Philadelphia Eagles: 2 Responses to 3 huge comments by Doug Pederson

Let’s get some understanding on the reconfiguration of the coaching staff.

Much to the chagrin of most Eagles fans, Jim Schwartz is still the defensive coordinator. Now, the ITI staff is cool with that, but we also understand that many of you aren’t. Know this though. Unless he gets a job somewhere else, he probably isn’t going anywhere.

Coach Pederson has hitched his defensive wagon to Schwartz, and he’s going to ride that wagon until its wheels fall off. His offensive coordinator is, no wait, he doesn’t have one. After months of speculation about who Philly might hire to fill several coaching vacancies, they elected to add Marquand Manuel as their defensive backs coach. Then, they placed the titles of defensive line coach and run game coordinator on Matt Burke, and they gave Press Taylor more responsibility.

He retains his role as quarterbacks coach, but he’s also now the passing game coordinator.

In addition to that, Philly hired Aaron Moorehead as their wide receivers coach and Rich Scangarello as a senior offensive assistant. Andrew Breiner will serve as a pass game analyst. Jeremiah Washburn has been with the team for a year, but he’s now the director of player personnel and a senior defensive assistant to Schwartz.

If his name sounds familiar, it should. His father is Jim Washburn, Philly’s former defensive line coach. His time in the Eagles organization and the way his time here ended left much to be desired. You remember that ‘wide-nine’ mess, don’t you? Let’s see how things go with his son.

Still, as mentioned, the team has decided to walk into 2020 without a traditional offensive coordinator, and no one outside of the Eagles brass and coaching staff is okay with this (except for maybe Duce Staley). Pederson patted himself on the back while speaking with Spadaro. “I wanted to spend (time) and do my due diligence with this next round of hires and felt like I did a really good job”.

Here’s the good news and bad news.

If we were to keep things positive we’d say this. Sometimes, a new voice and a fresh start are always good, but here’s the bad news. No one’s excited about the Scangarello hire. He failed as the offensive coordinator with the Denver Broncos, and history has taught us that coaching retreads at the professional level often don’t work out. Bill Belichick and Pete Carroll are exceptions.

Pederson will continue to call the offensive plays with impunity. That sound you just heard is the collective gulp of the Eagles’ fanbase.