Eagles Coach Doug Pederson on His First Super Bowl Berth

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🗓️ 24 January 2018

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Eagles coach Doug Pederson on going to his first Super Bowl and competing against Bill Belichick, on how he kept the team moving in a good direction after the season-ending knee injury to quarterback Carson Wentz, and on the gameplan that opened up the offense for quarterback Nick Foles in the NFC Championship Game. Cleveland tackle Joe Thomas on the greatest college house (his) in University of Wisconsin history, on whether he is going to return for a 12th season with the Browns in 2018, on why the game is never over against Tom Brady, and on his surprise pick for Super Bowl 52. Jenny Vrentas of The MMQB reads her fascinating story on the relationship between the two power football coaches in this country, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Peter King.
0:03.0	Welcome to the MMQB podcast with Peter King,
0:07.0	where I take you inside the minds of the biggest influencers in the NFL.
0:12.0	This week, a conversation with the coach of the
0:16.6	NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles Doug Peterson.
0:19.4	I recorded it about an hour after the NFC championship game, the 38 to 7 win for the Eagles
0:27.1	over the Minnesota Vikings.
0:29.6	And also joining us this week, Joe Thomas all-pro left tackle to Cleveland Browns
0:34.7	and while he's weighing whether to continue his football career in 2018
0:40.0	he'll share his thoughts on this very, very interesting matchup, and he's got an interesting pick for Super Bowl 52.
0:49.0	And also this week, something very special.
0:52.0	Jenny Vrentus of the MMQB, one of my peers, has written a great
0:58.5	story on the relationship between Nick Sabin and Bill Bellachik, the two coaches at the top of their respective
1:06.7	professions.
1:08.9	And it was received so well and was so well done that I asked Jenny Verntis to record this
1:17.5	story and we're gonna play that for you right after my conversations with Doug Peterson and Joe Thomas.
1:26.3	But first, a few thoughts on what is going to be one of the big storylines when the sporting press gets to Minneapolis and that is what
1:39.2	does this do for the legacy of Bill Bellicick and Tom Brady and the legacy of this great
1:45.4	great franchise the New England Patriots and I'll be honest with you I I don't think
1:50.5	it's going to do very much. I mean if you have watched the last generation of football
1:58.0	since the turn of this century and you've watched Tom Brady get drafted by the New England Patriots in 2000, take over the
2:06.2	starting job in 2001. And in the 17 seasons since he has been the starting quarterback of the New England Patriots, take his team
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