PHL Anon
NFL Insider Ian Rapoport was on 97.5 The Fanatic earlier today with Mike Missanelli, and he talked about his report on USC reaching out to Chip Kelly before deciding to strip the interim title from Clay Helton to make him the new Trojans’ head football coach. Chip denied those reports in his press conference today, saying he was staying in the NFL.
However, will Chip try to right the ship with the Eagles? Or will he try to partner back up with his prized creation of a man quarterback, Marcus Mariota, in Tennessee? According to Rapoport, a possible deal between the Eagles and Titans isn’t dead yet.
Rapoport: “Well, unless something happens with Tenessee at the end of the year, that’d be the only other caveat. It’s not likely. NFL trades are almost impossible, but I was told on Sunday don’t completely rule it out. So that’s the only one.”
Missanelli: “We’re talking about the Tennessee Titans, where it would be a coaching trade and at the very least they would get the Titans’ number one pick in the draft.”
Rapoport: “Uh, yeah. At least. These coaching … these coaching moves are expensive. In the past, it’s always been a number one pick. So, yeah, it would be, I don’t even know if that would be the case. I know if he wanted full control in Tennessee, I don’t think that would happen. If he did not want full control, I think it’s something they would consider. Uhm, so that’d be the only other play at this point.”
Audio below, courtesy of 97.5 The Fanatic.
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Of course, this all makes sense. Chip. Mariota. Titans. These rumors will never go away until the pair wins a Super Bowl together in 2045.
I was happy that Chip seemed to bed the rumors of him going back to college today. But now, we just got a whole new set of them. From Bleacher Report:
Ian Rapoport of NFL Network went on 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia and said “to not rule out a trade” of Chip Kelly to the Titans. Rapoport added the deal could involve a first-round pick.
Kelly’s tenure as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles hasn’t gone as planned thus far with a 24-19 record, one playoff appearance and no playoff wins through parts of three seasons. Because of that, there is seemingly constant talk regarding Kelly leaving Philly following the 2015 season.
While that speculation usually focuses on a potential return to the college ranks, on Nov. 3, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio said he believes Kelly could be a fit with the Titans.
On Nov. 4, Florio outlined a potential path to Nashville for Kelly:
“After the season ends for the Titans and Eagles, the Titans would be permitted to request from the Eagles permission to speak to Kelly, and to sign him to a contract. Before permission is granted, the two teams must negotiate the terms of compensation, in the event the Titans hire Kelly.
The question becomes what the Eagles would want for Kelly, and what the Titans would be willing to surrender. Much of that hinges on how committed Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie is to keeping Kelly around—and how committed the Titans would be to getting him.
Kelly’s wishes will be a major factor in this. If he wants out of Philly, Lurie likely won’t put up a major fight to keep him around. Especially if the Eagles, currently 3-4, don’t make it to the playoffs this season.”
Kelly enjoyed tremendous success at the University of Oregon with Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota as his quarterback. Tennessee, of course, selected Mariota with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 NFL draft.
Mariota has shown some flashes of brilliance thus far, but Kelly knows how to utilize him better than anyone else.
Kelly has cycled through quarterbacks at an alarming rate in Philadelphia, with Nick Foles, Mark Sanchez and Sam Bradford all failing to firmly establish themselves as franchise signal-callers.
The Titans have plenty of deficiencies on their roster, but if Kelly believes he can recreate some Oregon magic in Tennessee, it isn’t inconceivable to think he could jump ship from a team that has gone 10-6 in back-to-back seasons to a team that has been one of the NFL’s worst since 2012.
So what does everyone think about the new rumor? Let us know in the comments below, or on social media.
Mike Missaneli specifically asked him could you see them trading Kelly for at least a first round pick and he said something like yes i see that being only way he is not Eagles coach and historically those trades require at least a first rounder.
This was not even his own thoughts, Miss lead him to talk about this