Philadelphia Eagles to retain another former Doug Pederson assistant

It looks like Philadelphia Eagles wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead made it through the recent coaching change unscathed. According to a report by Geoff Mosher, who’s well-known to Birds fans as the host of the Inside the Birds podcast, from what he’s hearing, Moorehead “will keep his job on Nick Sirianni’s staff.” and that “The Eagles will finally have the same WRs coach for two straight years”.

In that case of that latter part of Mosher’s statement, Philly hasn’t done that since one year before Doug Pederson’s era began.

Here’s the skinny on Moorehead if you’re a Philadelphia Eagles fan that’s hazy.

Moorehead, whose NFL career began as a player who’d see seven years of action with the Indianapolis Colts, began coaching when he landed the gig as a graduate assistant at New Mexico in 2009. After a few stops in the Pac-12 (Stanford), the ACC (Virginia Tech), and the SEC (Texas A&M and Vanderbilt), Pederson hired him during a slew of coaching hires during 2020’s offseason.

Now, the jury is still out on how well he’s doing. Philly’s trio of drafted rookie receivers in 2020 didn’t seem to be ready for the bright lights, and two of the veterans, DeSean Jackson and Alshon Jeffery, seemed to continue their regression under Moorehead’s watch.

There’s also the anomaly better known as JJ Arcega-Whiteside. Moorehead didn’t seem to get much out of him either. Now, while Moorehead seems to run some rather unique-looking drills in practice, none of the means much when Jalen Reagor, Quez Watkins, and John Hightower all combine for less than 1,000 yards receiving and two receiving touchdowns.

Moorehead seems to garner a ton of respect at both the collegiate and professional level of football, but perhaps you’ve heard. The NFL is a results-driven business, and so far, there haven’t been many results from Philly’s pass catchers.

The Eagles are selecting sixth during the NFL Draft’s first night. The theory is they’ll take another receiver, but here’s what has to be noted. If Philly’s wide receivers look just as bad in 2021 as they did in 2020, we probably won’t see Moorehead retained for a third consecutive season.