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Doug Pederson: From Brett Favre's 'Front Doctor' to Super Bowl coach

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It's easy to see now that Doug Pederson would someday be a coach -- maybe even a Super Bowl coach -- after he has led the Philadelphia Eagles to Super Bowl LII. But at least one of his former teammates insists he saw it way back when, too.

Pederson, however, didn't buy LeRoy Butler's pitch.

"He said, 'Nah, c'mon Roy-Lee, no way,'" Butler recalled. "When I used to say it, he'd downplay it. But Doug was smart. There was only one guy that can control Brett Favre, and that was Doug Pederson.