PHILADELPHIA – Eagles coach Doug Pederson doesn’t believe his job is in danger and “fully expects” to return in the same role next season.
“I am confident to be the Eagles’ head coach in 2021,” he said during his radio appearance on 94.1 WIP Monday morning. “What I’m most proud of, this soccer team, we’ve been in post season three of the last five years since I’ve been here, and that’s pretty good. We’ve won a championship here. We’ve had a season where a lot of our experienced boys don’t play because of an injury We play with a lot of young players.
“There will always be evaluation in the off-season, and my job is being evaluated as well. bring next season. “
The Eagles (4-10-1) were the first team in the NFC East to be eliminated in the postseason battle with their 37-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. As the only team in the division to return its coaching staff in 2020, Philadelphia would have an advantage in an unprecedented year when the off-season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, it has been a disaster.
Quarterback Carson Wentz fell sharply in Year 5, settling his lows in most statistical categories before being put in favor of rookie Jalen Hurts in early December. The season was full of injuries and undisciplined football.
Philadelphia will end with its worst record since 2012, when a 4-12 campaign led to the firing of coach Andy Reid.
But Pederson led the Eagles to the playoffs in the previous three seasons. He helped deliver the city’s first and only Super Bowl championship in February 2018, becoming just the eighth head coach in NFL history to hoist a Lombardi trophy in his first two years at the helm.