The writer's projection of Chip's future in Philly probably leaves you spread option fans feeling extra ducky.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/10/chi...-mathews-didnt-run-sunday-night-carolina-loss
Chip Kelly cowardly passes buck for team's running back woes
Not only is Chip Kelly, the once-heralded football genius who is three years into his NFL tenure and finds himself in the Steve Spurrier-like position of being near last place of the NFC East, failing in Philadelphia, he’s doing it in the most spineless way possible: blaming one of the team’s biggest problems on an assistant coach.
Early in Sunday’s third quarter, Carolina was in full control of the game up 21-6 and then — boom — Ryan Mathews took a handoff, slowly ran a right, countered, cutting left with insane quickness and sprinting, almost untouched, for a 63-yard touchdown that put the Eagles back within one score in the Sunday Night Football battle.
So, obviously, Kelly kept riding the hot feet, feeding Mathews, who kept slicing the Panthers defense and putting Philadelphia in the lead late in the game. Oh, no, wait. My mistake. The Eagles only handed the ball to Mathews once more in the remaining 25 minutes of the game. Instead, the team continued to handoff to 2014 rushing champion-turned-2015 dude who would be cut from JV, DeMarco Murray. He barely had more yards on 18 carries (65) than Mathews had on his touchdown. (Overall, Mathews got the ball six times for 97 yards.)
In the first half, it was the same thing: Mathews burst for a 22-yard rush, then Murray was back in the game on the next series while Philly was going three-and-out.
Then, when asked the fairly obvious question about why the Eagles stayed with the dud instead of going with the stud, Kelly said this. No, seriously, he actually said this about running backs coach and former Eagles star Duce Staley:
“Duce is running the rotation. Some of it is we’re calling pass plays. (Mathews) was in there for a few passes.”
First of all, Chip, Duce Staley was putting up 1,000-yard seasons while you were the offensive line coach at New Hampshire so, you know, show a little respect. Secondly, how skeezy is this? Kelly didn’t just throw Staley under the bus, he kicked him a few times before the bus came by. Man up, Chip. It’s your offense. You’re running the show. Don’t blame an underling when that offense fails. (Though, to be fair, Staley also failed if he is in charge of the rotation of backs. It’s clear Ryan Mathews is better right now than DeMarco Murray.)
The NBC booth and most fans watching at home were wondering the same exact thing about the disappearance of Ryan Mathews and Chip Kelly had his focus elsewhere? That’s either a tremendous breach of responsibility for a purported offensive mastermind or a complete lie.
Now we know all we need to know about Chip Kelly. When the team does poorly, it’s somebody else’s fault. But if he ever turns it around in Philadelphia (and I’m starting to doubt he will — that quote sounds like a death rattle to me), Chip Kelly will only be too happy to take all the credit.
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/10/chi...-mathews-didnt-run-sunday-night-carolina-loss
Chip Kelly cowardly passes buck for team's running back woes
Not only is Chip Kelly, the once-heralded football genius who is three years into his NFL tenure and finds himself in the Steve Spurrier-like position of being near last place of the NFC East, failing in Philadelphia, he’s doing it in the most spineless way possible: blaming one of the team’s biggest problems on an assistant coach.
Early in Sunday’s third quarter, Carolina was in full control of the game up 21-6 and then — boom — Ryan Mathews took a handoff, slowly ran a right, countered, cutting left with insane quickness and sprinting, almost untouched, for a 63-yard touchdown that put the Eagles back within one score in the Sunday Night Football battle.
So, obviously, Kelly kept riding the hot feet, feeding Mathews, who kept slicing the Panthers defense and putting Philadelphia in the lead late in the game. Oh, no, wait. My mistake. The Eagles only handed the ball to Mathews once more in the remaining 25 minutes of the game. Instead, the team continued to handoff to 2014 rushing champion-turned-2015 dude who would be cut from JV, DeMarco Murray. He barely had more yards on 18 carries (65) than Mathews had on his touchdown. (Overall, Mathews got the ball six times for 97 yards.)
In the first half, it was the same thing: Mathews burst for a 22-yard rush, then Murray was back in the game on the next series while Philly was going three-and-out.
Then, when asked the fairly obvious question about why the Eagles stayed with the dud instead of going with the stud, Kelly said this. No, seriously, he actually said this about running backs coach and former Eagles star Duce Staley:
“Duce is running the rotation. Some of it is we’re calling pass plays. (Mathews) was in there for a few passes.”
First of all, Chip, Duce Staley was putting up 1,000-yard seasons while you were the offensive line coach at New Hampshire so, you know, show a little respect. Secondly, how skeezy is this? Kelly didn’t just throw Staley under the bus, he kicked him a few times before the bus came by. Man up, Chip. It’s your offense. You’re running the show. Don’t blame an underling when that offense fails. (Though, to be fair, Staley also failed if he is in charge of the rotation of backs. It’s clear Ryan Mathews is better right now than DeMarco Murray.)
The NBC booth and most fans watching at home were wondering the same exact thing about the disappearance of Ryan Mathews and Chip Kelly had his focus elsewhere? That’s either a tremendous breach of responsibility for a purported offensive mastermind or a complete lie.
Now we know all we need to know about Chip Kelly. When the team does poorly, it’s somebody else’s fault. But if he ever turns it around in Philadelphia (and I’m starting to doubt he will — that quote sounds like a death rattle to me), Chip Kelly will only be too happy to take all the credit.
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