For Anthony Brown, the 2018 season was incredibly successful by almost every metric. He returned from a season-ending knee injury in 2017 to throw for over 2,000 yards. He became the fifth BC quarterback to throw 20 touchdowns in a season and was the first to do so since Matt Ryan threw 31 scores in 2007. It made him only the eighth Eagle signal caller to throw for 30 career touchdowns, passing Paul Peterson, Tim Hasselbeck and Shawn Halloran along the way.
Brown's 2018 season was a major factor why BC opened its season with that 7-2 record, but the last three games provided enough fodder for doubters to linger.