Many sports fans and media members across the country criticized the Philadelphia Eagles for their lack of effort in their 20-14 defeat against the Washington Football Team Sunday night.
Philadelphia had ten forwards inactive for the game, and Eagles head coach Doug Pederson was under fire for having third quarterback Jalen Hurts for third player Nate Sudfeld in the second half of the competition. tank.
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Pederson insisted during an interview with reporters on Monday that he was trying to win the game, despite choosing their starting quarterback. ES Pa reporter Sal Paolantonio, who has long covered the Eagles, was not sold into the team to win.
On Monday, Paolantonio made an appearance in “The Dan Patrick Show“and talk about the decision Philadelphia made during the game.
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“If I’m the NFL, if I’m Roger Goodell, I’ll now put on my Kenesaw Mountain Landis pants and do a forensic investigation into what came down,” Paoloantonio said.
And after Patrick responded with, “Are you serious?”
“Total. Two thousand percent,” Paolantonio said. ‘If you tell me you’re playing to win the game, who’s buying it? … I think it’s worth it to find out the time of the league what happened. ‘
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Pederson told reporters he was ‘coaching to win’, but according to ESPN also planned to give Sudfeld some snaps. Sudfeld was in the game for the Eagles’ last four slides. Philadelphia was within once by taking the lead or leveling the game.