Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown ignited a public kerfuffle Sunday when he was spotted reading a book — Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life, by Jim Murphy — to inspire himself during the team’s wild-card victory over the Green Bay Packers.

PHILADELPHIA — A.J. Brown had a novel idea to pass time on the bench during Philadelphia’s wild-card playoff game. The Eagles wide receiver passed on the playbook and checked out an inspirational title — Brown casually ignored the action on the field and flipped through the pages of “Inner Excellence” by Jim Murphy.