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PHILADELPHIA -- Conservative coaching, poor execution and another fourth-quarter fumble cost the Philadelphia Eagles a chance to be in first place.After wasting a 10-point lead in a 29-23 overtime loss at Dallas, the Eagles (4-3) fell two games behind the Cowboys (6-1) with another division game on the road coming up against the rested Giants (4-3). Itll be Philadelphias third straight game playing a team coming off a bye week.The turning point Sunday night in Dallas occurred with 6:34 remaining in regulation. The Eagles led 23-16 and faced a fourth-and-14 at the Cowboys 36.Coach Doug Pederson punted instead of letting Caleb Sturgis attempt a 54-yard field goal that wouldve made it a two-possession game. Sturgis already made two 55-yard field goals at the end of the first half -- the second one counted after Dallas called a timeout before the first try. Sturgis also has connected on 17 consecutive field goals.Still, Pederson chose to punt to pin the Cowboys inside the 20. But Dak Prescott drove Dallas 90 yards for the tying score.Pederson stood by his decision on Monday.Where we were in the game, we were stopping their run game, Pederson said. I was trusting my defense making them run the length of the field. If we execute better on third down, were not talking about it today.On third-and-8 from the Cowboys 30, Pederson called a screen pass to Darren Sproles. Carson Wentz dropped the shot-gun snap, linebacker Sean Lee burst through blockers and tackled Sproles for a 6-yard loss.Pederson defended the call, but blamed the loss on a missed assignment. Blocking Lee appeared to be center Jason Kelces responsibility.I would have called the same thing again, Pederson said. Its assignment football. Its one of our basic fundamental plays that weve repped the entire season in a man situation, which we got, and it just comes down to assignments. We busted one assignment and a negative play happened. We have to own up to those. It starts with me, obviously. And then each man on the team has to own up to their responsibility and make sure those negative plays dont happen again.The one regret Pederson had was declining a running-into-the-kicker penalty that wouldve given the Eagles fourth-and-1 from the Cowboys 7 in the first quarter. Pederson took the field goal instead of taking points off the board and going for it.Its the first quarter of a ballgame and it kind of sets the tone early, Pederson said.For the third time in four games, a running back fumbled in the final quarter. The Eagles were up 23-13 and had a first down at their 41 a couple minutes into the fourth when rookie Wendell Smallwood fumbled on his only carry of the game. The Cowboys got a field goal out of the ensuing drive.Pederson blamed the miscue on the offensive line.Against Detroit on Oct. 9, Ryan Mathews fumbled in the final minutes when the Eagles were running out the clock and the Lions drove for a winning field goal. 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Thomas Bjorn was appointed as captain of Europes 2018 Ryder Cup team on Tuesday, a reward for his long and successful association with the event as a player and vice-captain as well as his commitment to the European Tour.The 45-year-old Dane became the first Scandinavian to lead the European team, which will look to regain the cup at Le Golf National in Paris in 2018 after its 17-11 loss to the United States at Hazeltine in October.I have lived and breathed the European Tour for so long, Bjorn said, and now I will do the same with the Ryder Cup for the next two years.Bjorn is held in high respect in European golf, having represented players interests in his role as chairman of the tours Tournament Committee since 2007. He has also won 17 titles worldwide since turning professional in 1993, including taking down Tiger Woods in the Dubai Desert Classic in 2001 when the American was at the height of his game.The Ryder Cup is close to Bjorns heart, having being on the winning side in all three of his appearances as a player -- in 1997, 2002 and 2014 -- and three out of four times as a vice-captain. The only loss was under Darren Clarke at Hazeltine.I saw first-hand what he was like as a vice-captain in 2010, and he was exceptional, said Colin Montgomerie, who led the European team to victory that year.dddddddddddd I used him possibly more than any other vice-captain at Celtic Manor.He wears his heart on his sleeve and I think thats important for the role.Montgomerie spoke of Bjorns combustible and fiery nature, qualities that might fire up Europes players in the heat of Ryder Cup week. But serving as an assistant under four captains -- Bernhard Langer in 2004, Jose Maria Olazabal in 2012, as well as Montgomerie and Clarke -- will have given him valuable experience of the type of calculated decisions needed from a team leader.Clarke and Olazabal were on the five-man panel that selected the 2018 captain.I studied a lot of captains as a player and as a vice-captain and always wondered what that feeling would be like to be the one leading out a team of 12 great players, Bjorn said. Now its my turn to do just that.The Ryder Cup returns to mainland Europe for the first time since the 1997 match at Valderrama. Bjorn knows Le Golf National well, having played the French Open there on 14 occasions, finishing third in 2007.Europe has won the Ryder Cup the last five times it has been staged on European soil. ' ' '