Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson is not a fan of one particular move by Doug Marrone and the Jacksonville Jaguars in the last AFC Championship Game, and he made that known in his recently released book titled “Fearless: How an Underdog Becomes a Champion.”

In the book, Pederson cited the Jaguars' decision to take a knee just before the end of the first half against a heavy favorite and playoff-tested team in the New England Patriots. For Pederson, Doug Marrone should have instructed his players to maintain their aggressiveness instead of choosing to play it safe, according to Pro Football Talk (h/t Michael DiRocco of ESPN).

When they knelt right before halftime, inside I was like, ‘I'll never do that.' It fueled me. They could have least tried for a field goal. They took it out of their quarterback's hands, and they didn't give to their big back Leonard Fournette. I thought, ‘If they lose this game, this is why.' Sure enough they would go on to lose the game.”

Asked for his thoughts about Pederson’s comments, Doug Marrone didn’t seem to take any offense, but candidly subtly referenced another book to add some flavor to his response.

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“I read a book in the offseason by Mark Manson, the New York one, No. 1 bestseller on the Times [New York Times' bestseller list], so those things happen and that's it. But I respect the hell out of him and his team and he won a Super Bowl. We lost, and when you lose you question everything so I don't have a problem with it.”

Marrone was talking about The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F-ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good by Manson.

If anything, this harmless exchange between the two head coaches will probably get revisited during the lead up of the game between the Eagles and the Jaguars on Oct. 28 in London.