Jim Murphy — author of A.J. Brown's favorite book — will be at Rams-Eagles

Not only will A.J. Brown have his favorite book on the sideline with him when the Eagles host the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Divisional Round Sunday, but the writer will be in attendance at Lincoln Financial Field.

Jim Murphy — the author of "Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible life" — will be at Sunday's game after Brown was spotted reading the book on the sideline during last week's Wild Card Round win over the Green Bay Packers.

From @NFLGameDay: Jim Murphy, author of “Inner Excellence,” will be in attendance at the Linc today, one week after cameras spotted #Eagles WR A.J. Brown reading his book. In just a few days, the two have become fast friends. pic.twitter.com/FJCPQYvb64

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) January 19, 2025

Murphy's book is currently No. 3 on the Amazon best seller's list among all books, which certainly is due in large part to the exposure that Brown gave to the book. 

"It's an incredible blessing to be a part of this," Murphy said this week to Ashlyn Sullivan of NBC Sports Philadelphia. "And for A.J. to bring the attention to the book to the world I think is such a blessing for everybody." 

Jim Murphy, author of Inner Excellence, has been in Philadelphia all weekend as A.J. Brown invited him to the divisional playoff game.

More on the story of the book A.J. was reading on the sidelines tomorrow on Eagles Pregame Live. pic.twitter.com/nS0RmsWYke

— Ashlyn Sullivan (@ashlynrsullivan) January 18, 2025

While the Eagles were able to advance off of a great defensive performance last week against a banged-up Packers team, they will need much more outer excellence from Brown to move onto the NFC Championship Game for the second time in three years. On a day where the passing game was largely ineffective, Brown caught just one pass for 10 yards last Sunday. If Jalen Hurts is able to find him early and often this afternoon, he may not need any sideline reading material to keep the bigger picture at the forefront of his mind.