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Winning The Basics Key To Victory

Maybe Jim Schwartz dials up an added blitz or two. Perhaps Doug Pederson and Frank Reich insert a wrinkle into the offensive game plan. For the most part, though, the Eagles are going to do what they do when they play Minnesota on Sunday, and the Eagles will win if they execute the basics better than the Vikings.

The Eagles, Pederson thinks, didn't help their cause at Detroit and at Washington. The result? Two losses after three consecutive victories to open the season.

"It's been my message to the football team is sometimes it doesn't really matter - there's going to be times when you just get physically whipped and you get beat.