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Originally Posted by rubecube
Disagree with most of those takes. They were going to keep Pederson until he bombed his exit interview and refused to commit to making any changes to a team that needed drastic changes. He had to go at that point.
The Super Bowl run was primarily because the offense was the best in the league and Hurts playing at an MVP-level. Losing Steichen was a big blow to the team.
Gannon's vanilla-ass defense in 2022 was good against below-average QBs, but usually got lit up pretty badly when they faced anyone half-decent.
I agree on misjudging the age of the roster and not spending resources on LBs, but that's 100% on Howie, not Nick.
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Wasn't the Eagles D ranked like 5th or 6th that season? 2nd best in yards given up at least and tops or near the top in sacks. Gannon #### the bed in the SB though. Couldn't figure out his secondary. Offense was definitely Steichen and he was a big loss for sure.
Hadn't heard about Pederson's exit interview. What changes wouldn't he make? Roster would have been Howie so scheme? OC or DC? Memory is foggy on the DC back then. Still think he is a better coach than Sirianni.