So people are giving me shit for being too hard on Doug Pederson. That’s fair. He hasn’t coached a game yet – LITERALLY (sorry) – and he might turn out to be a fine coach. But all we have to go on right now is what we know, which is:

  1. He called plays in the second half of games for half the season with the Chiefs.
  2. He doesn’t know the rules.
  3. He used a “We’re not in Kansas anymore” quote twice in the same day to explain what it’s like to be on the Eagles.

Sunday morning, speaking to Peter King:

Pederson knows what he has to do. He has to be that guy consistently—cajoling when needed, yelling when needed, most often teaching when needed. He’ll conjure up how Reid handled teams in Philadelphia and Kansas City. But he also knows that life in the head coach’s chair in Philadelphia, where cops bypass tickets for subtle playoff warnings, will be different than the invisible chair of the Chiefs offensive coordinator. The Eagles’ success this year will be determined in no small part by whether Pederson’s ready for the upgrade.

“It’s not Kansas City anymore, Dorothy,” he said.

Later in the day, coaching:

https://twitter.com/Eagles/status/760172793401118720

“This is crazy, dude. You’re not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy.”

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