A Tuesday morning report from ESPN’s Ed Werder indicated that running back DeMarco Murray, seemingly demoted during that potentially season-saving and Kelly tenure-defining victory over the Pats, actually went to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie at some point in the recent past to address his frustrations with Kelly’s offensive scheme.
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Philadelphia Eagles’ veteran Wide Receiver Miles Austin has been cut from the team, marking a stunning fall from grace less than 24 hours after the team upset the New England Patriots, 35-28.
In his last two seasons with the Cowboys before joining the Eagles, Murray rushed a combined 609 times for 2,966 yards, and was a Pro Bowler in both 2013 and ’14, as well as a first team All Pro selection in ’14.
Q: What has Barner done to give you the faith that he can get crucial carries in the final minutes of a game?
“Things we were doing were working so it went well for us”.
Q: Before last week, DeMarco Murray got the majority of the snaps but he got only 14 snaps and just eight carries against the Patriots.
Murray played a complementary role in the offense Sunday, when the Eagles featured Darren Sproles.
“I think what you have to look at is we won a football game the other night against a really fine opponent and he contributed to the game”, Shurmur said. But it seemed most of this year that Murray would get the majority of the carries despite showing less explosiveness and averaging fewer yards per carry than the team’s other backs – especially Mathews. Against the Patriots however, Chip Kelly the coach finally pulled through and made one crucial decision that turned the tide of what was set to be the teams toughest game so far. They’ve warranted it in terms of what we’ve seen out of them from a production standpoint and how they are approaching things. With a key battle against the Buffalo Bills coming up, the idea that Murray has a breakout game is seeming less likely. But if anything, Kelly has greatly diminished his role, and put him in no position to succeed. Murray has 569 yards on 163 carries, 3.5 yards per carry.
Kelly said all the running backs knew the game plan.
“Krause is another guy, which you’ve continued to see them improve over the course of the season”, continued Kelly. But as Coach Kelly and GM Kelly continue to battle it, chalk this one up as a win for the coach – although neither come out looking too great after this one.
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“I’ve never been looking at college jobs”, Kelly said.
