Doug Pederson says hes on same page with front office over Eagles recent roster moves
Doug Pederson
Michael Fulmer Jersey has a major influence on the final roster, which has been tinkered with quite a bit over the past several weeks. The Eagles have released players who played a significant amount of snaps at one point this season:, , and being the most notable. Add to that list.The Eagles released Hollins Tuesday after he had no catches since Week 5 of the season, despite playing 204 snaps during that stretch. Pederson had kept Hollins over other wide receivers like , who outplayed the 2017 fourth-round pick in the preseason despite not making the final roster.So is their a discord between Pederson and the Eagles front office, one that has had a fair collaboration over the past three seasons?"There is not a decision that is made with this roster that (executive vice president and general manager) Howie (Roseman) and I don't discu s first obviously, whether it's practice squad, whether it's active roster, whether it's to bring a guy in for a workout or whatever it might be,
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