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this guy sounds positively giddy.
http://gcobb.com/2013/10/27/thoughts-eagles-giants-2/
Chip Kelly did another poor job with his gameday management.
The head coach called a poor game once Matt Barkley entered the game.
When the Eagles got the ball down to the two-yard line, Kelly decided to put the ball in the hands of his rookie quarterback and send him on a designed rollout. The result was a Barkley fumble, a turnover, and a lost opportunity for seven points. That’s a terrible, Reid-esque decision to call a play like that and ignore one of the best running backs in football. First and goal on the two with your third string quarterback? That’s the time to run the ball with LeSean McCoy. Plain and simple, Chip.
Kelly asked Barkley to run his read-option plays throughout the second half, but the rookie clearly wasn’t up to the challenge. It was clear that Barkley wasn’t confident running the read-option. He never pulled the ball down and ran it himself, and the Giants were able to to stuff the run easily.
On the first Eagles’ drive of the third quarter, the Eagles got down to field goal range, and Kelly decided to go for it on 4th and 9 instead of taking the points. Once again, you can’t ask a rookie quarterback to come in and make a throw in a situation like that. Take the points, Chip.
Kelly’s offense failed to establish a run for the second straight week, and his offense was shut out against a defense that averages over 35 points per game.
All in all, a horrendous job by a coach who looked just as overwhelmed by the NFL as his rookie quarterback today.
The head coach called a poor game once Matt Barkley entered the game.
When the Eagles got the ball down to the two-yard line, Kelly decided to put the ball in the hands of his rookie quarterback and send him on a designed rollout. The result was a Barkley fumble, a turnover, and a lost opportunity for seven points. That’s a terrible, Reid-esque decision to call a play like that and ignore one of the best running backs in football. First and goal on the two with your third string quarterback? That’s the time to run the ball with LeSean McCoy. Plain and simple, Chip.
Kelly asked Barkley to run his read-option plays throughout the second half, but the rookie clearly wasn’t up to the challenge. It was clear that Barkley wasn’t confident running the read-option. He never pulled the ball down and ran it himself, and the Giants were able to to stuff the run easily.
On the first Eagles’ drive of the third quarter, the Eagles got down to field goal range, and Kelly decided to go for it on 4th and 9 instead of taking the points. Once again, you can’t ask a rookie quarterback to come in and make a throw in a situation like that. Take the points, Chip.
Kelly’s offense failed to establish a run for the second straight week, and his offense was shut out against a defense that averages over 35 points per game.
All in all, a horrendous job by a coach who looked just as overwhelmed by the NFL as his rookie quarterback today.
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