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Eagles News: Doug Pederson is already showing emotional intelligence

Pederson On the Importance Of Playing Experience - Birds 24/7
Pederson explained how his playing days helped him as a coach in Kansas City with Alex Smith because he could "see certain things." He also touched on how the importance of emotional intelligence has evolved in the NFL over the years, pointing to his early interactions with players during the spring. I get more and more either text messages or guys just coming and wanting to say, ‘Hey!’ and talk and hit me up at practice about certain things," Pederson said. "So it gets me to think about what the players are really kind of into and what they’re thinking about.