The Eagles they remain at the top of the East of the NFC. The question is how long they will do it. After the 27-17 loss to the New York Giants, the Philadelphia has let go of his chance to advance in the league’s least competitive division, where all his teams combine for an overall losing record: 10-26-1.
With three touchdowns on the ground, the Giants tied their second straight victory by completing five of 14 third-chance opportunities, compared to the null effectiveness of Doug Pederson’s team in that same department (0/9). The meeting, which tried to trace Philadelphia with two touchdowns in the third quarter, he left the strategist with a bad taste in his mouth.
“I’m upset. I’m upset with me, with the way we play. It frustrates me infinitely. We’re very proud, I’m very proud. We work our asses off working during the week. It’s frustrated. Blame me all you want, I will handle it with the players. I’m already big, it’s fine. We have inflicted a punishment. We are killing ourselves. We are shooting ourselves in the foot. All those little clichéd statements continue to apply and it is frustrating, “he told the official team website .
In addition to failing to convert on a third down, the Eagles only completed a three-down play on fourth down. Carson Wentz pitched his second scoreless game and his third-worst in completion percentage (56.7%). Those were two important factors in letting go of the game, Pederson acknowledged.
“I see a lot of different things. First of all, I see the 11 penalties. Let’s start with it. Let’s start with that we were 0 of 9 on third down. Penalties are a matter of discipline. The third down is a matter of execution and play selection. And when I see all that in the footage, it is exactly what stands out on the screen. I will not sit here to make excuses and say that we have young players, no. That is over. It’s already been ten weeks of this, “he added.
Calendar, against Eagles
Philadelphia has no choice but to lift its head and continue with the schedule to ensure the division with the small margin they have over other teams.
However, the road does not look easy. The rest of the Eagles’ schedule looms tough weeks for Pederson: in Cleveland, against Seattle, in Green Bay, against Saints, in Arizona, in Dallas and against Washington.
