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Report: DeMarco Murray feels Chip Kelly broke promises
Eagles running back DeMarco Murray reportedly told owner Jeffrey Lurie that coach Chip Kelly has broken promises that were made while the Eagles were trying to convince Murray to sign with them in March.
Ed Werder of ESPN reports that Murray, who sat down with Lurie to air grievances on the team flight home from Sunday’s win at New England, believes that Kelly has broken the promises that Kelly made to him during the free agent recruiting process.
According to the report, Murray thinks he isn’t a good fit in Kelly’s offense and that changes haven’t been made to accommodate Murray’s running style. Murray thinks it’s “strange” that he didn’t play much on Sunday.
What’s actually “strange” is that Murray can’t grasp why he’s been demoted: He’s been the least effective running back on the Eagles this season. All three of the other running backs on the Eagles’ depth chart — Ryan Mathews, Darren Sproles and Kenjon Barner — have outplayed Murray this year. What’s really strange is that it took Kelly until Week 13 to demote Murray. Kelly should have done this months ago.
More to the point, Kelly never should have signed Murray in the first place. It’s clear that Murray is not a good fit in Kelly’s offense.
If Kelly made promises to Murray about changing his offense in an effort to get Murray to sign, then that was foolish of Kelly: A coach who promises a player something and fails to deliver is just asking for locker room discord. But if Murray doesn’t grasp that his own poor play is the reason he’s been demoted, then that’s foolish of Murray.
Eagles running back DeMarco Murray reportedly told owner Jeffrey Lurie that coach Chip Kelly has broken promises that were made while the Eagles were trying to convince Murray to sign with them in March.
Ed Werder of ESPN reports that Murray, who sat down with Lurie to air grievances on the team flight home from Sunday’s win at New England, believes that Kelly has broken the promises that Kelly made to him during the free agent recruiting process.
According to the report, Murray thinks he isn’t a good fit in Kelly’s offense and that changes haven’t been made to accommodate Murray’s running style. Murray thinks it’s “strange” that he didn’t play much on Sunday.
What’s actually “strange” is that Murray can’t grasp why he’s been demoted: He’s been the least effective running back on the Eagles this season. All three of the other running backs on the Eagles’ depth chart — Ryan Mathews, Darren Sproles and Kenjon Barner — have outplayed Murray this year. What’s really strange is that it took Kelly until Week 13 to demote Murray. Kelly should have done this months ago.
More to the point, Kelly never should have signed Murray in the first place. It’s clear that Murray is not a good fit in Kelly’s offense.
If Kelly made promises to Murray about changing his offense in an effort to get Murray to sign, then that was foolish of Kelly: A coach who promises a player something and fails to deliver is just asking for locker room discord. But if Murray doesn’t grasp that his own poor play is the reason he’s been demoted, then that’s foolish of Murray.
