Doug Pederson put together a gameplan for the ages in Super Bowl LII, topping Bill Belichick's New England Patriots to deliver the first Super Bowl title in Philadelphia Eagles history. In wake of the victory, Eagles tight end Zach Ertz is upset that Pederson didn't receive more support for the NFL's Coach of the Year award.
It wasn't just the fact that Pederson didn't win the award that upset Ertz, but rather that he received only one vote. From Sports Illustrated's Robert Klemko:
“Doug Pederson should’ve won coach of the year,” he told The MMQB. “I don’t know how that happened. He got one freaking vote. It’s embarrassing.”
The runaway winner was first-year Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, who took the worst offense in football in 2016 and made it the highest-scoring unit in the league in 2017.
The awards are given for regular season accomplishments and tallied before the playoffs, but of course, the Eagles did finish with the top seed in the NFC, even beating the Rams in Los Angeles in the game that Carson Wentz tore his ACL. Then, once the postseason began, Los Angeles got bounced by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round, whereas Philly beat those Falcons before topping the Minnesota Vikings and Patriots to take home the Lombardi Trophy.
Just like McVay's Rams, Pederson's Eagles jumped from last place in their division to first, taking the NFC East with ease.
McVay took him 35 votes for the award, Minnesota's Mike Zimmer finished second with 11, and Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone received two. Meanwhile, the two coaches from the Super Bowl, Bill Belichick and Pederson, got one apiece.
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