Kelly explains Reid knows Philly personnel, but not Philly schemes

Posted by Mike Florio on September 17, 2013, 2:31 PM EDT

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As long-time Eagles coach Andy Reid prepares to return to Philadelphia for the Thursday night launch of Week Three, Reid’s successor realizes that the new Chiefs coach has a bit of an edge.

“Andy was here for a long time with those guys,” Kelly told reporters on Tuesday, via quotes distributed by the team.  “So if you know what they’re good at. . . .  But he doesn’t know our scheme and how we deploy those guys.  So he may have little ins and outs.  There is a familiarity.  He’s familiar with [defensive end] Trent [Cole].  He’s familiar with [linebacker] DeMeco [Ryans] and familiar with those guys.  But the scheme defensively has changed.  The scheme offensively has changed.  The scheme [on] special teams has changed.  So maybe from how fast a guy is to some of those things from a physical standpoint, I know he’s probably got an intimate knowledge from the guys on the team.”

That doesn’t mean Kelly believes Reid won’t be able to figure things out.

“I have great respect for Andy,” Kelly said.  “He was the head coach here for 14 years, and if you’re a coach in the NFL, anybody that coaches at one spot for 14 years you look to them and say, ‘Holy smokes.’  You just walk down the hallways and look at the division championships won here, the conference championships, and what he’s done.  He’s had a huge impact on this organization, and I’ve got a ton of respect for him.  There are not a lot of guys out there in this profession that have carried themselves from a coaching standpoint when you get to be around him like Andy Reid.  I’ve got all the respect in the world for him.  It’s exciting to go get a chance to go compete against him and it should be a lot of fun.”

It definitely will be a lot of fun to watch.  It could be something other than fun for the guy who ran the show for nearly a decade and a half, and for the guy who is trying to replace him.

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Eagles players are still slowing down the Chip Kelly offense

Posted by Mike Florio on September 18, 2013, 5:17 PM EDT

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As Eagles coach Chip Kelly tries to maximize the performance of his no-huddle, hurry-up offense, he needs maximum cooperation from his players.

So far, he’s not getting it.

Before Sunday’s unexpected loss to the Chargers, Sal Paolantonio of ESPN reported that Kelly has instructed his players not to leave the ball on the ground after a play but to hand it to an official.  During Sunday’s game, Kelly’s players consistently left the ball on the ground.

The biggest culprit was running back LeSean McCoy.  Based on a review of the full game broadcast, McCoy left the ball on the ground at least 10 times.

At one point in the second quarter, McCoy flipped the ball to the officials after a play.  Soon after that, he left it on the ground, stopped, retrieved it, and gave it to the officials.

If the change was the result of being reminded about it on the sidelines after consistently failing to give the ball to the officials during the first quarter, it didn’t stick.  He quickly resorted to leaving the ball on the ground after a play.

Others who left the ball on the ground at least once include running back Bryce Brown, receiver DeSean Jackson, quarterback Mike Vick, and receiver Jason Avant.

While it doesn’t create a major delay, every second counts in Kelly’s go-go offense.  And for Kelly, who wants the system to run a certain way, it has to be maddening that the guys aren’t doing what they expressly have been told to do.

It’s unclear when they were first told to do it this way.  Either Kelly has been harping on it throughout the offseason program, training camp, and the preseason and they continue to ignore him, or he has just realized only recently that time was being wasted by leaving the ball on the ground instead of getting it in an official’s hands.

Regardless, the Eagles could be getting even more plays called if the players start doing what Kelly wants them to do.

It’s unclear how many more snaps they would have had on Sunday against the Chargers.  As it stands, Philly had only 58.  San Diego had 79 plays from scrimmage, despite often draining the play clock in a no-huddle approach while quarterback Philip Rivers made changes based on the pre-snap look.

The Chargers ended up having the ball more than 40 minutes, too.  Kelly has said that he’s not concerned about a 40-20 split, as long as the Eagles get their snaps in.  On Sunday, it was less like the UCLA game Kelly mentioned in August and more like the far bigger NFL game in which the Buffalo K-gun offense was stymied both in time of possession and snaps by a grind-it-out Giants team.

While the Chargers did much more throwing than grinding on Sunday in Philly, they came up with an approach that others surely will copy in the coming weeks.

Starting on Thursday night, when the Chiefs and Andy Reid come to town.

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Jennifer Kelly Inducted into Worldwide Who's Who for Excellence in Real Estate

..    FORT COLLINS, CO, August 12, 2013 /Worldwide Who's Who/ -- Jennifer Kelly, Realtor of ERA Herman Group, has been recognized by Worldwide Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in real estate.

Ms. Kelly has seven years of experience in real estate, with two years as a realtor of the ERA Herman Group. She specializes in residential, distressed, investment and luxury homes, as well as corporate relocation. In the course of her duties, she is responsible for handling residential corporate relocation short sales, and investment properties. Ms. Kelly attributes her success to hard work and negotiating. She became involved in her profession because she purchased her own investment property, and others soon expressed an interest in wanting her help in purchasing real estate.

Ms. Kelly received a Master of Education in adult education from Colorado State University in 1994. She is a certified distress property expert and a certified investor agent specialist. Jennifer Kelly is a top producing agent in Northern Colorado and is in the top 1% nationally in sales. To give back to others, she contributes to the Special Olympics, Turning Point Youth Center and gives back to Emergency First Responders. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and camping. In years to come, Ms. Kelly will continue to bring quality service to real estate buyers and sellers.

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Kelly Osbourne Confirms Engagement To Matthew Mosshart

First Published: July 15, 2013 10:26 AM EDT Credit: Getty Premium

Caption Kelly Osbourne and Matthew Mosshart attend the ‘AIDS Solidarity Gala 2013’ at Hofburg Vienna on May 25, 2013 in Vienna, Austria LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- After dating for two years, Kelly Osbourne and Matthew Mosshart are on their way to making it official!

The “Fashion Police” star, 28, and the 29-year-old vegan chef/model confirmed their engagement to Britain’s Hello! magazine, saying he popped the question while on vacation in Anguilla.

“We were on a balcony that overlooks the ocean. It was just beautiful. She said, ‘Yes!” And then she smiled for the rest of the night!” he recounted.

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The couple met in 2011 at the wedding of Kate Moss.

“I knew she was ‘The One’ pretty early on,” the chef told the mag.

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After meeting, Matthew soon moved from New York to Los Angeles to be with Kelly.

“Matthew made the biggest sacrifice anyone’s ever made for me, to move away from everything that he knew to be with me in LA,” Kelly revealed. “Long-distance relationships often don’t work out. We’d dated for a year and knew we wanted to be together. Matthew has broken down every one of my walls. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do in front of him.”

Adding, “I’ve never felt this close to another human being, ever. People say we’re co-dependent but we just want to be together all the time.”

When it came time to creating her custom engagement ring, Kelly got inspiration from her rock legend dad.

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“I designed it to look like an earring that my father wore,” she told mag. “I used to hold my finger up to his ear when I was little and say, ‘I want a ring like that’. Now I have one!”

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