Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson ripped into wide receiver Nelson Agholor for downplaying a series of dropped passes in Sunday's loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
Agholor dropped four passes during the game, much to Pederson's disappointment. However, the second-year wide receiver dismissed his poor play after the game in an interview with ESPN's Tim McManus.
You just have to make the next one. Everybody runs routes. Sometimes they are contested. Sometimes you drop them. If you make as many as you possibly can that come your way, you'll put yourself in a good position. No one is perfect. I don't look at no drops, or that type of [stuff]. I'm tired of hearing that [stuff]. It's just stupid.
We play football. I dropped the first one. I didn't drop one after that. What does it matter? Because if we lose, then it's like we'll place blame on this person did this. No! As a team, we have a responsibility to win football games, and I get it, some plays could have helped. But there are still four quarters of football to be played, and we got to win. I don't got time for that no more. I got time to win football games, only. No statistics. No 'Who did this?' Win, that's all that matters. That's what coach staff cares about. That's what I care about. That's what we all care about -- winning football games.
Pederson wasn't impressed with Agholor's attitude.
"We're disappointed, I'm disappointed in the type of comments," Pederson said. "I think each individual has to be responsible for their own job, obviously. We've got to make good, smart choices. Everybody is mad and disappointed and angry after tough losses like we just came through, and cooler heads prevail. We just have to bite our lip sometimes and just suck it up, and get to work. And that's what we've got to do this week."
The Eagles square off against the New York Giants on Sunday, where Agholor will face pressure to play better in a key divisional encounter.
