Fire Chip Kelly

[ice grillin you]

Chip Kelly is getting outcoached. It's that simple. Dan Quinn and Rod Marinelli, the defensive minds behind the Falcons and Cowboys, have come up with schemes to shut down Kelly's run game and there has been nothing he can do to fix it in-game. There are talent issues, of course, on the offensive line -- and I'll get to those -- but you don't have that kind of failure without systematic deficiencies. The Cowboys knew every time the Eagles were running and they knew the exact play. Kelly has used essentially only four run plays since coming to the Eagles and every team seems to know how he dresses them up pre-snap. As Chris Brown of Grantland pointed out on Twitter, "H-back off the line, inside zone away; tight end on the line, sweep towards the tight end; wide receivers adjust splits, pass. Rinse, repeat." His offense has become predictable and too reliant on tempo. When the run game isn't working, particular the inside zone plays, the offense looks drastically different. And when Kelly's offense slows down it gets ugly, the three and outs become quicker, and the defense suffers as a result. I'm not ready to count Kelly out. He's been down similar roads before, although ones not as treacherous. I recall last season when the run game was stagnant for two games and then made modest strides vs. the Rams and then broke out vs. the Giants. Kelly tinkered with his plays, had Nick Foles under center more often and moved LeSean McCoy around pre-snap. He needs to dig deep and counter the effective ways coordinators are defending his offense. It's not all about execution.

[SD]

I don't know who wrote that but they're spot on. The o line has been atrocious but the LBs are shooting gaps as soon as the ball is snapped.

[MDS]

did chip really think the same playbook he used at new hampshire would work in the nfl

i hear miami is looking for a new coach, chip. its sunny and shtein down there.

[SD]

He's a cold climate guy, Oregon, New Hampshire, philly. Penn state maybe

[smeags]

He's a cold climate guy, Oregon, New Hampshire, philly. Penn state maybe

he'd be a def upgrade from franklin.

[Don Ho]

He's a cold climate guy, Oregon, New Hampshire, philly. Penn state maybe

To bad Vermont doesn't have a NCAA football team.  Maine would be nice.

[Sgt PSN]

I'm definitely over this dude....his coaching and his gm'img.

[SD]

Best quote in the offseason was by Ray Diddy, he said Chips a mad scientist, and sometimes they create magic  but other times they blow up the house.

I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I hate judging moves before you see them. I bitched and moaned about the Marcus Smith pick but was still willing to give him a shot. Chip got his way how he wanted it.

[ice grillin you]

I laughed my ass off today when chip said the reason maxie pad gave up the Terrence Williams score was because he was tired

[Sgt PSN]

chip said the reason maxie pad gave up the Terrence Williams score was because he was tired

The look on Cary Williams' face when he hears that

[AshishPatel81]

Fire Chip, lure Jim Harbaugh away from Michigan?

Not gonna happen on both fronts, but one can dream.

Lurie lusts over Chip. It'll take at least back to back sub .500 seasons IMO for him to get canned.

[MDS]

lurie isnt firing chip....unless this thing gets to the 1-15 range...then maybe he wont have a choice

i dont see chip quitting, like others do. my read is he wants to be in the nfl above all else, though maybe im discounting his ego and hed bolt for college if lurie dare took away full control

[General_Failure]

What game do you see them winning to hit 1-15? Honest question.

[MDS]

if new orleans is starting luke mccown, it could be that one

or they win one for the chippah in the shady bowl

[PhillyPhreak54]

I laughed my ass off today when chip said the reason maxie pad gave up the Terrence Williams score was because he was tired

Maxwell said it himself

And yeah Chip isn't pulling a Petrino or Saban or Spurrier...he's here to stay until Lurie fires him