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when you win the Super Bowl Cheap Dallas Goedert Jersey , but there are also a few drawbacks. One is that everyone wants to be like you, “it’s a copycat league” still applies. Teams try to mimic player usage, or a drafting philosophy, or a style of play. They also try to import the ideas by hiring coaches from the winning team. The Eagles have seen that happen, as Doug Pederson’s top two offensive assistants got promotions with other teams. The other big area to copy without hiring anyone is Pederson’s trademark aggression on 4th down. But 4th downs are big risk. With most teams six games into the season, it’s a good time to check if teams are really following Pederson’s lead or not.They are.Early in the season it was clear that when teams went for it, they were doing so almost exclusively when 1 or 2 yards was needed for a first down. That’s logical, as getting 1 yard is far easier than getting 4, and with 2 yards being the distance needed for a 2 point conversion, a short yardage do or die situation is both practiced and planned for. But it was unclear if coaches would stick with it, or if the early results were just an aberration in a small sample size. With the season a third of the way over, the results are clear.Through 6 weeks of 2017 on 4th and 2 or less on or inside their opponent’s 40 in the first three quarters, and not counting end/near end of half field goals (in other words Cheap Nelson Agholor Jersey , short yardage in field goal range and not in desperation time), coaches that weren’t Doug Pederson went for it 45% of the time.This season in the same situations, coaches that aren’t Doug Pederson have gone for it 61% of the time. And they’re doing so consistently, the attempt rate is 50% or better every week of the season.Coaches are even coming out of their shells a bit on longer distances. With the above parameters but with a distance of 3 to 10 yards to go, coaches went for it 5% of the time last season. This season that rate has doubled, they’ve gone for it 10% of the time. These are seismic changes.For years many fans and an increasing amount of analysts have begged and pleaded with coaches to go for it more often, arguing that the reward justifies the risk. It did for Doug Pederson, and it is for coaches. So far this season there have been 30 4th and short attempts. 13 of them either scored a touchdown on the play or the drive resulted in a touchdown, 6 were converted but the drive resulted in a field goal, while 10 failed to gain a first down, and 1 was converted but the drive later ended on a failed fourth and long attempt (the Bills trying a fake field goal). This season the league average field goal conversion rate is 84.4%, if we apply that to the 30 attempts we would expect 75 points to be scored.In reality, teams have scored 122 points Authentic Alshon Jeffery Jersey , an average of 4 points an attempt. Teams are converting on 67% of attempts. 65% of teams that convert are turning would be field goal attempts into drives ending with a touchdown. Coaches going for it on 4th and short should be here to stay, and it’s an overdue and welcome change. Everyone can thank Doug Pederson for it. Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson said after the 21-17 loss to the Carolina Panthers that his players would galvanize over the rest of the season and grow closer.What better way to achieve that goal than to have them spend nearly four days together in a foreign country?"I think this trip right here is a great time for us to be away as a football team," Pederson said Friday as the Eagles prepare to face the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium in London. "That's obviously something that we need — being together like this for a couple days."Philadelphia (3-4) fell to its third loss in four games after they collapsed late, giving up a 17-0 lead against the Panthers after three quarters before allowing 21 unanswered points.That fourth-quarter muzzling was troublesome for both the offense and the defense. The Eagles won the Super Bowl last season in part because they had one of the highest-scoring units in the NFL, but they have scored only 22 points per game this season, nearly six points off last season's pace, and their pass defense has allowed 269.7 yards a game, the ninth-worst in the league.Losing starting safety Rodney McLeod to a season-ending knee injury in Week 3, and his replacement, Corey Graham, to a hamstring injury a week later, certainly hasn't done Philadelphia's secondary any favors.But after losing all four games this season by a touchdown or less, including three of the last four by a combined nine points http://www.philadelphiaeaglesteamonlines.com/stefen-wisniewski-jersey , quarterback Carson Wentz believes the trip across the Atlantic can be a springboard for success."I mean, as a quarterback and just the leaders in general, it's really on a lot of us to get everyone going again and recognize that record ... doesn't matter," Wentz said. "The goal is to go 1-0 every week, and especially the division we're in, that's kind of wide open. At this point in the year, not where we want to be, but we still have the whole season in front of us."Philadelphia's opponent, the Jaguars (3-4), will be playing in London for the sixth consecutive season and have won their last three games at Wembley.Pederson said the familiarity of the international trip may help them, but after making the trip as the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive coordinator in 2015, he doesn't believe it provides much of an advantage."I mean, they're familiar with the city and familiar with the travel ... but I think both teams are in the same situation today Authentic Nate Gerry Jersey , feeling the same things," Pederson said.He also drew parallels between the Eagles' trip to London and their week last year in Los Angeles, where they stayed between road games against the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams.Wentz, who tore the ACL in his left knee after the win over the Rams, joked that he hoped the outcome on Sunday wouldn't be similar to the one last season.But he did recognize Pederson's point and hopes the intangible benefits will one day pay off."It's a unique week," Wentz said. "Bonding over here is definitely a big plus on trips like this, for sure."Notes: RB Jay Ajayi, who was born in London and moved to Maryland when he was 7, joined the Eagles for the trip despite tearing the ACL in his left knee in the loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 7. Ajayi, who played in his hometown last season for the Miami Dolphins, was honored with an exhibit at the Museum of London on Wednesday. ... Pederson said Graham and NT Haloti Ngata (calf) are likely to be game-time decisions on Sunday.
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