Adrian Fedkiw
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson has changed his mind when pertaining to how he’s going to deliver play calls.
During a meeting with reporters in June, Pederson told them the plan was to relay the play call to offensive coordinator Frank Reich before passing it onto the quarterback. At the time, Pederson believed that head coaches were only allowed two channels on their headset instead of three, which Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported earlier this week.
Pederson admitted to Tuesday that he misinterpreted, according to Tim McManus of Philly Mag.
“That was a misunderstanding on my part. I didn’t have all the information at the time, and I just misunderstood what the rule was, or is,” he said via Philly Mag. “But I can have the third one, which is nice.”
Pederson might now be calling an audible.
“I’m still in the process once we get into these preseason games of deciding how I want to go about the natural mechanics of calling the game,” he said. “Preseason we’re going to try it. It’s not 100 percent. I would probably lean towards me calling directly to the quarterback. It just cuts down a middle man, it cuts down time, it cuts down any communication errors at that point.”
Chiefs head coach Andy Reid used a middle man in Kansas City, which could be a reason why the former Philadelphia head man has had poor clock management throughout his career.
“That’s the thought process that I’m going through right now,” Pederson said. “Not just the time-management issue but if I could just cut down on the communication process, because a lot of times you say something to one person and sometimes you don’t hear all the information and then it’s trying to get relayed to the quarterback or something like that. This way I’m in direct communication with the quarterback on game day, calling the plays, calling the game. So that’s probably the direction I’m leaning right now.”