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Carolina Panthers that his players would galvanize over the rest of the season and grow closer.What better way to achieve that goal than to have them spend nearly four days together in a foreign country?"I think this trip right here is a great time for us to be away as a football team Youth J.J. Arcega-Whiteside Jersey ," Pederson said Friday as the Eagles prepare to face the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium in London. "That's obviously something that we need 鈥?being together like this for a couple days."Philadelphia (3-4) fell to its third loss in four games after they collapsed late, giving up a 17-0 lead against the Panthers after three quarters before allowing 21 unanswered points.That fourth-quarter muzzling was troublesome for both the offense and the defense. The Eagles won the Super Bowl last season in part because they had one of the highest-scoring units in the NFL, but they have scored only 22 points per game this season, nearly six points off last season's pace, and their pass defense has allowed 269.7 yards a game, the ninth-worst in the league.Losing starting safety Rodney McLeod to a season-ending knee injury in Week 3, and his replacement, Corey Graham, to a hamstring injury a week later, certainly hasn't done Philadelphia's secondary any favors.But after losing all four games this season by a touchdown or less, including three of the last four by a combined nine points, quarterback Carson Wentz believes the trip across the Atlantic can be a springboard for success."I mean Black J.J. Arcega-Whiteside Jersey , as a quarterback and just the leaders in general, it's really on a lot of us to get everyone going again and recognize that record ... doesn't matter," Wentz said. "The goal is to go 1-0 every week, and especially the division we're in, that's kind of wide open. At this point in the year, not where we want to be, but we still have the whole season in front of us."Philadelphia's opponent, the Jaguars (3-4), will be playing in London for the sixth consecutive season and have won their last three games at Wembley.Pederson said the familiarity of the international trip may help them, but after making the trip as the Kansas City Chiefs' offensive coordinator in 2015, he doesn't believe it provides much of an advantage."I mean, they're familiar with the city and familiar with the travel ... but I think both teams are in the same situation today Youth Corey Clement Jerseys , feeling the same things," Pederson said.He also drew parallels between the Eagles' trip to London and their week last year in Los Angeles, where they stayed between road games against the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams.Wentz, who tore the ACL in his left knee after the win over the Rams, joked that he hoped the outcome on Sunday wouldn't be similar to the one last season.But he did recognize Pederson's point and hopes the intangible benefits will one day pay off."It's a unique week," Wentz said. "Bonding over here is definitely a big plus on trips like this, for sure."Notes: RB Jay Ajayi, who was born in London and moved to Maryland when he was 7, joined the Eagles for the trip despite tearing the ACL in his left knee in the loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 7. Ajayi, who played in his hometown last season for the Miami Dolphins, was honored with an exhibit at the Museum of London on Wednesday. ... Pederson said Graham and NT Haloti Ngata (calf) are likely to be game-time decisions on Sunday. Another minor league bites the dust"WhiteFanposts Fanshots Eagles StoriesScheduleRosterStatsYahoo Eagles NewsYahoo Eagles Team PageYahoo Eagles ReportYahoo Eagles Depth ChartYahoo Eagles TransactionsYahoo Eagles PhotosOdds About Masthead Community Guidelines StubHub 鉁旴reaking NewsThe Eagles' 2019 draft class is finalized 脳AAF will reportedly cease operations todayNew,86commentsAnother minor league bites the dustEDTShareTweetShareShareAAF will reportedly cease operations todayJason Getz-USA TODAY SportsThe Alliance of American Football Corey Clement Jerseys Stitched , an independent football league that was destined to fail without the financial support of the NFL, has failed. With two games remaining in the regular season, the AAF will announce today that it is suspending operations, according to multiple reports. Though premature, this was always the destiny of the AAF. Every independent 11 on 11 football league that has come before the AAF has folded due to financial difficulty, from the USFL in the 1980s to the XFL in 2001 to the UFL from 2009-2012 and everything in between. Even the Arena Football League ceased operations for the 2009 season and had just four teams in 2018 (though have added two teams for this upcoming season), down from 17 in 2008.The AAF had promise. Filled with former and hopeful NFL players and some high profile coaches, the AAF was attractive to viewers. Even after the novelty of Week 1 wore off, viewership was respectable. And the league was a viable testing ground for rule changes.But from the get go, there were problems. After just two weeks, the AAF needed a financial injection simply to meet payroll. Despite respectable TV ratings, attendance was terrible Ron Jaworski Jersey , with five of the league’s eight teams (Birmingham, Memphis, Atlanta, Arizona, and Salt Lake) drawing fewer than 15,000 a game.On Monday, AAF Chairman Tom Dundon, the owner of the Carolina Hurricanes who provided the in-season cash to continue operations in exchange for taking over the league, said that without the ability to bring in players under contract with the NFL (read: free labor), the league could not survive.It’s a shame. The NFL needs its own proper minor league. It needs a league where young players can grow, fringe veterans can get another chance, where coaches can develop http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-randall-cunningham-jersey , and where the league can try things out. The AAF’s plan to become that was ambitious but ultimately fruitless, because they didn’t have the financial backing to survive, and then when they did get a cash influx, had to hand over the keys to someone who entered after the season started and changed the direction of the league.Next year, the XFL is slated to reboot. It too will fail. And so will the next one, and the one after that. The only solution is a fully NFL-backed league.