Chip Kelly is a special NFL creature unlike any other that we currently have. As much of a schematic genius as he is, we’ve seen his kind before. Said the legendary Al Michaels about Chip Kelly:
“I was thinking about Chip Kelly recently and just going back in recent history in the NFL, Bill Walsh had been an assistant, goes to Stanford, comes in with San Francisco and really changes a lot of things.
“And then in the ’90s when Mike Shanahan took over in Denver, won the two Super Bowls and he’s being called a mastermind. And then Mike Martz takes over in St. Louis with Dick Vermeil and he’s kind of a mad scientist.”
“These guys come in, I mean it comes and it goes, but I see Kelly as maybe the next guy down the line here who is going to change a bunch of things and make it very, very interesting.”
I couldn’t have summed it up any better myself. Joining me to discuss these topics and more is 750 The Game Portland Program Director and Afternoon host Mike Ragz. He’s on 5-9pm Central, 3-7 Pacific on weekdays (follow him on Twitter @ragzthegame) He knows as much about the two Oregon Ducks icons as anyone
Have a listen below as we cover a whole host of NFL Draft topics:
Marcus Mariota will likely go first or second overall in this draft. The former Oregon Ducks QB is a tremendous wild card; on numerous levels. This is also the first NFL Draft in which Chip Kelly has absolute power in building his Philadelphia Eagles roster. That makes this draft one of the least predictable ever.
Kelly’s ways and Mariota’s presence means your NFL mock draft will likely get shredded into a million little pieces on Thursday night. Because we’re all guessing how Kelly will be be able to pull of the trade to get Mariota.
Tune in Monday at 1 pm central for my NFL Draft segment on ESPN Radio Honolulu the Bobby Curran Show, there will likely be plenty of Chip Kelly and Marcus Mariota talk.
Take a look at my 2015 NFL mock draft and my 2016 NFL mock draft
More Marcus Mariota:
Regarding that frightening Mariota Subway bust:
Mike Garafolo reports on Chip Kelly’s possible reasoning:
The Eagles, Browns and Saints are the three most intriguing teams to watch in this draft:
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