By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 
For the first time since becoming the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, Doug Pederson had to address the media following a loss.
Pederson chose to look at the positives, the fact that facing a deficit didn't stop the Eagles from putting up a fight.
"It's a great football team because in that standpoint we could have folded the tents and gave up," Pederson said. "The sideline was very energetic. The guys understood that we were really beating ourselves at that time. They rallied and got ourselves back into this football game."
Pederson added that as the first half progressed with little success, the Eagles players didn't focus on the cause of the negatives, just rallying back to have a chance to win.
"The sign of a good football team is people could starting pointing fingers, but they didn't," Pederson said. "They rallied together and had an opportunity."
That said, the Eagles not only had an opportunity to win, but were in the driver's seat with just over three minutes left and possession of the football. That's when a costly turnover crept in.
The fumble by Ryan Mathews was only one costly play on the day. Penalties really hurt the Eagles, particularly in the first half, and the Eagles defense didn't fare well in the first half either, allowing Detroit to open up a lead. The bye certainly may have contributed to this, but Pederson wasn't making excuses.
"We didn't make the schedule, we had the bye and then we got two games on the road," Pederson said. "We just have to learn to take advantage of these situations. We just came up a little bit short. It's still a good football team. We'll learn from these mistakes, we'll learn from the penalties and missed opportunities and move on to next week."
Much will also be made about the last play of the game, Carson Wentz's first interception. Wentz went for big yardage on the first play of the final drive, throwing deep to Nelson Agholor. The throw was not one of Wentz's best, and resulted in an interception to seal the win for Detroit.
Having that out of the way for the rookie is a good thing to Pederson.
"I personally feel like he's got short-term memory," Pederson said. "He's going to look at the tape, he'll make the corrections and be on to next week. I'm kind of glad he got the interception out of the way. There's so much buildup on that. We throw the football the way we do. He's played great in these four games. He stood in there again tonight and made some tough throws and led our football team."
