Jacksonville Jaguars hire Doug Pederson as head coach

[Auggie]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Doug Pederson, who won a Super Bowl with Philadelphia, has been hired as the new head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, the team announced Thursday.

The hiring comes 49 days after the team fired Urban Meyer and 35 days after Pederson first interviewed with the Jaguars.

Pederson spent the 2021 season out of football, but he was the first head-coaching candidate the Jaguars interviewed. That was on Dec. 30, and the Jaguars brought him back for a second interview Tuesday.

Pederson went 42-37-1 and made three playoff appearances in five seasons in Philadelphia (2016-20). The Eagles drafted quarterback Carson Wentz second overall and went 7-9 in Pederson's first season, but they went 13-3 in 2017, survived the loss of Wentz late in the season when backup QB Nick Foles got hot and beat the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33212063/jacksonville-jaguars-hiring-doug-pederson-head-coach

[underpants]

1. Priming for the move to London

Good pick. Good luck Doug.

[lark]

2. Well I sure as hell hope you are wrong about that.

I know Khan wanted that at first, but the NFL refused to give him the sole rights, so think that ship has passed.

Khan doesn't care about the team, just the real estate & growing his fortune. Jacksonville deserves so much better than him. Hope Peterson is a good coach regardless of us having a bad owner and potentially bad GM.