Fearless AUTOGRAPHED by Doug Pederson (SIGNED EDITION) Available AUGUST 21, 2018

by Doug Pederson

Available AUGUST 21, 2018. Author Signed Edition. First Edition Hardcover Signed by Doug Pederson. How does an underdog become a champion? One of the most innovative, gutsy, and dynamic head coaches in the NFL, Doug Pederson, shows you how. Revealing and inspiring, Fearless provides the template to building the Eagles team that shocked the world by winning the Super Bowl. Doug Pederson is the very definition of an underdog. He was an undrafted rookie free agent who would go on to play fourteen years in the NFL as a backup quarterback. He was cut five times, yet kept getting back up and into the fray. He would win one Super Bowl, with the Green Bay Packers. When he retired, he decided to coach, but not at the pro level. Instead, he was head coach of Calvary Baptist Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana. After a successful four-year stint there, he returned to the NFL as an assistant coach under Andy Reid with the Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs, where he was instrumental in the development of quarterback Alex Smith and his string of 3,000-plus-yard seasons of passing. When he was offered the job as head coach of the Eagles, he jumped at it, though few thought he would succeed. In the first season, a year of rebuilding, they finished 7-9. Some doubted his abilities, and before the 2017 season, one "expert" called Pederson the least qualified coach in thirty years. Plagued by the sidelining of seasoned players and devastated by tquarterback Carson Wentz's season-ending knee injury, the Eagles managed a 13-3 record and home-field advantage in the playoffs. Yet they were still the underdogs in every single game, including the Super Bowl, against the New England Patriots, one of the greatest dynasties in the history of the NFL. It wasn't until they stunned the Patriots that people finally believed in Pederson and his team.

272 pages, Unknown Binding

Reviews

[Tom Niebergall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intriguing perspective

[Joey Martin]

Enjoyed the book. A lot of insight. Would have like little more inside scoop on teams and players, but still enjoyable.