Chip Kelly say it was “really tough” to leave OregonMike Florio, profootballtalk.com On Thursday, Chip Kelly formally will be introduced as the new coach of the Eagles. When he arrived in Philadelphia on Wednesday night, he spoke briefly with reporters regarding his decision to leave Oregon. “It was really tough,” Kelly said, via Ti… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Browns have a new head coach. They soon may have a new defensive coordinator. Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports that Redskins defensive backs coach Raheem Morris will interview for the job on Friday. Morris previously served as head coach … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com During his tenure as Oregon’s head coach, Chip Kelly did something routinely that no NFL coach has done in nearly 15 years: He went for two-point conversions in the first quarter. Now that Kelly is head coach of the Eagles, he may change the way NFL tea… |
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Chris Herting, redskins.com What did you think was the Redskins’ best individual game performance this year? -There was QB Robert Griffin III’s Thanksgiving Day homecoming. -There was RB Alfred Morris’s NFC East-clinching 200 yard, three touchdown game vs. America’s least fa… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Not long ago, the Browns and Eagles appeared to be engaged in a tug-o-war for the services of former Oregon coach Chip Kelly. Indeed, at one point there were reports that a deal between the Browns and Kelly was close. When a Saturday lunch meeting with… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com When the Eagles officially introduce coach Chip Kelly on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. ET, there will be plenty of questions for owner Jeffrey Lurie. Two critical questions need to be asked. One is obvious, the other isn’t. First, Lurie should be (and will be… |
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A Change Is Gonna ComeJan 16
It's a division built on tradition. Until now. Chip Kelly may or may not bring his exact offense to the NFL, Don Banks writes, but the NFC East's world is still about to be altered. |
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Don Banks, CNNSI.com I know the Philadelphia Eagles hired Chip Kelly to build a complete program and his task is to do more than fix an offense that has lost its way. But I still think nobody had a worse day Wednesday than Jim Haslett, Perry Fewell and Monte Kiffin, the thr… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com We know that former Oregon coach Chip Kelly never publicly declared, “I’m not going to be the Eagles coach.” But what was he saying privately? That’s not yet specifically known. What is known is that, per a source with knowledge of the situation… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com On the same day the Eagles interviewed Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly, they dusted off their pursuit of Oregon coach Chip Kelly. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Eagles resumed contact with Chip Kelly’s agent, David Dunn, on Tuesday night… |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles have hired Chip Kelly after he originally chose to stay at Oregon. |
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Contrary to our best efforts and boldest assertions, none of us can see into the future. Only his eventual win-loss record will decide whether Chip Kelly is a good hire for the Philadelphia Eagles. Ultimately, as his predecessor can tell him, the legacy… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Eagles owe quarterback Mike Vick a base salary of $15.5 million in 2013. Vick privately has made it clear that he won’t be reducing his pay in order to stick around. But a source with knowledge of Vick’s thinking previously suggested that he wil… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com With the Eagles job taken and the Jaguars showing no apparent interest in hiring him and the Cardinals highly unlikely to re-hire him, former Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt appears to be out of head-coaching options. And so, according to Les Bowen of the … |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis didn’t get the Bears head coaching job he interviewed for, but he’s going to work for them anyway. According to Todd Archer of ESPNDallas.com, the Cowboys allowed DeCamillis to make what amounts to a lateral … |
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Don Banks, CNNSI.com Sterling Moore doesn't know yet if he'll watch the game at home in Dallas, or meet up with a couple teammates and head for "a Buffalo Wild Wings or something like that.'' |
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With the news that former Oregon coach Chip Kelly has been hired as the new head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, attention now turns to the most important issue facing the team in 2013: Who will play quarterback? Some have assumed, based on the fact t… |
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A Mel Kiper Jr. mock draft!Jan 16
Sorry for the delay in posting this morning. Two-hour delayed school opening, shoveling and an epic snowball battle with two young men whose aggressiveness outpaces their size. Lots going on here, and that doesn't even count monitoring the travel itiner… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The news that Cowboys tight ends coach John Garrett has applied for the head-coaching job at Delaware meshes with a weekend report from ESPN’s Chris Mortensen that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is pushing coach Jason Garrett to give up play-calling duties a… |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com Now that the Chicago Bears have hired Marc Trestman to be their head coach, three head coaching positions remain. The Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles are in their third week without a head coach, while the Jacksonville Jaguars are in the secon… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com In the end, Jimmy Johnson was right. The former Cowboys and Dolphins coach said Friday that Montreal Alouettes coach Marc Trestman would become the next head coach of the Bears and, five days later, that’s precisely what Trestman is. And so the Bears ar… |
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Washington Redskins The Redskins' interior offensive line situation looks like a team strength heading into 2013. The one issue is free-agent left guard Kory Lichtensteiger, who may not fit given the salary cap issues, but the Redskins believe they have… |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com While the Dallas Cowboys currently seem to be committed to keeping Jason Garrett as their head coach, his older brother appears to be seeking other opportunities. According to Jeremy Fowler of CBSSports.com, Cowboys tight end coach John Garrett has appl… |
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