Here's another name to throw in the mix for OC - Jim Bob Cooter - the Lions OC. They've been looking a lot better since he was hired.
Jim....
Bob....
Cooter.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/11/26/it-feels-like-now-or-never-for-chip-kelly-in-philly/
It feels like now or never for Chip Kelly in Philly
Posted by Mike Florio on November 26, 2015
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Four days after being blown out, 45-17, by a team that won two games in all of 2014, the Eagles are down 24-7 through 30 minutes of a game against a team that had won one game in the first half of 2015.
And with Philly and coach Chip Kelly on track to lose a third game in a row, questions will get louder and more persistent about his future. While USC indeed remains a possibility, the primary NFL option is the one that first became obvious after Kelly couldn’t strike a deal to land former Oregon quarterback
Marcus Mariota in the draft.
The Titans already have fired their head coach, and interim coach Mike Mularkey hasn’t done enough to merit serious consideration for the permanent gig. If Tennessee ownership has interest in Kelly (and if they know what they’re doing, they should), a reunion makes plenty of sense.
It wouldn’t be nearly as complicated as some have suggested. As PFT previously has explained, the Titans simply need to call the Eagles and ask whether it’s possible to work out a deal that would allow the Titans to hire Kelly, if he’s interested in making the leap. With each additional loss, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie presumably will become more willing to let Kelly go in exchange for reasonable compensation — especially if Lurie already is thinking about making a change.
Of course, Kelly also would have to want to make the change. If Kelly does, maybe he simply would try to force his way out, which would allow him to go straight to Nashville without the Titans giving up draft picks that otherwise would help Kelly put talent around Mariota.
While it’s a point of pride (supposedly) for a coach to be traded for two first-round picks, two second-round picks, and $8 million in cash like the Bucs did for Jon Gruden nearly 14 years ago, those selections would have helped Gruden put a team on the field that may have allowed him to do better than 60-57 in Tampa.
Ultimately, this one comes down to: (1) whether the Titans want Kelly; and (2) whether Kelly wants the Titans. The Eagles likely wouldn’t force Kelly to stay for another year, especially if what has become a disastrous third season continues.
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The Titans could have to get in line behind LSU and USC among others.
Given LSU just raised eight figures to buy out Les Miles (certain to happen as early as late Saturday night) and USC may have to beat both UCLA this week and if they do Stanford next week (latter in the Pac-12 title game) and Maryland has the money (thanks to the founder of Under Armour being the Terps’ biggest booster), the line of schools looking to knock down the Eagles’ door looking for Chip could be long with potentially a bidding war for Chip, especially if Texas gets into the mix.
I would not be surprised where a school goes as far as to buy out the remainder of Chip’s contract with the Eagles to land him (yes a university actually paying to buy out an NFL contract to land a coach they want).
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Bill Walsh was 2-14, 6-10 in his first two year in SF. These days the fans would have been calling for his head midway through season 2.
And Cleveland decided that Belichick sucked as a coach.
I admit the product on the field looks like crap, but the biggest thing killing Kelly this year has been Bradford’s poor play / injuries.
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I don’t think any coach should be fired, when that coach’s starting QB was Bradford. Then again, Kelly did trade for Bradford.
The Uggles need to trade up for Goff this offseason.
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Chip Kelley is steve spurrier part deux. Only fatter
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I have zero invested in the Eagles or NFC East, so I am looking at this purely from an outsider’s perspective, but if I am in ownership there is zero way Kelly survives to the next game after today’s turd show. They play New England in Foxboro next. If Jameis and Stafford both dropped 40+ on him, imagine what Belichik and Brady are going to do.
Lurie needs to fire this fraud before he gets on the plane home today, give Pat Shurmur or Duece Staley the keys for the rest of the year, and start work on the 5+ year rebuild that involves molding a real franchise QB, crafting an OL, and returning a winning culture to Philly football. This is sad to watch.
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Lions dominate as Eagles quit on Chip Kelly
Posted by Michael David Smith on November 26, 2015
After the Eagles’ debacle last week against the Buccaneers, there was talk that their Thanksgiving game against the Lions would be a referendum on Chip Kelly.
The verdict is in: The Eagles have quit on their coach.
In an epic 45-14 beatdown in Detroit, Kelly’s team was embarrassed before a national audience, falling behind the Lions in the second quarter and never putting up much of a fight after that.
Eagles quarterback
Mark Sanchez will get a lot of the criticism, but there’s plenty of criticism to go around. His offensive line didn’t help him, his receivers didn’t help him and running back
DeMarco Murray continues to look totally out of place in Kelly’s offense.
Lions quarterback
Matthew Stafford had by far his best game of the season, as did receiver
Calvin Johnson. Stafford threw five touchdown passes, three of them to Megatron, marking the second week in a row that the Eagles’ defense allowed the opposing quarterback to throw five touchdown passes.
Jim Caldwell has his Lions playing good football despite an ugly 1-7 start. They’re now 4-7 and showing that they’re going to be a tough team to beat down the stretch.
But the Eagles look beaten. They’re now 4-7 as well, and with a tough remaining schedule (New England, Buffalo, Arizona, Washington and the New York Giants) they could easily finish 4-12. Which would likely result in Kelly getting fired.
