PHILADELPHIA – Eagles coach Doug Pederson does not believe his job is in jeopardy and “fully expects” to return to the same role next season.
“I feel fully confident to be the head coach of the Eagles in 2021,” he said during his radio appearance at 94.1 WIP Monday morning. “The thing I’m most proud of, this football team, I’ve been in the post-season three of the last five years I’ve been here, and that’s pretty good. I’ve won a championship here. I’ve been through a season in which many of our veteran boys do not play due to injury.We play with many young players.
“There will always be an evaluation in the off-season and my job is evaluated as well. But I look forward to being a coach next season and I welcome the opportunity to do things right, fix things and take on this team next season. . “
The Eagles (4-10-1) were the first team in the NFC East to be eliminated from the postseason dispute with a 37-17 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Being the only team in the division to regain its coaching staff in 2020, Philadelphia should have had an advantage in an unprecedented year, when there was a shortened off-season due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, it was a disaster.
Defender Carson Wentz suddenly fell back in year 5, setting career lows in most statistical categories, before being backed in favor of rookie Jalen Hurts in early December. The season was full of injuries and undisciplined football.
Philadelphia will end with the worst record of 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 championships in February 2018, becoming only the eighth head coach in NFL history to lift a Lombardi trophy in his first two years in charge.