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Timetable for when Doug Pederson could return to the Philadelphia Eagles

Doug Pederson could return for Eagles first on-field training camp practice

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The Philadelphia Eagles will push on without head coach Doug Pederson after the team announced his positive test for the coronavirus.

Duce Staley will lead the charge without Pederson, but the Eagles head ball coach could be back by Friday and certainly will be on the field for the team’s first practice in helmets, set to be held on August 12.

Pederson joins right tackle Lane Johnson as the only two Eagles to test positive thus far and he must now have two negative tests over a 72-hour time frame before he can be allowed back into team facilities.

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Duce Staley to assume head coaching role for Eagles after Doug Pederson tests positive for COVID-19

Duce Staley to lead Eagles after Doug Pederson’s positive Covid-19 test

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The Philadelphia Eagles have a deep infrastructure of coaching experience on the roster and it’ll be needed after head coach Doug Pederson tested positive for the coronavirus on Sunday.

Pederson informed the team after his second positive test and will lead the ball club from home virtually, while Duce Staley will assume head coaching responsibilities in his place.

Pederson is asymptomatic and feeling fine, according to ESPN’s Tim McManus and he joins Lane Johnson as the only two Eagles to have a positive test so far.

He joins Saints head coach Sean Payton as the only coaches to test positive and will continue to lead the team virtually from home.

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Eagles’ coach Doug Pederson tests positive for COVID-19

Doug Pederson of the Philadelphia Eagles becomes the second NFL coach to test positive for COVID-19, joining Sean Payton from March.

With NFL teams opening up training camps with COVID-19 testing protocols in place, we have seen players from various teams returning with positive tests and/or being placed on the COVID-19 reserve list for potential exposure to the virus.

On Sunday night the second coach in the league tested positive, as Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson received a second positive test:

Sean Payton, the New Orleans Saints head coach, was the first coach in the league to test positive for COVID-19. But that positive test came back in March. What makes this different is that it comes as teams are starting up training camp, and the fact that Pederson had two positive tests, causing him to share the news with his players.

According to ESPN’s Eagles beat reporter Tim McManus, it is believed that Pederson contracted the virus “outside the building:”

In addition, it is being reported that at least one other staff member was sent home after close exposure to the head coach:

Hopefully Coach Pederson is back on the sidelines before we know it. According to ABC 6 News, Pedersonis “asymptomatic and is feeling fine:”

The organization confirmed the news with a statement Sunday night: