Doug Pederson and the Jaguars are not going sneak up on the Chiefs

Most people know that before Doug Pederson became head coach for the Jaguars, he was a Super Bowl winning coach with the Philadelphia Eagles. But before Philadelphia, he was with Andy Reid as the offensive coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2013-2015. He also was a quarterbacks coach under Andy Reid from 2009-2012 with the Philadelphia Eagles. Additionally, Andy Reed was Pederson’s quarterback coach when Doug was Brett Favre’s backup. So, their relationship goes back decades.

Pederson was asked at a press conference if it was a good barometer for his team to start out by playing the Super Bowl champions in the preseason opener.

“Yeah, and obviously I'm not gauging it based off of that, but at the same time, I want to see execution.”, said Pederson.

“I want to see guys playing hard and fast, and just doing what we've done for the first two weeks of camp. I think in preseason, the outcome…Yeah, everybody wants to win the games. That's the bottom line. I think it's more still evaluating your roster, especially when you get past your so-called starters. But with the first group going against another first group, you want to see execution. Very few mistakes, Mas [missed assignments], because you're running your training camp plays, and so that way things can be some again, you're not game-planning anybody. So just going out and doing your job.”

The Jaguars will open their preseason on Saturday night at EverBank Stadium at 7 pm ET. The game is airing on NFL Network.