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Chip Kelly: Defenses changed coverages to stop our big plays
Posted by Michael David Smith on October 1, 2015, 12:23 PM EDT
AP
In 2013, Chip Kelly’s first year as the Eagles’ head coach, Philadelphia led the NFL with 18 pass plays of 40 or more yards and was tied for the league lead with five runs of 40 or more yards. This year, things are a lot different.
Through three games, the Eagles have a grand total of zero offensive plays of 40 or more yards: Their longest pass completion so far this season is 32 yards, and their longest run is 27 yards. So what has gone wrong to keep the Eagles from making big plays?
Kelly thinks scheme changes, not personnel changes, are responsible for the Eagles’ reduction in big plays.
“Two years ago we set an NFL record for explosive plays,” Kelly said today. “Now no one plays those coverages.”
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...nses-changed-coverages-to-stop-our-big-plays/
Gee Chip..........you think? What are you going to do next...point at an elephant and say "It's a Giraffe?
Posted by Michael David Smith on October 1, 2015, 12:23 PM EDT
In 2013, Chip Kelly’s first year as the Eagles’ head coach, Philadelphia led the NFL with 18 pass plays of 40 or more yards and was tied for the league lead with five runs of 40 or more yards. This year, things are a lot different.
Through three games, the Eagles have a grand total of zero offensive plays of 40 or more yards: Their longest pass completion so far this season is 32 yards, and their longest run is 27 yards. So what has gone wrong to keep the Eagles from making big plays?
Kelly thinks scheme changes, not personnel changes, are responsible for the Eagles’ reduction in big plays.
“Two years ago we set an NFL record for explosive plays,” Kelly said today. “Now no one plays those coverages.”
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...nses-changed-coverages-to-stop-our-big-plays/
Gee Chip..........you think? What are you going to do next...point at an elephant and say "It's a Giraffe?
