Adrian Fedkiw
Despite how the Philadelphia Eagles finish, Doug Pederson’s job will be secure.
The Eagles head coach said during his Monday press conference that he meets with Jeffrey Lurie and Howie Roseman weekly and that they’ve assured him that he will return in 2017.
“For sure. Yeah,” Pederson said when asked if he believes he’ll remain the head coach.
“From both of them, it’s been 100-percent support on everything,” Pederson said. “I meet with Jeffrey and Howie every week, and we discuss a lot of things and go over a lot of things, and every week it’s very positive.”
The Eagles have lost five straight games and seven of their last nine since a 3-0 start.
“I just don’t think, personally, you can base a guy’s career on one season,” Pederson said. “I think you’ve got to give it time to develop. We have a rookie quarterback. We’ve got to have time to develop this quarterback. It just doesn’t happen overnight.”
I’m not a Doug Pederson fan, I have many legitimate concerns, but I also realize that he deserves at least 2-to-3 years before there are any thoughts of firing him. Let’s see how he handles Wentz and that offense once Roseman starts adding some weapons. He has no talent at his disposal at the moment.