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NFL insider loves Patriots’ Josh McDaniels as next Eagles head coach for 3 reasons

This could be the year Josh McDaniels leaves the New England Patriots once and for all. He interviewed Sunday with the Philadelphia Eagles, who need a new head coach after firing Doug Pederson last week.

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NBC Sports’ Peter King says there are three reasons why Jeffrey Lurie, a Boston native, would be smart to hire McDaniels.

One: The Eagles’ interviews are notoriously all-day suckers; I hear Robert Saleh and Joe Brady each spent more than seven hours in the interview chair.