Cowboys quietly looking for new offensive coordinatorMike Florio, profootballtalk.com Over the weekend, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is pushing coach Jason Garrett to give up his play-calling duties. The process continues. Per a league source, the Cowboys are quietly looking for a new offensive coordin… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com For 14 years, Eagles coach Andy Reid had final say over the team’s roster. Today, it’s not clear who holds that power. New Eagles coach Chip Kelly was asked whether he has final say on Thursday, and he didn’t answer the question directly. “My ro… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com LOS ANGELES -- Of all the reasons Chip Kelly took the Philadelphia Eagles' head-coaching position after he swore he was staying at Oregon, perhaps the most compelling rationale was the need to strike while the iron was hot. With the success of college t… |
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There's a reason so many of the NFL's coaching vacancies got filled this week. Next week is Senior Bowl, and it's time to get down to serious business. Coaches from every team will head to Mobile, Ala., to begin an offseason of evaluations. Some of the … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com There was talk this offseason that Jon Gruden could be lured to return to coaching with the Eagles. But Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie says that talk didn’t come from Gruden himself. In fact, Lurie said today that when he reached out to Gruden, Gruden told … |
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New OCs: Turner to BrownsJan 17
CLEVELAND (AP) The Cleveland Browns named Norv Turner their new offensive coordinator on Thursday. |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) A sign reading "Our Chip's Come In" greeted Chip Kelly outside the Philadelphia Eagles' practice facility on his first day as head coach, and a few fans drove down Pattison Avenue honking their horns to salute the hiring. |
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Stuart Miller, nytimes.com The list of coaches who made it - win or lose -- to the Super Bowl with more than one team remains shorter than the similar list in the other sports. |
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You can tell that Chip Kelly has heard all of the chatter and debate about whether "his system" can work in the NFL. At his introductory news conference as coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, Kelly spent a fair amount of time trying to explain t… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Chip Kelly, who arrived to a hero's welcome at a Philadelphia airport on Wednesday night, was introduced at a news conference Thursday at the Eagles' training complex. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com New Eagles coach Chip Kelly is joining a very small group of men who have become NFL head coaches without any previous professional football experience. But he doesn’t think that’s a problem. Kelly said at his introductory press conference that he doe… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com New Bears coach Marc Trestman just mentioned that defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli had chosen to leave the team. And Marinelli apparently has a destination in mind. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Marinelli is expected to go to Dallas t… |
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Over at Big Blue View, Ed Valentine takes a look at the New York Giants' offensive line in an effort to determine how much work they need to do on it for 2013. Ed concludes that the Giants need to address right tackle, could stand to add depth at guard … |
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Chris Sprow has this Insider piece that looks at 10 -- yes, 10! -- options for the Philadelphia Eagles at quarterback now that Chip Kelly is their head coach. Two of the options addressed are on the Eagles' current roster -- Michael Vick and Nick Foles … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Last week, Chip Kelly was adamant that he had decided to stay at Oregon rather than leave for the NFL. Yesterday, Kelly announced that he has decided to leave to coach the Eagles. So what changed? Tony Dungy, the former Buccaneers and Colts coach whose … |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Seattle defensive coordinator Gus Bradley as head coach Thursday, the latest move in the team's rebuilding project. |
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Safety is a significant position of need this offseason for the Washington Redskins, who lost one projected starter (Tanard Jackson) to a drug suspension in late August and another (Brandon Meriweather) to recurring knee injuries. Assuming he comes back… |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Philadelphia: Eagles’ players charged up over Kelly hiring…. “I’m excited No. 1,” tight end Brent Celek told CSN’s Derrick Gunn. “I guess I’m a little shocked, just because it was first reported that he was staying at Oregon, but he’s o… |
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Washington Redskins Rich Campbell has some thoughts on the state of Robert Griffin III's knee and the Redskins' offense moving forward. He's not optimistic that Griffin will be ready for Week 1, which is fair, but he admits that there's no way at this p… |
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John Fennelly, giantsfootballblog.com Our man Jimmy Kempski of Blogging the Beast is down in St. Petersburg this week covering the East-West Shrine Game. You can check out his notes Jimmy is keeping a keen eye on which players the NFC East scouts are focusing on. Wednesday, he did not see t… |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com The city of Las Vegas is exploring the possibility of building a massive new “Mega-Event Center” on the UNLV campus that would rival Cowboys Stadium in regards to its size and excess. The stadium would be able to host a number of major events if it is… |
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