Chip Kelly Has Philadelphia Eagles on the Same Page

June 20, 2014   ·   Andrew Kulp   ·   Jump to comments


There are statistics to measure just about everything in pro football. Points and yards. Time of possession and penalties. Height and weight. Touches and snap counts. Age and number of seasons in the league. Forty times and vertical jumps. We measure any detail we think might help us gain a better understanding of the game.
We don’t keep many stats during OTAs and minicamps, but if we did, the Philadelphia Eagles would be leading the league in one of the most important categories: attendance. Head coach Chip Kelly boasted to reporters at his Tuesday press conference that he had 100 percent attendance for every portion of the offseason program.
"We got a bunch of guys that love playing football."
There’s another aspect we’re not necessarily keeping track of: love of the game. There aren’t many stats for the intangibles in general. Effort, cohesiveness and drive cannot be measured, yet it’s almost universally accepted that these are impo...

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