Stephen A Smith basically just called Chip a racist

[Dan Drives a Van]

... Do you think there is anything that Chip or the Eagles can do to change that perception? Cut Cooper? Maybe get a mix of players that more in line with the league average?

I think he can actually address the media and control the narrative a little bit.

When DeSean was released, they allowed the nj.com article to control the narrative by staying silent. Since they are choosing not to address the media at events like the combine, or after trading away the franchise's leading rusher, they are allowing people like Steven A. Smith to control the narrative.

I support Kelly but he hasn't done shit in the NFL yet. I'm choosing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but others may not and that's understandable. Certain personnel decisions he made during his first years in the NFL open him to criticism, and he doesn't have the track record yet to simply tune it all out.

If he held a press conference, I guarantee a reporter will ask him how he justifies paying Riley Cooper 4.5 mil but allowing Maclin to walk and trading Shady. If he answers honestly, without arrogance, and provides a reason that makes sense, most people will accept it.

As is, everyone is forced to simply speculate. So he's allowing people to create a narrative based on their own personal 'agendas.'

[ncigglefan]

ok so I read it

How long has that been the case? Just since Kelly got here? Then the discussion should include what percentage of white players did he have at Oregon and what percentage did he recruit? Let me make suere I am up to date.

McCoy traded to Buffalo for Kiko Alonso (hispanic)
Maclin left for 2 million more per year (Kelly made a fair offer of 9 mil)
Jackson was released in what we all suspect was actually a salary dump last yr
Herremans released for money reasons(?) and age
Casey realeased for money reasons(?)

Resign Graham and try to sign Gore and Maxwell. Hmmmm It seems to me that ayou have 3 minorities leaving and 3 coming in, even if Gore isn't here. Do we count Alonso and Sanchez as minorities since they are Hispanic?

My point is this. Anyone can make a case for either argument. For SAS to shoot his mouth off and get shit started is typical SAS bullshit.

[Eagle Road]

OR, for people that would rather point fingers than check facts,




Also, the Eagles were trying to unload Jackson a year earlier, from the moment Andy Reid left. The team isn't talking but insider Brian Dawkins, who played with DeSean, said straight out on 97.5 that it was not about gangs.

"No, it was all the other things that have happened over the time that he’s been here and the things he has not corrected in his character, some of the things that he does within the building with coaches and the like they were concerned about."

Still, this double-standard is a serious allegation that is worth considering. At first glance, you can't miss the fact that Chip Kelly, Howie Roseman, and Jeffrey Lurie are white, and they dismissed a black player with unusual finality and lack of discussion after keeping Cooper. So, is this a double standard? I don't think so




If Chip was racist, it would show up in his player competitions. Kelly has had 3 quarterback competitions in his 5 years as a head coach; each one pitted a white QB against a quarterback of color. What were the results?
-- Darron Thomas vs. Nate Costa (the white incumbent loses to the upstart black QB)
- Marcus Mariota vs. Bryan Bennett (the white incumbent loses to the upstart Samoan QB)
- Nick Foles vs. Michael Vick -- (Vick wins back his starting job, despite many fans and writers urging that he go with the younger QB.)





The contrast between Riley Cooper's case and DeSean Jackson's is interesting, but not for the reasons people are saying.
Cooper's sin was off the field. That puts him in the same category as Shady, Jason Peters, and the Oregon players to whom Kelly gave a second chance. DeSean dogged it on field in 2011, while pushing for a new contract, and didn't even try to chase down Shaun Prater after he intercepted Foles' pass in the Vikings game, then shoved and yelled at teammates and coaches on the sideline. I suspect that THIS is what bothered Kelly most. You put yourself apart from the team during a game, and the team might put itself apart from you.





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