Doug Pederson ‘fully confident’ he’ll be Eagles head coach in 2021
The Philadelphia Eagles earned the 2020 season with serious playoff hopes, but those have since dashed. Philadelphia was officially eliminated from postseason contention after the Week 16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Head coach Doug Pederson has quickly come out to voice that he believes will return next season. (H/T Pro Football Talk)
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“I feel fully confident to be the head coach of the Eagles in 2021,” Pederson said on WIP. “The thing I’m most proud of this football team, we have been in the postseason three of the last five years since I’ve been here and that’s pretty good. We have won a championship here. We’ve gone through a season where a lot of our veteran guys are not playing due to injury. We are playing with a lot of young players. There is always going to be evaluation in the offseason and my job is evaluated as well. I fully expected to be the coach next season and I welcome the opportunity to get things right, get things fixed and take this team into next season.”
Although Pederson is confident in that being the case, the decision is out of his hands. The 2020 season unfolded in a disappointing manner that saw the Eagles let a chance to secure the NFC East division title slip out of their hands.
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Meanwhile, Carson Wentz’s downfall from a bonafide star quarterback to an uncertain future in Philadelphia certainly didn’t help the situation. The Eagles are likely moving forward with Jalen Hurts as the future under center, but it leaves a huge question mark with what will happen with Wentz.
Philadelphia management has the next few months to mull over several significant decisions, and Pederson’s future is one of them.
