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Business of Football: Of Course the Eagles Chose Carson Wentz Over Doug Pederson

Doug Pederson was dismissed as coach of the Eagles last week, a move that I took a personal interest for several reasons: 1) I live in the Philadelphia area; 2) I was a consultant for the Eagles several years ago; and 3) I have known Doug for over 20 years (more on that below). Doug had great success with the Eagles and I took special satisfaction with it, remembering how the hire was panned by so many who preferred that the Eagles hire names such as Ben McAdoo (I know and like Ben as well, but he didn’t have much success as head coach of the Giants).