Just three years after defeating the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl, Doug Pederson and the Philadelphia Eagles are no more.
Pederson and the Eagles brass sat down and had a meeting today, but decided it would best if they part ways.
Nothing seemed to be going right in Philly with Pederson and his staff.
The offense struggled mightily with quarterback Carson Wentz at the helm, which forced Pederson to play rookie Jalen Hurts. According to ESPN, Pederson had met with team owner Jeffrey Lurie and explained how he wanted to address the issues with the team that centered around the offense.
Lurie was not a fan of Pederson’s plan and decided to make the move.
Ian Rapoport of The NFL Network also reported that Pederson was, “sick and tired of people telling him what to do.”
In five seasons with the Eagles, Pederson went 42-37-1 including three straight playoff appearances. Since winning the Super Bowl in the 2017 season, the Eagles owned a losing record of 22-25-1. According to James Palmer of The NFL Network, Pederson is now the third head coach since 2000 to win a Super Bowl and have a losing record in the next three seasons. Tom Coughlin and Jon Gruden are the other two.
After having a top three offense in 2017, Pederson’s Eagles failed to have an offense rank higher than 12th in scoring — they ranked 26th this season.
With plenty of head coaching opportunities available in the offseason, Pederson should be a candidate elsewhere. He has already been connected to the New York Jets head coaching job. According to ESPN’s NFL Insider Adam Schefter, Pederson has a really strong relationship with Jets’ general manager Joe Douglas.
With Carson Wentz’s future uncertain with the Eagles and a new head coach on his way in, Rapoport mentioned that the Eagles could target Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks coach Mike Kafka for their head coach opening. Kafka spent time playing in Philadelphia and comes from the Andy Reid coaching tree.
Whoever ends up being the Eagles’ next head coach will have two options at the quarterback (Hurts and Wentz), the 6th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, and hardly any salary cap space.
Needless to say, it will be a big time challenge to turn the franchise around.
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