By Patrick Del Gaone, Sports Talk Philly staff writer 
Finally, preseason phenom Paul Turner has been promoted to the Philadelphia Eagles' active roster.
The Eagles lost their 5th consecutive road game at CenturyLink Field in Seattle by a score of 26-15 yesterday afternoon.
The Seahawks' notorious defensive unit bullied Doug Pederson's offense both in the trenches and on the perimeter throughout the game, as once again Philadelphia's lack of skilled-position weapons was illuminated.
Today, the first-year head coach announced that he's making an adjustment to the 53-man roster.
"We're gonna sign Paul Turner to the active," Pederson said. "We gave him some work last week in practice, and just feel like this is a good opportunity, not only for him, but for us to see where he's at, see what he can do. We'll make a decision later this week whether he'll be [active on Monday night] later in the week."
"He's done well [in practice]. Gosh, he's made plays on service team going against our defense. A lot of time when you're going against the starters in practice, you get a good look at your young players that way. Even last week in practice, we were able to interject him in some of our offensive practice work. He's obviously a sharp kid, and we look forward to giving him some more work this week."
The move comes as no surprise considering the anemic play from Philly's receiving corps this year. Per Pro Football Focus, Nelson Agholor, Dorial Green-Beckham and Jordan Matthews all rank top-20 in the NFL in drop rate.
Agholor told reporters after the game that he's struggling mentally on the field, and that he "needs to get out of his own head."
At this time, Pederson's concern for the former USC Trojan goes beyond the gridiron.
"I will definitely have a conversation with Nelson," Pederson said. "Those are definitely concerns that I have, now that he's said that publicly. My concern is for him as an individual, you know, as a person. I wanna make sure he's in a good spot. Hey listen, put football aside, we all know about that. I wanna make sure that him as a person, he's doing good, so we'll have that conversation this week."
"Sometimes you have to take a step back in order to go forward. That can help clear your head. When Andy [Reid] pulled me out to put Donovan [McNabb] in, it was a step back to possibly go forward, and to see it differently. That way too, you can begin to clear your head, and see it where you don't have the pressure of performing on you all the time."
Dreadful play outside of the hashes is being compounded by an inconsistent offensive line, which collectively puts an insurmountable amount of pressure on quarterback Carson Wentz. The rookie signal-caller went 2-for-13 with two interceptions on passes over ten yards in last night's loss.
"The way to get him back on track is, I've gotta do a better job with the run game," Pederson said. "For a young quarterback, I've said all along, you can't put 45 pass attempts on a young quarterback against that defense, in that stadium. You're doing him a disservice. We've gotta do a better job as coaches. We're all disappointed, but I look at myself hard in this one. [I've gotta] make sure I'm doing everything I can to put our players in the right positions."
You can watch the full press conference from Pederson below.
