Philadelphia Eagles players may have to get into Doug Pederson's head a little more often. Thanks to Josh Adams, the Eagles ran the ball 29 times and threw it 28...which led to a win over the New York Giants and kept the Eagles season alive.

Adams had 22 carries for 84 yards and a touchdown in the win, also having a 52-yard run taken away on a holding penalty that kept him from having his first 100-yard game of his career. Whatever the Eagles players said to Pederson about Adams resonated with the head coach.

The Eagles are going to run the ball more.

"I think it's something that has always been there," Pederson said on the running game Monday. "We've seen glimpses of that this season when we've rushed the ball for close to thirty times a game. That's been a good recipe. If you go back and look at the wins, we've been pretty successful doing that. The games that get lopsided obviously it’s a different story because you have to rethink your plan just a little bit.

"But great job by the guys up front; starts with them. Tight ends are involved, receivers are involved, as I mentioned, and then of course your quarterback. Your quarterback getting us in and out of runs, good to bad and bad to good. Just making all that work."

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The Eagles are 5-0 when they run the ball 25 times or more this season and 0-6 when that number is less than 25. So why can't Pederson get with the program?

The Eagles are a team built the have a lead by getting off to a fast start, but that wasn't the case Sunday. Pederson stuck with the run even when the Eagles were down 16 points in the first half and stayed with it over the course of the game.

Adams is to thank for that, having 56 carries for 291 yards and two touchdowns on the season, becoming the leading rusher on the Eagles after 11 games. Over his last four games, Adams has 45 carries for 245 yards, averaging 5.4 yards per carry.

Why did it take the Eagles so long to make Adams the solo act at running back? Like many other young players, he seized an opportunity after Jay Ajayi and Darren Sproles went down. Adams let his play on the field do the talking.

"Yeah, because if you remember he started on the practice squad to start the season," Pederson said. "We had [Darren] Sproles, we had Jay [Ajayi], and Corey (Clement), and Wendell [Smallwood], so kind of knew what we had coming out of training camp. But you still don't know until players play. Then to his credit, with taking advantage of some of the injuries, he has just kind of slowly worked himself into this position.

"Listen, it's not to discount or discredit Corey and Wendell because they do a lot of great things as well. It's just that Josh now has kind of taken that lead, and we continue to grow and try to increase his touches each week."

The Eagles only need to reach 25 carries. They can accomplish that with Adams.