While A.J. Brown watched film of the Eagles’ win over the Los Angeles Rams with his teammates earlier this week, the wintry mix occluding the footage served as a necessary reminder of what they contended with most of the evening.

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.

Jalen Hurts finished the game, and the Philadelphia Eagles picked up a win. But the status of his knee for next week's NFC championship game is unclear. The Eagles quarterback twisted his left knee in the third quarter of Sunday's 28-22 divisional-round playoff win over the Los Angeles Rams.