The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired Doug Pederson as their new head coach. The franchise confirmed the news via social media on Friday.

Pederson, who has a Super Bowl win on his resume as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, was the first candidate the Jags interviewed for the position after firing Urban Meyer midway through the 2021 NFL season. The franchise did their due diligence and looked into several more candidates, including Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and ex-Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell, but circled back to Pederson.

“Doug Pederson four years ago won a Super Bowl as head coach of a franchise in pursuit of its first world championship,” Jaguars owner Shad Khan said in a team-released statement. “I hope Doug can replicate that magic here in Jacksonville, but what is certain is his proven leadership and experience as a winning head coach in the National Football League. It’s exactly what our players deserve. Nothing less.”

Pederson, who previously worked as an offensive coordinator under Andy Reid, spent five years as Philly’s head coach. He compiled a 42–37–1 head-coaching record while leading the franchise to three postseason trips. The one in 2017 culminated with a Super Bowl win over the heavily-favored New England Patriots. The Eagles fired the 54-year-old after going 4-11-1 in 2020.

In Jacksonville, Pederson faces the challenging task of getting the Jags back on the winning path. Since their trip to AFC Championship in 2017, the Jaguars haven’t had a winning season and have a combined record of 15-50.

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The Philadelphia Eagles have dismissed head coach Doug Pederson on Monday, a move that few could have seen coming just a short time ago after he guided the long-suffering franchise to a Super Bowl win in 2018.

The Eagles had a disappointing 2020 season that saw them finish with a 4-11-1 record and miss the playoffs for the first time since the 2016 season, Pederson’s first with the franchise.

A perceived feud with quarterback Carson Wentz, a lack of consistency on the offensive line, and a general lack of organization were a few of the factors that brought the team’s season down and ultimately ended with its head coach being let go.

After a magical 2017 season that ended in a Super Bowl win, Pederson’s 2018 and 2019 Eagles scraped into the playoffs with a 9-7 record each year, leading some fans and some within the organization to place Pederson on the hot seat going into this season.

It ended up being the final straw for a franchise that has seen a team that once looked like it could have been setting up to be a perennial powerhouse.

The Eagles are expected to embark upon the search for a new coach immediately in the hopes of moving back towards contention.

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The Philadelphia Eagles are going through one of their worst seasons in recent memory. Not only do they currently have a 4-9-1 record, but they’re also dealing with a full-blown quarterback controversy.

The good news is they’ll probably manage to keep Super Bowl-winning head coach Doug Pederson.

Speaking for The Associated Press on Tuesday, Pederson denied recent rumors that he wants to leave the franchise and said, “That is furthest from the truth.”

This is in response to several media outlets previously reporting that the 52-year-old manager wouldn’t mind getting fired due to the Eagles’ struggles.

“I don’t want out of Philly,” maintained Pederson. ”It is a great place to work.”

Pederson admitted that the team is currently going through a rough patch but said that he remains optimistic.

“We have had a ton of success around here in my five years here,” he added. ”This is a down year for a lot of reasons, but we are still in the thick of it.”

Philadelphia Eagles still have a chance to turn things around and get to the playoffs thanks to a weak conference. The team would need to win their next two games and have Washington and the NY Giants lose.

Doug Pederson led the Eagles to consecutive playoff appearances in the past three seasons and brought the franchise its first Super Bowl in 2017. He has a 42–35–1 record as the Eagles’ coach in the regular season while being 4-2 in the playoffs.

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Everything that Nick Foles accomplished as a quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles still won’t be enough for him to take away the starting QB spot from Carson Wentz. During a press conference on Tuesday, Eagles’ head coach Doug Pederson decided to resolve the QB dilemma once and for all, saying that Wentz will remain the team’s quarterback of the future.

“Yes, Carson Wentz is the quarterback going forward,” – said Pederson. “And in Nick’s case, listen, we’d love to have everybody back throughout the roster, but as I’ve said many, many times, it’s not about one guy, it’s about the team, and we’re going to do what’s best for the team.”

Still, the Eagles wouldn’t have anything against keeping Foles, who is set to become a free agent this offseason, in Philadelphia.

“We would love to keep Nick Foles,” – said team’s executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman. “You talk about a guy we drafted here and we’ve grown incredibly close with. I don’t know a team that wouldn’t want to have Nick Foles on their roster. Certainly as we go into the substance of those discussions, we haven’t had them yet, but there’s no question we love having Nick Foles as an Eagle in Philadelphia and we’d love to keep him.”

However, it doesn’t seem likely that Nick Foles will remain with the Philadelphia Eagles and be satisfied with the backup spot. Many teams will be looking for a quarterback in 2019, including Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins, so Foles will definitely have a market with his resume. Another thing that goes against the Eagles is the fact that the 29-year-old recently said that he wants to lead his own NFL team as a starting QB.

After Carson Wentz went down with a season-ending injury in Week 14 of 2017 season, Nick Foles took over the starting quarterback spot and led the team to an improbable Super Bowl LII win while managing to get the Super Bowl MVP honors in the process. He once again stepped in Week 15 of 2018 season, after Wentz went down again, and managed to defy the odds by getting Eagles to the playoffs when they had around 20 percent of chance to make it. Foles then took the team to a road wild-card win against the Chicago Bears and league’s best defense, while coming close to upset the New Orleans Saints. Still, that wasn’t enough for Philadelphia, and we will watch him in some other team’s uniform when the 2019 season kicks off.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired Doug Pederson as their new head coach. The franchise confirmed the news via social media on Friday.

Pederson, who has a Super Bowl win on his resume as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, was the first candidate the Jags interviewed for the position after firing Urban Meyer midway through the 2021 NFL season. The franchise did their due diligence and looked into several more candidates, including Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and ex-Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell, but circled back to Pederson.

“Doug Pederson four years ago won a Super Bowl as head coach of a franchise in pursuit of its first world championship,” Jaguars owner Shad Khan said in a team-released statement. “I hope Doug can replicate that magic here in Jacksonville, but what is certain is his proven leadership and experience as a winning head coach in the National Football League. It’s exactly what our players deserve. Nothing less.”

Pederson, who previously worked as an offensive coordinator under Andy Reid, spent five years as Philly’s head coach. He compiled a 42–37–1 head-coaching record while leading the franchise to three postseason trips. The one in 2017 culminated with a Super Bowl win over the heavily-favored New England Patriots. The Eagles fired the 54-year-old after going 4-11-1 in 2020.

In Jacksonville, Pederson faces the challenging task of getting the Jags back on the winning path. Since their trip to AFC Championship in 2017, the Jaguars haven’t had a winning season and have a combined record of 15-50.

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The Philadelphia Eagles have dismissed head coach Doug Pederson on Monday, a move that few could have seen coming just a short time ago after he guided the long-suffering franchise to a Super Bowl win in 2018.

The Eagles had a disappointing 2020 season that saw them finish with a 4-11-1 record and miss the playoffs for the first time since the 2016 season, Pederson’s first with the franchise.

A perceived feud with quarterback Carson Wentz, a lack of consistency on the offensive line, and a general lack of organization were a few of the factors that brought the team’s season down and ultimately ended with its head coach being let go.

After a magical 2017 season that ended in a Super Bowl win, Pederson’s 2018 and 2019 Eagles scraped into the playoffs with a 9-7 record each year, leading some fans and some within the organization to place Pederson on the hot seat going into this season.

It ended up being the final straw for a franchise that has seen a team that once looked like it could have been setting up to be a perennial powerhouse.

The Eagles are expected to embark upon the search for a new coach immediately in the hopes of moving back towards contention.

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The Philadelphia Eagles are going through one of their worst seasons in recent memory. Not only do they currently have a 4-9-1 record, but they’re also dealing with a full-blown quarterback controversy.

The good news is they’ll probably manage to keep Super Bowl-winning head coach Doug Pederson.

Speaking for The Associated Press on Tuesday, Pederson denied recent rumors that he wants to leave the franchise and said, “That is furthest from the truth.”

This is in response to several media outlets previously reporting that the 52-year-old manager wouldn’t mind getting fired due to the Eagles’ struggles.

“I don’t want out of Philly,” maintained Pederson. ”It is a great place to work.”

Pederson admitted that the team is currently going through a rough patch but said that he remains optimistic.

“We have had a ton of success around here in my five years here,” he added. ”This is a down year for a lot of reasons, but we are still in the thick of it.”

Philadelphia Eagles still have a chance to turn things around and get to the playoffs thanks to a weak conference. The team would need to win their next two games and have Washington and the NY Giants lose.

Doug Pederson led the Eagles to consecutive playoff appearances in the past three seasons and brought the franchise its first Super Bowl in 2017. He has a 42–35–1 record as the Eagles’ coach in the regular season while being 4-2 in the playoffs.

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Everything that Nick Foles accomplished as a quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles still won’t be enough for him to take away the starting QB spot from Carson Wentz. During a press conference on Tuesday, Eagles’ head coach Doug Pederson decided to resolve the QB dilemma once and for all, saying that Wentz will remain the team’s quarterback of the future.

“Yes, Carson Wentz is the quarterback going forward,” – said Pederson. “And in Nick’s case, listen, we’d love to have everybody back throughout the roster, but as I’ve said many, many times, it’s not about one guy, it’s about the team, and we’re going to do what’s best for the team.”

Still, the Eagles wouldn’t have anything against keeping Foles, who is set to become a free agent this offseason, in Philadelphia.

“We would love to keep Nick Foles,” – said team’s executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman. “You talk about a guy we drafted here and we’ve grown incredibly close with. I don’t know a team that wouldn’t want to have Nick Foles on their roster. Certainly as we go into the substance of those discussions, we haven’t had them yet, but there’s no question we love having Nick Foles as an Eagle in Philadelphia and we’d love to keep him.”

However, it doesn’t seem likely that Nick Foles will remain with the Philadelphia Eagles and be satisfied with the backup spot. Many teams will be looking for a quarterback in 2019, including Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins, so Foles will definitely have a market with his resume. Another thing that goes against the Eagles is the fact that the 29-year-old recently said that he wants to lead his own NFL team as a starting QB.

After Carson Wentz went down with a season-ending injury in Week 14 of 2017 season, Nick Foles took over the starting quarterback spot and led the team to an improbable Super Bowl LII win while managing to get the Super Bowl MVP honors in the process. He once again stepped in Week 15 of 2018 season, after Wentz went down again, and managed to defy the odds by getting Eagles to the playoffs when they had around 20 percent of chance to make it. Foles then took the team to a road wild-card win against the Chicago Bears and league’s best defense, while coming close to upset the New Orleans Saints. Still, that wasn’t enough for Philadelphia, and we will watch him in some other team’s uniform when the 2019 season kicks off.

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