Current Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Pederson spent the 2020 season as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, where he coached Jalen Hurts during his rookie season with the team. And even though Hurts was not yet the player he would develop into, Pederson claims that he saw his potential even back that.
During an appearance on the latest episode of The Takeoff podcast, Doug Pederson explained that he is in no way surprised by the success of Jalen Hurts.
“It’s really no surprise to me the success that Jalen’s having right now and just wish him the best moving forward,” Pederson told John Clark of NBCSportsPhiladelphia.com. “But the things that impressed me the most are probably the things you see off the football field. The leadership ability, his work ethic, the way he approaches the game, the way he studies the game, the way he wants to be coached — he wants to be coached hard. The things that sometimes the fans don’t see. They obviously see the end product on the football field. And he’s a tremendous kid and tremendous talent.
“He’s the right guy for that job and just wish him nothing but great success moving forward.”
It’s clear that even though he’s coaching an opposing team now, Pederson still has a lot of respect for Hurts.
