USC head coach Steve Sarkisian took a hard loss against Washington on Thursday night, and it has a few calling for his job in hopes of hiring Eagles head coach Chip Kelly, according Dan Wolken USA Today Sports. He has seemed very happy with coaching in the NFL. Remember, it was just a couple of days ago that former Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick had reported that players in Philadelphia had told him they felt like they were being treated like college players. Not at all. He was telling the New Orleans media how highly he thought of Saints cornerback Delvin Breaux. “Everybody is just determined to go out there and get wins”. Chip needs to tweak his scheme to fit the players he has. If the Eagles are ever going to run the ball, this might be the week.
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I think the Eagles D gets back on track with an interception this week… and the Saints also get their first of the season. “You just have to be patient”.
Later Kelly was asked why, how he could explain so many players being off to a slow start. And they’re confident that the winning is soon to follow. But we definitely have the talent. We haven’t been successful in the first half of games. That’s what we need to do, really – offense, defense, one game with everybody clicking and putting a complete game together. He was acquired from the Rams for last year’s starter Nick Foles.
Seattle recovered and finished the season 9-1, and reached the Super Bowl for the second straight season. “We converted on third down”, Shurmur said. We just stayed the course.
The Eagles will look to pick up their second win – and first at home – this Sunday against the Saints. They won seven of the last eight and made the playoffs. It’s a matter of execution.
The Eagles drafted Lane Johnson in the first round of the 2013 draft. Another loss combined with a lack of carries for Murray could create more tension with their big offseason free agent signing.
In the house that class acts like Bill Polian, Marv Levy, and Jim Kelly built, fans can appreciate a noble loser-but if you’re going to ditch the nobility, you had better win.
Then injuries struck, further depleting the line.
Still, it begged the question as to whether Kelly learned a lesson for releasing Mathis without a suitable replacement in place. “We’ve got to get it going … and we’re going to”. The offensive line isn’t blocking well, so that’s obviously a big problem. Great coaches adjust to their personnel, if you know running back DeMarco Murray is a power back, why do you have him running east and west instead of north and south?
As with any running back who has hit 27 years of age – typically the high-water mark year in terms of production – Murray’s workload has to be monitored, especially after his exhaustive 2014.
-That one-handed deep catch by Nelson Agholor was lovely. Kelly never said anything about “it’s not my scheme that’s failing” after losing to Washington as Fox said he did. “It’s always on our shoulders”. I think we’re getting 40, 50, 60 plays. I’m beginning to have my doubts, which has something to do with that 1-3 record I’m also sporting.
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“And it falls on everybody”. It’s the one thing I’m proud of this group is we don’t make excuses or allow others to make excuses for us.
