Seth Vigdor
It seemed right from the beginning of training camp that the marriage between DeMarco Murray and the Philadelphia Eagles was destined for divorce. Murray never practiced, and was never comfortable in the offensive system run by then head coach Chip Kelly. Murray’s frustrations with his role on the team only increased throughout the year and eventually led to him blowing up in the locker room after the Arizona game.
Regardless of how poorly Murray played throughout the season, it seemed like the coaching staff wasn’t doing much to help him. In terms of what many of us thought Murray was as a running back, he was never utilized to that capability with the Eagles. Except maybe that one run against the Giants in the last game of the season. But then, he disappeared again.
Last week, Eagles fans were put out of their misery (with this matter at least) when the Eagles traded Murray to the Titans. Apparently Murray is now doing some self reflection (a bit too late in my books). Murray is now accepting responsibility for his failure in Philadelphia. Here’s what Murray had to say about the situation, courtesy of TitanInsider.com.
I wouldn’t say I was in the wrong relationship at all. They have a great team there, great owner in Jeffrey. Howie and Jeff, they do a great job. They know what they want in the team, personnel wise. It was just a relationship that didn’t work, for whatever reason. I’m not going to go into the details of that. I have a really good relationship with those guys. But I was very fortunate to work with those guys and get a trade done. Things didn’t work out. I look in the mirror and don’t blame anyone. I take full responsibility for it. I just try to move on and work hard and try to make the best of the opportunity I’m given.”
While Murray had positive things to say about Jeff Lurie and Howie Roseman, I think we can all agree that the “whatever reason” that he refers to in that statement is Chip Kelly. The thing that I still find a bit perplexing is that even after Kelly was fired, rumors persisted that Murray was still unhappy here. I don’t get it. The only thing that I can take from this is that Murray is a very sensitive man, perhaps too sensitive.
His decision to sign with Philadelphia totally feels like a move that wasn’t thought out properly. He acted off of raw emotion similar to a scorned woman with his situation at the time with the Cowboys. He made the move to Philly to try to stick it to them and in the end he stuck it to the Eagles and this city. That’s a red flag in my books, and to the Titans, good luck with that! The Eagles will be better off without him.
who wants 5 #29 jersey shirts dri fits? good price.. i wish they did not say MURRAY on them.. that was Shady’s orginal number the first season..
“His decision to sign with Philadelphia totally feels like a move that wasn’t thought out properly. He acted off of raw emotion similar to a scorned woman with his situation at the time with the Cowboys. He made the move to Philly to try to stick it to them and in the end he stuck it to the Eagles and this city.”
100% exactly correct.