(09-17-2024, 11:41 AM)TDOSS Wrote:

(09-17-2024, 09:33 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I never would have imagined that Doug Pederson would lose the plot like he apparently has.

I will always believe the #1 cause for that super bowl outside of Foles playing amazing and the defense playing exactly as well as they needed them was that  Howie at the time was addicted to giving vets a second chance, in 2017 every single vet he picked up worked out amazingly.  Brandon Brooks had his best season, Alshon Jeffery was great, Ajayi and Blount was a great duo, Chris Long, Torrey Smith, Patrick Robinson, Nigel Bradham, Nick Foles, Stefen Wisniewski, Timmy Jernigan  That’s literally 10 starters that Howie picked up either from other teams or FA that played in the SB. And all were good players.  So boom it worked, Howie went back to well in following years. It did not work at all.

I also question how much of the Eagles' offense's success was due to Frank Reich as offensive coordinator.  When the Jaguars were interviewing Pederson for the job, I pointed out the stat that Doug Pederson had an overall losing record as a head coach in Philadelphia when his offensive coordinator wasn't Frank Reich.  Their offense dropped from #4 to #20 in the year Reich left.

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