Doug Pederson praised for play calling in Jaguars’ win over Chargers
Doug Pederson proved his worth as an NFL head coach once again on Saturday.
The Jaguars overcame a 27-0 deficit and the fact they lost the turnover battle 5-0 to win its wild-card game against the Chargers, 31-30.
Trevor Lawrence threw four first-half interceptions and cornerback Chris Claybrooks had a ball bounce off his helmet on a punt.
The Chargers’ dysfunction proved too strong for the Jags’ ineptitude thanks to head coach Pederson running circles around his counterpart, Brandon Staley.
Pederson made a couple of outstanding calls in the fourth quarter to save Jacksonville’s season.
First, he took advantage of an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Joey Bosa after a Jags touchdown cut the deficit to 30-26 by having the penalty assessed on the point-after attempt and going for two.
With the ball at the one-yard line instead of the two-yard line for the attempt, Pederson called a play that required Lawrence to simply extend his arm forward enough to have the football cross the goal line.
