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Eagles coach Doug Pederson: 'Dogfight' win over Giants can help in playoffs

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Many people looked at the Eagles’ closer-than-it-should-have-been 34-29 win over the 2-11 Giants on Sunday and saw an ugly, disconcerting performance that set off alarm bells just three weeks before the start of the playoffs.

Not Doug Pederson.

When the Eagles coach looked at the game, he saw an admittedly flawed, but character-building performance that his team needed to experience as it prepares for the postseason

“We’ve all been in situations where sometimes, you know you’re probably going to win the football game, but at the same time, you either look past it or whatever,’’ Pederson said.