Doug Pederson gives Alshon Jeffery a strong vote of confidence

[UK_EaglesFan89]

Doug Pederson gives Alshon Jeffery a strong vote of confidence

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Doug Pederson gives Alshon Jeffery a strong vote of confidence

By Reuben Frank June 16, 2020 10:29 AM

 

 

 

Doug Pederson doesn’t see Alshon Jeffery as an injured, washed-up 30-year-old receiver who doesn’t like his quarterback and is coming off the worst season of his life.

 

He sees Jeffery as a weapon.

Pederson gave Jeffery a strong vote of confidence in a Zoom chat with Philadelphia media Tuesday morning and said he expects Jeffery to play a major role this coming season.

"He’s a big part of our offense,” Pederson said.

Jeffery, a one-time Pro Bowler with the Bears, caught just 43 passes for 490 yards last year and missed all or part of nine games with a variety of injuries, including a season-ending foot injury he suffered in the first Giants game.

Jeffery hasn’t had more than 843 yards since 2014 in Chicago, and because of his injuries and a guaranteed $9.91 million base salary in 2020, he’s untradeable.

Pederson said Jeffery’s rehab is going well, and although it sounds like he won’t be ready for opening day — if opening day is indeed Sept. 13 — it also sounds like the Eagles expect Jeffery to be available fairly early in the season.

"We do plan to have him in the offense at some point, but if there’s a couple games there when he’s not ready we’re not going to put him out there and wait for him to get healthy,” Pederson said. "But yeah he’s a big part of the process moving forward and he’s a great leader and he’s going to be able to help the young players move along.”

At his best, Jeffery is a mismatch nightmare with his size and wingspan. He has 23 catches for 364 yards and three TDs in five playoff games in an Eagles uniform. His leaping touchdown catch with an injured shoulder in the Super Bowl was an all-time great play.  

At his worst, he’s been injury-prone, ineffective and prone to costly drops, including balls off his hands in both the Super Bowl and the 2018 playoff loss to the Saints that turned into interceptions.

Jeffery has played 44 games in an Eagles uniform and has just three 100-yard games but 19 games with fewer than 50 yards.

Among starting wide receivers, his 54.4 yards per game since he joined the Eagles ranks 41st in the NFL.

The Eagles have a lot of question marks at receiver with DeSean Jackson now 33 and also coming off an injury, JJ Arcega-Whiteside coming off a poor rookie season and Jalen Reagor and the other rookies dealing with a rookie offseason with no OTAs or minicamps.

So they could use an experienced veteran like Jeffery. They have to pay him either way. They may as well try to get some production out of him.

Pederson not only said Jeffery’s rehab is going well, he emphasized the positive effect someone like Jeffery can have on the young receivers.

"Alshon’s done extremely well this offseason with his rehab,” Pederson said. "The dialogue that he’s had in the receiver room, being able to converse with some of the young players that we have on our roster and just getting himself back healthy. There’s no timetable for him right now, we just want him to focus on his rehab and get strong.”

It will be just over nine months from the point Jeffery got hurt in early December until the Eagles are scheduled to open the regular season against the Redskins.

Anything the Eagles get out of Jeffery is a bonus, but the more Pederson talks about him, the more it becomes apparent that the team’s expectations are much higher than everybody else’s.

https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/alshon-jeffery-eagles-wide-receivers-doug-pederson

I really hate these kind of articles because it really tells us nothing. Pederson isn't going to slam Alshon. He isn't going to say that Alshon isn't a part of our plans. He's going to say he's a weapon and that he's going to play a part for this offense. 

[ManchesterEagle]

I think people on this board know I think Jeffery gets far too much hate.

Yes Pederson might not slam Alshon, but he could say something less strong like "We will have to wait and see how Alshon is when he comes back from injury". He didn't have to go as far as he did. Likewise if you ever read what Wentz has to say about Alshon it is really positive. Again Wentz can be professional and not slam Alshon without going as far as he does.

I have said all along that the locker room issues with Alshon are way over blown. 

We will have to see how Alshon looks when he gets back. He had clearly lost a step last year and lost some of his speed and acceleration. He was still on course for nearly 1000 yards and 10 TDs. A healthy Alshon makes this team better and we are stuck with him this year with that contract, so we may as well make use of him.

[Guest]

And any negative statements lower potential trade value down the road.

[DeathByEagle]

He gave Mike Groh a vote of confidence as well only a day before he was fired. Its part of the business. You dont see coaches etc bad mouth players, etc. its just bad business and never ends well. 

[PoconoDon]

Total Rehab and trade.

[UK_EaglesFan89]

7 hours ago, PoconoDon said:

Total Rehab and trade.

I mean I feel like that would be the best outcome for us. 

[PoconoDon]

6 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

I mean I feel like that would be the best outcome for us. 

That's my hope. No internal strife, production after a return to full health, another team having interest and a draft pick to the Eagles.

[time2rock]

6 minutes ago, PoconoDon said:

That's my hope. No internal strife, production after a return to full health, another team having interest and a draft pick to the Eagles.

Yep.  Been saying the same for quite some time now, since the stories on trading or cutting him first popped up.  Never thought they would take the dead money hit to the cap to unload him.  

[phillyfanct]

Peterson and the team have no choice but to talk fondly of Alshon. The cap hit is too large to cut him and no other team wants a cap-straining, slow, aging, oft-injured, ball dropping, locker room cancer.

I think there is a snowballs chance in hell that the Eagles can get something for him in a trade (this year or next). So the best case is he is on PUP for start of this season and comes back as a role/ situation receiver second half - and hopefully produces something. He is cut before next season where the cap hit is not nearly as high because the league will confidently assume the Eagles will cut him - so why give up the draft pick when they can sign him for minimal salary in the open market? Honestly, is there really a team out there that desires Alshon enough to give up anything?

 

[brkmsn]

On 6/18/2020 at 11:34 AM, ManchesterEagle said:

I think people on this board know I think Jeffery gets far too much hate.

Yes Pederson might not slam Alshon, but he could say something less strong like "We will have to wait and see how Alshon is when he comes back from injury". He didn't have to go as far as he did. Likewise if you ever read what Wentz has to say about Alshon it is really positive. Again Wentz can be professional and not slam Alshon without going as far as he does.

I have said all along that the locker room issues with Alshon are way over blown. 

We will have to see how Alshon looks when he gets back. He had clearly lost a step last year and lost some of his speed and acceleration. He was still on course for nearly 1000 yards and 10 TDs. A healthy Alshon makes this team better and we are stuck with him this year with that contract, so we may as well make use of him.

The Eagles really like Jeffery. They like him so much they gave him a contract with no outs for them. They like him so much that they drafted a Jeffery clone (JJAW) in the 2nd round a year ago to groom as his future replacement. In other words, they feel their offense needs exactly the type of player he is to thrive. Of course they want him back and healthy. JJAW, based on his rookie season is not ready to steal snaps from a healthy Jeffery anytime soon.

 

There is no locker room issue. the quote: 

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We need to make bleep simpler. Sometimes we need to just handle what is manageable. Even Peyton Manning knew when to check it down.

(not directed at anybody in particular --- just the people that keep bringing it up) Please try again to paint this as the devastating team-crushing time bomb the media circus keeps trying to make it. It was a quote that in all honesty doesn't really say much except that whoever the anonymous player was, allowed a reporter to get attention by creating a small team distraction for 1 week. Get over it --- The Eagles have long ago. 

[Portyansky]

He is worth more to us keeping him than trading him. Even if he has to miss 3-5 games. The whole "he said, she said" locker room distraction only the team knows the truth.

[UK_EaglesFan89]

21 hours ago, PoconoDon said:

That's my hope. No internal strife, production after a return to full health, another team having interest and a draft pick to the Eagles.

I mean it would be incredible even if its only a late round pick. 

[ManchesterEagle]

18 hours ago, brkmsn said:

The Eagles really like Jeffery. They like him so much they gave him a contract with no outs for them. They like him so much that they drafted a Jeffery clone (JJAW) in the 2nd round a year ago to groom as his future replacement. In other words, they feel their offense needs exactly the type of player he is to thrive. Of course they want him back and healthy. JJAW, based on his rookie season is not ready to steal snaps from a healthy Jeffery anytime soon.

 

There is no locker room issue. the quote: 

(not directed at anybody in particular --- just the people that keep bringing it up) Please try again to paint this as the devastating team-crushing time bomb the media circus keeps trying to make it. It was a quote that in all honesty doesn't really say much except that whoever the anonymous player was, allowed a reporter to get attention by creating a small team distraction for 1 week. Get over it --- The Eagles have long ago. 

Agree with everything you say. It's idiots like BLG that whip fans into a frenzy and make out that Jeffery is some kind of poison.