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Pederson admits 2-yard challenge not a good idea

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On second thought, Doug Pederson admitted, his curious decision to use his final replay challenge on a two-yard third-quarter completion by Green Bay Monday night probably wasn’t such a great idea.

“I probably would have kept (the challenge)’’ if he had it to do over again, the Eagles coach said Wednesday. “It was a two-yard gain. Keep it at second-and-eight.

“The (reason I challenged it) was where they were on the field. At that point, I was thinking, (let’s get it reversed) and go second-and-10 over second-and-8. Try to keep them back two more yards.

“But that would be a challenge (that I wouldn’t do again).