Doug Pederson sees some Reggie White qualities in Josh Hines-Allen

Doug Pederson recently mentioned Reggie White when discussing Josh Hines-Allen. It's an interesting comparison and speaks favorably about the work ethic that Josh has displayed for coaches and teammates in Jacksonville. Pederson first made the comparison on the Rich Eisen Show.

Yesterday, the head coach was asked a few follow up questions on similarities between Hines-Allen and the Minister of Defense.

“I just think both attention to detail, how they worked before and after practice, how they led their teammates. It meant a lot to Reggie. It means a lot to Josh,” said Pederson.

“Those were a lot of the same similarities that I saw or I have seen in Josh. Not necessarily, I'm not comparing them physically and all that. I'm just talking about some of the intangibles that sometimes people don't see, but they both are instrumental as far as leadership roles go. Those were things that I saw in Reggie [as his teammate], and I see in Josh.”

On comparing Hines-Allen to a Hall-of-Famer

“Yeah, but if you want to be a Hall of Famer as a player, I think you want to aspire to be like that. You have to have these types of role models and people that you look up to and pattern their career after and things like that. I think that's something that Josh aspires to do.”

Through five seasons, Hines-Allen has accumulated 45 sacks. If he continues at this pace, he could one day be inducted into the Hall of Fame alongside Reggie White.