First of all I never said he was amongst the worst coaches in the NFL just one of the worst to win a Super Bowl in the company of Switzer, Billick, Ditka, Gruden, etc. I will give you the OL argument but the Redskins won the division with Dwayne Haskins starting 6 games and the Eagles were the only team in the division to have their starting QB available to them all season despite a leaky OL. He simply did a poor job this season as it's his job to get the most out of Wentz and he didn't do that. Maybe Wentz is done and a bust which I certainly won't argue with but when QB's fail usually the coach plays a role in some capacity.
As for Agholor he has no issues tracking balls and actually made some really difficult catches so maybe it was a career season or maybe the offense wasn't a fit for his skills as the Raiders primarily used him to stretch the field kind of in the manner they envisioned Ruggs would or will one day. I did watch enough Eagles games to see him play poorly there so I will chalk that up to a change of scenery and a better fit adding to his confidence. That said I don't want the Raiders overpaying him in free agency as overpaying guys that come off career seasons rarely ends well.
As for Foles I think he's one of those inconsistent pocket passers that needs everything perfectly in place to have success. I think Reich figured out how to put those things in place and Pederson simply used the same blueprint in 2018.
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