Adrian Fedkiw
It’s clearly evident that Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Nelson Agholor has a fragile psyche and head coach Doug Pederson admitted Wednesday that the 2015 first-rounder has been seeing a sports psychologist over recent weeks, according to ESPN’s Tim McManus.
Doug Pederson said Nelson Agholor has seen a sports psychologist over the last couple weeks.
— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) November 23, 2016
The second-year wideout opened up about his poor play and continuous mistakes following Sunday’s 26-15 loss to the Seattle Seahawks and stated that he’s in his own head.
Nelson Agholor’s press conference. I really feel for the kid smh pic.twitter.com/wl1dQzRzYu
— Dylan [5-5] (@BleedGreenHive) November 21, 2016
The comments led Pederson to changing his approach on Agholor during his Monday press conference.
“Sometimes you have to take a step back in order to move forward. Sometimes that can help clear your head,” he said. “I remember as a quarterback back in 1999 when Andy pulled me out and put Donovan in, it was a step back to possibly go forward and get me to see it differently. That way, too, you can begin to clear your head and see it where you don’t have the pressure of performing on you all the time.”
Here’s some of what Pederson had to say about Agholor Wednesday.
“This will be a big week for him,” he said. “How he handles it mentally, how he reacts with his teammates, how he reacts on the practice field with the things that have fallen in his lap. Just how well he responds. And can he handle a little adversity in his career?”