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Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie’s decision to fire coach Doug Pederson may have stemmed from a disagreement over who should be the team’s starting quarterback.
Pederson believes Jalen Hurts gives the Eagles the best chance of winning, and Lurie wants to save Carson Wentz, according to Troy Aikman, who said on Michael Irvin’s podcast that he spoke to Pederson after Pederson was fired.
“I reached out to Doug Pederson yesterday when I heard the news,” Aikman said. ‘What I gathered was a difference of opinion on how they are going forward in the quarter position, that’s how I feel. Jeff Lurie, the owner, paid a lot of money to Carson Wentz, and they’re hooked with him, they can not get out of that contract right away. I believe Doug Pederson felt that Jalen Hurts would probably be the quarterback in the future. And how does it engage? ”
Aikman said Pederson’s shooting was “complicated” and not just the quarterback position. But Wentz’s regression and the rise of Hurts is a major issue that the Eagles need to address going forward. And if Lurie and Pederson were not on the same page, one of them would have to leave. And it’s not going to be the owner.