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Philadelphia Eagles HC Doug Pederson turns his attention back to football

By Geoffrey Knox

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - FEBRUARY 04: Head coach Doug Pederson of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates his teams 41-33 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - FEBRUARY 04: Head coach Doug Pederson of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates his teams 41-33 win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /
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During his June 6th pre-practice presser, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson quickly placed any unnecessary distraction in his team’s rear view mirror.

As promised, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson met with the local media prior to his team’s June 6th session of OTA practice. As expected, a certain trip that was cancelled came up. No one was surprised when Philly’s head coach quickly shifted the conversation back to the real reason everyone showed up at the Novacare Complex, football.

According to Philly’s leader on the field of play, it’s time to shift everyone’s attention to ‘the new norm’ and away from a trip that never happened.

Here are some notes (just in case you’re interested).

The Eagles originally submitted a list of 80 names that would make the White House trip. When June 5th was on the horizon, that list had dwindled. We’ll, now, never be able to determine who would have been in attendance, but we know the list did include quarterback Nick Foles and the team’s mascot, Swoop.

We also know Malcolm Jenkins, Chris Long, Brandon Graham and Torrey Smith weren’t going.

Here’s some of what Coach Pederson said on the matter:

"I was looking forward to going down and being recognized as world champions. Obviously, we did something last season that was very special… It is what it is…. We’re here today and focused on getting through next week and on to training camp. What you’ve seen and what you’ve heard is enough…. We have two OTA practices and a mandatory camp and that’s enough. We are focused on today. Our goal is 2018."

There’s a crown to defend.

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Now, it’s time to substitute phrases like ‘White House visit’ with others like ‘the new norm’. Pederson also acknowledged he wasn’t worried about the absences of Michael Bennett and Darren Sproles.

Pederson’s response to questions about the White House may be all that’s remembered about this press conference, but more important developments actually came out of this one.

We learned Philly’s franchise quarterback, Carson Wentz, would be participating in 7-on-7 drills.

In the end, that’s more important than some back-and-forth with the President or where this team did or didn’t go. Now, we get back to football.

Thank goodness for that.

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