PHILADELPHIA – Eagles coach Doug Pederson does not believe his job is in jeopardy and expects ‘full’ to return to the same role next season.
“I feel confident to be the head coach of the Eagles in 2021,” he said during his radio appearance on 94.1 WIP Monday morning. “The thing I’m most proud of, this football team, has been the three of us after last season in the last five years since I’ve been here, and that’s pretty good. We won a championship here. We’ve had a season where a lot of of our veteran guys do not play due to injury.We play with a lot of young players.
“There will always be evaluation in the off-season, and my work is also evaluated. But I expect to be the coach next season, and I welcome the opportunity to get things right, get things right and take this team to the next level. take. season. “
The Eagles (4-10-1) were the first team in the NFC East to be eliminated from the post-season game with their 37-17 defeat against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday. Since the only team in the division returned its coaching staff in 2020, Philadelphia was supposed to have an advantage in an unprecedented year when there was a shortened off-season due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, it was a disaster.
Back player Carson Wentz fell back sharply in year 5 and set career lows in most statistical categories before being in favor of newcomer 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 dismissal of coach Andy Reid.
But Pederson has 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 only the eighth head coach in NFL history to lift a Lombardi trophy within his first two years.