Doug Pederson of the Eagles was put to the test about his call. Here's what he said

CRÊME PHILADELPHIA – The Eagles racked up an impressive 58 yards rushing in Sunday's 21-17 loss to the Carolina Panthers. Midfielder trios Wendell Smallwood, Corey Clement and Josh Adams were defeated in a game that could have consolidated their committee for the rest of the season.

With the October 30 deadline for trading, the Eagles have been associated with a few setbacks for potential contracts. However, other reports indicated that the team would not turn to All-Pro Talent like The Veon Bell and LeSean McCoy to get an answer to the post.

Eagles coach Doug Pederson said on Monday that while running was struggling to establish with veterans Jay Ajayi (ACL) and Darren Sproles (hamstring) he is always confident in his current group.

"I have no lack of confidence in our running game," Pederson said to the question regarding the half-staff.

The Eagles are currently ranked 21st in the fast attack. Due to the lack of recovery, the offensive was forced to focus on the passing game. This one-dimensional approach may have hurt the Eagles in Week 7 against Carolina.

"If you look at statistics, if you're talking about running, a lot of our races are RPOs, there are mixed throws," Pederson said. "I think yesterday you're talking about a great, physical, powerful defense of Carolina – a team that's tough to handle against football anyway, but we've managed to pass the 300 yard mark, though." effective there and enjoy some things in passing. " I think we're exactly where we need to be from the point of view of the staff. "

With a 3-4 record, the Eagles still have a chance to win the division title of the NFC's East Division. The team still has five division games to play and the group is 1-0 in the NFC East battles.

"We are in this situation, we dug ourselves in a hole," Pederson said. "The good thing about our position is that we are still in control of our division, we still have games in our division in front of us and we have nine games left, a lot of football, a lot of football [to be played] and things can happen. "

Eagles players react to defeat against Panthers

Although the optics still remain optimistic in a sense for the Eagles, the team has still not won consecutive games this season. Philadelphia did not prove it could dominate opposing teams for four quarters and the stopping of games was a problem due to the lack of a regular race presence that could waste time in advance.

This season, the Eagles have lost two games after accumulating a double digit lead in the second half. The Tennessee Titans and Panthers were able to come back as the Eagles became unidimensional in attack and could not save time with big innings.

At just over a week from the trade deadline, the Eagles Defender Committee will continue to be interviewed until the team makes a move or wins big when it matters.

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