LATE IN the Eagles' 17-0 preseason victory at Pittsburgh last Thursday, a short pass intended for new Eagles wideout Dorial Green-Beckham fluttered just beyond his reach. It wasn't particularly well-thrown, but it was the second time in as many tries that different backup quarterbacks had failed to connect with the enigmatic receiver, and you couldn't avoid thinking, already, that this guy would not exactly save Doug Pederson from a rough first season as the Eagles' head coach.
But here is who might: Jim Schwartz.
Jim Schwartz could buy this first-year head coach the same kind of breathing room that Jim Johnson once bought for Andy Reid, allowing for the natural maturation of the franchise quarterback Pederson hopes and believes will establish his NFL credentials in the years to come.