Chip Kelly led the Eagles to a 10-6 record in his first campaign in Philadelphia a season ago. With a win on Sunday vs. the Giants the Eagles will finish 10-6 in Kelly's sophomore season. However a possibility of back to back of double digit win seasons isn't as good as you may think. Philadelphia won 33-10 in Dallas on Thanksgiving improving their record to 9-3. At that time the Eagles had a chance at winning the NFC East and possibly gaining a 1st round bye. Fast forward 3 weeks later the Eagles are eliminated from playoff contention, even before heading up the New Jersey turnpike to take on the Giants in Week 17. Philadelphia has loss 3 straight home vs. Seattle, home vs. Dallas and at Washington. That helped seal their fate and put them on the outside looking in at the upcoming NFL Playoffs. Leading the NFL in turnovers finally caught up with Philadelphia, defensive strategies mainly in the secondary finally caught up to the Eagles, questionable play calling and offensive red zone troubles caught up with Philadelphia and not being able to get your 1st round and other draft picks on the field hurt this squad. It will be a long long did I mention a long off season in Philadelphia after the way the season ended. Add on lack of discipline to the list because the Eagles are league leaders in turnovers as well. The heat will definitely be on Chip Kelly. He let a home run hitter in Desean Jackson go because they couldn't get along. Straight released the guy and all season the offense under Nick Foles and Mark Sanchez missed that deep threat that opened everything up for everyone else. Poetic justice last week as Jackson torched the Eagles and helped end their playoff hopes. Hopefully Kelly isn't stubborn like the coach that came before him 14 years of Andy Reid, who refused to make adjustments and wanted to do things his way.
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