Is this the End for Chip Kelly as Head Coach in Philadelphia?
Following an efficient scoring drive that began late in the first quarter, the Eagles couldn’t get anything going again until garbage time.
Kelly says his team has to keep plugging away.
Certainly those changes have paid off. The line has played better and the offense has been more aggressive and thrived.
Philadelphia won 10-games in each of the past two years, winning the NFC East in 2013, and the Eagles have already won two divisional games this year – defeating Dallas and NY. And this was the Bucs and the Lions – not the Patriots and the Panthers.
Another blowout loss has upped the volume on talk about Chip Kelly being somewhere other that Philadelphia next season. In accordance to Berman, there have been additionally considerations concerning the Eagles” offensive line, “cause tackle Jason Peters & center Jason Kelce are both questionable. The Eagles wouldn’t have given Kelly total control if there was any doubt on his job status, so I think Chip will remain the Eagles’ coach and GM, no matter how this season turns out. “Doubters… those are losers, in my opinion”. I don’t think anybody’s going to feel sorry for us. “I trust everybody in here, more than anything”. “And he gave me four verticals and I was sacked up for it, I loved it”.
The Eagles have slipped to 4-7 after losses to Miami, Tampa Bay and Detroit. Me, personally, that was disgusting. To make matters worse, Kelly didn’t replace Herremans and/or Mathis in the draft or through free agency. If you do, sooner or later, everybody who can be fired is, and usually it’s sooner. Left tackle Jason Peters, plagued by injuries all season, left the game with an ankle injury as well.
“And he gave me four verticals and I was sacked up for it, I loved it”, Stafford said. At least according to Eagles defensive coordinator Billy Davis.
“The whole team came out here to play”, Ansah said. “I don’t have that answer”. Whether fans like it or not, 2015 is a rebuild year for Chip Kelly and the Philadelphia Eagles. “We didn’t really do anything well today”, Kelly said.
“I had family here today, and so did most of the guys, and I’m glad we could put on a show for them”.
Mark Sanchez started in place of Sam Bradford, who was inactive with a shoulder injury.
The Eagles have struggled mightily on defense the past two weeks.
Philadelphia tied it during the opening minute of the second quarter.
Davis lost starting cornerback Nolan Carroll to a broken ankle early.
“I also believe that Matt is a little bit more comfortable with his surroundings in terms of how things are set up in terms of spacing, those kinds of things”, Caldwell said. Agholor came off the field after that play, tried to go back in a couple of plays later but was immediately called back by the coaching staff. Agholor has been a major disappointment, catching only 16 passes through 11 games. “(Bleep), I said that last week. We were able to run the ball, throw the ball.
“All of us got into the hole, all of us will get out of the hole”. All of us got into the hole, all of us will get out of the hole. “We just try to make sure we’re protecting them”.
“There’s no excuse, no explanations”. Over the last six games, Stafford has completed 65.1 percent of his passes and has a 7-to-2 touchdown-to-interception ratio. “We have to get it fixed”. But quarterback Matthew Stafford, he of 15 touchdown passes and just 12 interceptions entering Thursday’s contest, riddled the Eagles for 337 yards and five scores without being picked off. Three of those touchdown strikes went to wideout Calvin Johnson, entered the contest with just three scores on the season.
Tate, who had seven catches for 50 yards, caught a short pass in the right flat on his touchdown, stopped on a dime as a defensive back ran by him and calmly walked into the end zone.