Eagles reward their best coach from 2023 with a contract extension

Eagles reward their best coach from 2023 with a contract extension originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles have rewarded their best coach from the 2023 season.

The team and special teams coordinator Michael Clay have reached an agreement on a contract extension to keep Clay in Philly beyond the upcoming season, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported.

#Eagles special teams coordinator Michael Clay, one of Philly’s impressive young coaches, has agreed to terms on a new contract extension, source said. His units were among the top in the NFL. Now all coordinators — Clay, Vic Fangio and Kellen Moore — are locked up beyond 2024.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 16, 2024

This is very much deserved for the 32-year-old coach who has a resurgent 2023 season after a really shaky 2022 and 2021. The Eagles were patient with Clay and he came through for them.

In fact, while the Eagles struggled on offense and defense this past season, their special teams units were consistently very good.

In 2023, the Eagles led the NFL in special teams DVOA and were even ranked much higher in traditional special teams statistics too. The Eagles were also 10th in Rick Gosselin’s annual special teams rankings after being 31st in 2022.

There’s no question that the Eagles were much improved in the third phase of the game this past season and Clay deserves a ton of credit.

In December, Clay was asked about the vote of confidence he received from head coach Nick Sirianni after the 2022 season and it was clear how much it meant to him. He said Sirianni did an “unbelievable job instilling trust and confidence” in folks in the building.

Why did Clay think Sirianni was confident in him?

“I think he understands in terms of work ethic we all have in this building special teams-wise,” Clay said on Dec. 22. “The end product at times last year wasn’t what we wanted. Call a spade a spade. Wasn’t good enough in the NFL. It’s a production-based business.

“He understands…

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Publish date : 2024-02-16 17:23:32

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