PHILADELPHIA – Eagles coach Doug Pederson doesn’t believe his job is in jeopardy and “fully expects” it to return to the same role next season.
“I feel fully confident about being the head coach of the Eagles in 2021,” he said during his radio appearance on Monday morning on 94.1 WIP. “The proudest thing about this football team is that we’re in the postseason three of the last five years since I’ve been here, and that’s pretty good. We’ve won a championship here. We’ve been through a season where a lot of our veterans don’t they play because of an injury.We are playing with a lot of young players.
“There will always be evaluation in the low season, and my work is also valued. But I totally hope to be the technique of next season and I welcome the opportunity to fix things, fix things and bring this team to the next season “.
The Eagles (4-10-1) were the first NFC East team to be eliminated from the postseason dispute 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 was supposed to have advantages in an unprecedented year, when the low season was reduced due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, it has been a disaster.
Quarterback Carson Wentz stepped back sharply in year 5, setting career lows in most statistical categories before falling in favor of rookie Jalen Hurts in early December. The season has been full of injuries and unruly football.
Philadelphia will end its worst record since 2012, when a 4-12 campaign led to the dismissal 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 the eighth coach in NFL history to win a Lombardi trophy in his first two years at the helm.