UPDATE: Doug Pederson Has Emerged(?) as a Top Candidate for Eagles Head Coaching Position

Adam Schefter with this 7:59 a.m report, just around when I finally got to bed this morning*:

Chiefs OC Doug Pederson expected to be a leading candidate for Philadelphia HC job, per sources. Pederson coached in Philly from 2009-12.

Lovely. First Duce Staley, now Andy Reid’s Doug Pederson.** This is like the Phillies being entirely too kind to Ed Wade’s general managerial tree. Or, you know, the Flyers. How long until Jeff Garcia gets a look?

Pederson’s done a nice job with the Chiefs this year, but how much of that is Andy Reid’s doing? I mean, it’s a little concerning when a top search result for the guy gives him participation cheers for “occasionally” calling plays like a big-boy coordinator and running Reid’s two-minute drill (a sock would be more effective than Reid at running the two-minute drill):

And, um, haven’t exactly heard a lot of Doug Pederson chatter. That said, this seems like exactly the sort of person the Eagles would hire– company man who will play nice with his bosses, staff, and the sweet old ladies in the cafeteria. It’s like dating a really Catholic girl – a zealot who walks the streets in the middle of the night trying to give food and emotional support to coked up homeless people – after that four-month romp with a drunken slore. It might sound good in theory – Mom and Howie will like this one! – but, at best, she’ll bore you into submission, and, at worst, she’ll get you killed with her foolhardy do-goodery. In which case, Lurie says count him in!

*If we’re in need of a quick buck, I’m sure the government would pay us to borrow Little Guy and his wails to be a torture tactic at Gitmo. Abdar Al Bahwantosleepa would sing like a canary after a few hours of what I had to endure last night. 

**I like the ring of it for Andy Reid protégés. Sort of like Tyler Perry naming conventions. And, fittingly, both – Reid and Perry productions – are overhyped, laughably predictable, and filled with hollow successes. Can’t wait until the Chiefs get slaughtered in the playoffs because Andy Reid forgot how to count to three!

UPDATE: Derrick Gunn, host of Gunn on One, reports that Schefter… probably got played by an agent:

Actually inclined to believe Gunner here.