Eagles fire Pederson three years after team’s first NFL title since 1960
The Philadelphia Eagles have fired head coach Doug Pederson lower than three years after he led them to the Super Bowl title.
The Eagles failed to succeed in the playoffs this season, regardless of enjoying within the weak NFC East, and completed with a 4-11-1 file. Philadelphia did not spark on offense, ending twenty sixth in scoring, and their franchise quarterback Carson Wentz regressed to such an extent that he was benched for back-up Jalen Hurts.
ESPN reported that Eagles administration had grown disillusioned with Pederson’s alternative of teaching workers and his frayed relationship with Wentz, who signed a four-year, $128m contract with the group in 2019. Other gamers are believed to have misplaced religion in Pederson after he benched Hurts for third-stringer Nate Sudfeld within the Eagles’ last sport of the season towards divisional rivals Washington. Some believed Pederson had intentionally misplaced the sport to maneuver up the board on this 12 months’s draft.
“I have known Doug and his family for more than 20 years and they will always be family to me,” mentioned Eagles proprietor Jeffrey Lurie mentioned in an announcement. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for him and everything we have accomplished together over the last five seasons. Everyone in the organization understands the type of man and coach that he is, and how much he means to all of us as well as the City of Philadelphia. We all look forward to the day he will be inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame as a Super Bowl-winning head coach, and we are confident he will have success with his next team.
“But as the leader of this organization, it is imperative for me to do what I believe is best for everyone as we look ahead to the future and move into our next chapter. I know that we have work to do to get back to where we want to be, but I also believe that we have an exceptionally strong group of people in this organization who can help set us up for future success.”
The firing is an abrupt finish for a coach who turned a hero in Philadelphia after delivering the town its first NFL championship in additional than 50 years in 2018. The Eagles went on to succeed in the the playoffs within the subsequent two seasons earlier than lacking out this 12 months. Pederson finishes his Eagles profession with a 42-37-1 file in 5 seasons.
