The Philadelphia Eagles Benefit From The Chiefs Losing

The announcement is imminent from the Philadelphia Eagles. Doug Pederson will be the head coach of the Eagles in 2016. And while it’s difficult for anyone – not just Eagles fans – to cheer for the New England Patriots, this was a necessity for the fan base, the team, and the ownership. The Patriots had to beat the Kansas City Chiefs this weekend in order to give the new coach additional time on the job. Pederson now gets the opportunity to pluck meat off the bone (sorry DeMarco Murray backers) from prospective additions to his coaching staff.

Opinions widely vary on Pederson as a head coach. This isn’t just from the national media, but from local media and fans alike. The problem with the pessimism is that it’s rooted in negativity towards an entirely different set of circumstances. If you watched the Chiefs lose to the Patriots, surely you found yourself questioning Andy Reid’s clock management. It would be a fallacy however to say that Pederson and Reid are the same coach. And it would be even worse to insinuate that Pederson is going to make the same mistakes as Reid.

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When Andy Reid was hired by the Eagles he was the second youngest head coach in the NFL’s history. Reid also faced the exact same criticisms that Pederson is currently facing. He was inexperienced and was allegedly completely over his head. While the ends did not justify the means, can you honestly look back at the Reid era and say to yourself that you were disappointed during that time? Because I know for a fact that I enjoyed that time in Eagles history.

Go ahead and say to yourself, me, or anyone else that Reid didn’t get the job done. I’m not going to argue with the fact that Reid never won a Super Bowl. But of the available options for a new head coach exactly who was head and shoulders above any other prospective candidate? Hue Jackson surely would’ve won over the fan base. Tom Coughlin surely would’ve brought an impressive resume to the table. But are Ben McAdoo, Adam Gase, or any other candidate that good? Because their inexperience rivals Pederson. But you’re not going to hear that from the mainstream media. Simply put, any future coach of the Philadelphia Eagles is going to be subjected to the utmost criticism.

Quite frankly, I’m not going to go down that road however. I am enthusiastic and optimistic about the hiring of Pederson. In the event that you haven’t been paying attention to the assistant coach hirings around the NFL, there’s been quite a few. As I alluded to with the meat on the bone quip, there is still opportunity for Pederson to get some of his preferred coaches. A key contributor to this is the fact that the Chiefs lost this weekend.

There’s going to be rough patches along the way. The Eagles are probably going to lose more games than they win next season. But we have to give the new head coach the chance to be able to institute his scheme, personnel, and coaching staff. The fact that the Chiefs lost this weekend, enables our new head coach to begin to mend the broken fences that Chip Kelly left all throughout the city of Philadelphia.

We all want the Philadelphia Eagles to succeed. Moreover we all want them to win the Super Bowl. But instantaneously rejecting the hiring of a new coach is nothing more than being erroneously pessimistic. We as fans must be better.

So feel free to label me as a supporter of this front office. Feel free to say that I’m blindly following Jeffrey Lurie and Howie Roseman into the next few years of an unsuccessful franchise. And when Pederson leads this team to success that rivals what Andy Reid was able to do, much like the Donner party (no meat on the bone joke intended), I’m going to tell you that the bandwagon is full.

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The Eagles Benefit Immensely From The Chiefs Losing

By Matt Giraldi | Jan 17, 2016