Pederson will put his ‘spin’ on the Eagles

After weeks of speculation, the Philadelphia Eagles hired former Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator, Doug Pederson, to be their new head coach.

Pederson, 47, has been the Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator during the past three seasons.

“We are excited to introduce Doug Pederson as our new head coach”, Eagles Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement.

On the fifth, Pederson was asked how much responsibility he had on the Chiefs’ snail-paced touchdown drive late in their playoff loss to the Patriots on Saturday.

The Eagles went on what Lurie called an “exhaustive” search – after firing Kelly on December 29 – to find a new coach that eventually led them to Pederson. He said the team initially identified 25 candidates, then whittled the number to 10 and finally interviewed six in an “exhaustive search.”Lurie said he also used the period between firing Kelly and hiring Pederson to talk to players, and that process played an important role in the selection of Pederson The players, he said, were “loud and clear” in their view”. As he reacts to it, hopefully we’ll know going forward.

Following the early bumps McNabb performed as the second overall pick in a draft should, leading the Eagles to five straight playoff appearances and with the help of Owens, a berth in Super Bowl XXXIX. Pat Shurmur served as the Eagles’ interim head coach for their Week 17 tilt with the Giants and is expected to remain in the running to return as offensive coordinator under Pederson. “I think Sam is a quality quarterback”.

Lurie even said this: “At no point was anybody about to be offered a job except to be Doug Pederson”.

Schwartz said he has not commited to playing the “Wide Nine” – a system that may make some cringe because of the failure of Jim Washburn’s system during Reid’s final year in 2012. Nevertheless, the fact that the team was already investigating possible replacements for the former head coach suggests that the front office suspected a divorce was coming for quite some time.

Pederson said he understands the need for Philadelphia Eagles fans to have a winning team.

Rice has not played in the National Football League since being suspended at the start of the 2014 season after he was charged with domestic violence. “The last thing you want to do as a coach is force feed a scheme on a set of players”.

More than any of the four teammates who share his connection to Pederson, Kelce has likely paid closest attention to the post-Eagles career of the young coach.

-Coach Mike Mularkey named Terry Robiskie offensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans. But Kelly is reportedly taking wide receivers coach Bob Bicknell, quarterbacks coach Ryan Day and defensive line coach Jerry Azzinaro with him to San Francisco. “I don’t know how any of these guys are going to go right now”. It was the largest one-year turnaround in team history. This is a Philadelphia Eagles football team. The experiences of Doug as a coach and how he deals with players was detailed.