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 The 47-year-old Pederson comes to the Eagles with a combined 19
years of NFL experience as both a coach and player, including the
last three seasons as the Chiefs' offensive coordinator under head
coach Andy Reid.
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Tom Brady and Peyton Manning helped set up a 17th career meeting
with wins in the AFC divisional playoffs and the New England
Patriots visit the Denver Broncos on Sunday in what is the fourth
conference championship between the two passers.
The home team has won the previous four playoff games pitting Brady
and Manning. Denver also happens to boast the No. 1 defense in the
NFL, and Manning said that group is the reason the Broncos are still
alive in the postseason.
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New York Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is expected to
remain in place for Ben McAdoo's first season as head coach.
The Philadelphia Eagles are interested in hiring the 56-year-old
Spagnuolo as the defensive coordinator on new head coach Doug
Pederson's staff, according to the Philadelphia Daily News.
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New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who permanently
damaged his right hand as a result of a Fourth of July fireworks
accident, was undergoing another surgery Monday.
Pierre-Paul had delayed the surgery in order to play this season.
This procedure is intended to give Pierre-Paul more flexibility in
his middle finger.
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Coach Mike Mularkey named Terry Robiskie offensive coordinator of
the Tennessee Titans.
Robiskie, 61, served as wide receivers coach of the Atlanta Falcons
the past eight seasons. He has not held the title of offensive
coordinator since 2004 with the Cleveland Browns, when he also was
interim head coach by the end of the season, replacing Butch Davis.
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Less than a week after being approved to move from St. Louis to Los
Angeles, the Rams received their first deposit for season tickets
from legendary Los Angeles Laker Magic Johnson.
The Los Angeles Rams can't begin selling tickets or suites to the
new Inglewood, Calif., stadium scheduled to open in 2019 until they
know if another NFL team will be joining them.
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The Indianapolis Colts added quarterbacks coach Brian Schottenheimer
to their staff and retained Shawn Terlecky, the team announced.
It is a return to the NFL for Schottenheimer, who spent the 2015
season in the college ranks as offensive coordinator and
quarterbacks coach at Georgia.
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Jim Bob Cooter will remain as offensive coordinator of the Detroit
Lions, a position he held after replacing Joe Lombardi during a
midseason housecleaning that claimed three assistant coaches.
Head coach Jim Caldwell praised Cooter, who previously worked with
Peyton Manning as quarterbacks coach of the Denver Broncos, for his
role in Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford's improved play the final
eight games of the season.
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The Cincinnati Bengals added three assistants to head coach Marvin
Lewis' staff: defensive line coach Jacob Burney, quarterbacks coach
Bill Lazor and defensive backs coach Kevin Coyle. (Editing by Frank
Pingue)
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