happened, saw the WR falling off his cycle.
AJ Brown was almost taken out by a vehicle on his bike ride this morning while participating in the Eagles Autism Challenge race, via his IG Live. 😬
He seems to fully okay, just a close call.pic.twitter.com/h8aON1yufl
— Eagles Nation (@PHLEaglesNation) May 20, 2023
The video showcased the WR almost falling off due to a white car coming his way and almost running him over. Reportedly, the WR looked like he was taking a trip on his cycle with several others.
As the video of his crash went viral, the legion of Eagles fans took to Twitter to talk about their concern for the WR.
Fans go off on Twitter as AJ Brown has an interesting incident
Fans had some hilarious reactions to Brown’s near miss of an accident. One fan mentioned how it could’ve been someone from an opposing team’s fanbase.
Me looking to see what mfing cowboy fan was driving that car 🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/sPsyTzOHuX
— Colbb (@colbrackks) May 20, 2023
One fan mentioned how he is praying for the driver.
Prayers for the driver ❤️ hope he’s ok
— Dallas Sports Fan (@DakToCeedee88) May 20, 2023
Furthermore, some fans joked about how the driver would suffer if he was responsible for hurting an Eagles wide reciever.
Imagine the hell that drivers life would’ve been if he ended WR1’s season. Not making it out alive.
— Eric Lord 🦅 (@O_Lordie) May 20, 2023
Some fans scoffed and expressed surprise that it wasn’t Embiid.
this is truly some freak injury that would happen to a Philly athlete. Surprised it’s not Embiid😭
— ARENASIX☢️ (@SixersArena) May 20, 2023
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Fans were also shocked at how the team didn’t try to get the roads closed.
Imagine the @Eagles a BILLION dollar organization who didn't pay the city or block off a bike path for this ride. It's not hard to get street closures on a sat morning
— J B ●|||||||● (@winstonsdad01) May 20, 2023
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All in all, fans had a nice laugh over how he almost got into an accident. However, they were all very happy for him that he was safe after the close call. While the WR has not incurred any injury, his fall was scary for a lot of the fans.
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