I'll defer to Doug Pederson.  If, at anytime, he starts throwing shade on Baalke that's when I'll start bringing my nerf pitchfork to The Bank and start calling Baalke a clown again.  But let's face it, this team has talent all over the place.  Our coach is a Super Bowl champion.  He beat Bill Belicheat in the Super Bowl.  A coach like Pederson develops talent.  It's obvious that he does that.  If Baalke can bring in good enough talent that Pederson can develop, we will have a 15 year year of playoff games.  Gotta give both dudes another year at this point.

With that said - 

Pederson is the key.  Baalke's hellish history doesn't really matter to me.  But the minute there are leaked stories that try to throw Pederson under the bus???  That's the time we start calling for Baalke's hanging because he's trying to blow up the team to save his own neck.

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