On Tuesday night, Eagles left tackle Jason Peters was named to his ninth Pro Bowl and his seventh since arriving in Philadelphia.
On Wednesday morning, his head coach said he wants Peters back again next year.
"I love him. I want him on the team," Pederson said. "I don't want him to go anywhere. I want him to be an Eagle for the rest of his career. We get through these two games, we'll have to address all that in the offseason."
In the offseason, the Eagles will have to take a look at Peters' age - he turns 35 on Jan. 22 - and his salary. After hitting another $500,000 Pro Bowl escalator, Peters will have a base salary of $10.45 million and a cap hit of $11.7 million in 2017, then a base salary of $10.5 million and a cap hit of $11.75 million in 2018.
That's a lot of money for an aging veteran, especially considering the Eagles just handed out a five-year, $56 million deal to Lane Johnson with the understanding that Johnson would eventually move to the left side of the line.
But Peters has two years left on his contract and it looks like that's how long Pederson wants him to be with the Eagles.
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"I think he's very capable of another couple of seasons," the head coach said.
Pederson said the team hasn't spoken with Peters about his future - those talks will come after the season ends - but said Peters wants to come back.
Earlier this month, Peters said as much. He talked about wanting to come back for another season to protect Carson Wentz's blindside.
It was after the home loss to Washington on Dec. 11 that Peters was asked if he thought Wentz could reach his full potential before his own time in the league was up.
"I hope so. I really hope so," Peters said. "Because I really want a ring. It would be sad to play all these years and not even get close."
After missing two games and struggling to finish several others in 2015, Peters has had a real bounce-back season. He's missed just 31 snaps through 14 games and has played much better all year.
Since the spring, Pederson and offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland have worked on limiting Peters' reps during practice with a focus on keeping his fresh throughout the year. It looks like that approach has worked much more than the approach from the previous staff.
"He's really done a great job from a health standpoint, managing his weight, all that," Pederson said. "I think Stout's done a good job with monitoring him in practice and not taking the full complement of reps during the week. He's one of those guys. I can go back to some of the conversations we had way back in the spring and how do you manage a Jason Peters?
"And I feel like we've done that extremely well this season. He feels fresh, he feels healthy, again, a Pro Bowl season, so I'm excited for him and really do look forward to him in the future."
