A.J. Brown dropped his head low between his wide shoulders and shook it slowly, drawing in an unsteady breath. “I don’t even want to get emotional, honestly,” he said softly, clearly doing just that.
He’d been asked about the season-ending neck injury suffered by his teammate D.K. Metcalf last week in Little Rock. The pair of star wide receivers signed at Ole Miss together in 2015 and have spent the bulk of the time since then destroying SEC defensive backs. “Honestly he doesn’t deserve it with everything he’s been through, how hard he worked this offseason.