NFC East teams try to hire former Oregon DC to combat Eagles

got in under control

Seems kinda counter-intuitive to the competitive nature these guys are supposed to have, doesn't it?

He clearly knew they wanted him because of chip kelly, not because of they thought he was a great coach

In comment 12000799 Ben in Tampa said:

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He clearly knew they wanted him because of chip kelly, not because of they thought he was a great coach

I could have read that wrong - but I assumed he had worked with us in the past because of the 'asked him to come back'. Re-reading, the article isn't clear.

Hadn't we also worked with Kelly and offered him a spot as quality control coach?

come back, as in out of retirement.

His Wikipedia page shows his only pro experience with the Rams

I probably just extended what I thought was the case for Kelly out to Aliotti.

I'd ask Derek Mason, former Stanford DC, now HC of Vanderbilt or look at their game against San Fran this year.

I think most teams are doing a good job combating Kelly's offense. The key is to stop the run, especially outside the tackles. I know that sounds incredibly simple but everything they do is heavily based on that. That's why so many teams regardless of situation keep 8 in the box (except for Perry Fewell). If not for their defense and special teams, not the offense, this would be a 6-5 or 5-6 team

In comment 12000886 sjnyfan said:

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I'd ask Derek Mason, former Stanford DC, now HC of Vanderbilt or look at their game against San Fran this year. I think most teams are doing a good job combating Kelly's offense. The key is to stop the run, especially outside the tackles. I know that sounds incredibly simple but everything they do is heavily based on that. That's why so many teams regardless of situation keep 8 in the box (except for Perry Fewell). If not for their defense and special teams, not the offense, this would be a 6-5 or 5-6 team

Curious, that the same guy who played
WR in the NFL?

no relation although I thought the same thing when I learned about him. The NFL player's name is spelled Derrick

that the giants tried that manouevre but respect the fact that he has a code.

when he doesn't even care about watching game film of previous teams that had success against the Eagles' offense? I assume he didn't watch the game film because he dialed up the exact opposite of what successful defenses did.

That Fewell doesn't have fucking clue what he's supposed to be doing.

Chris Ault the coach from Nevada was off limits when Kaepernick first took over for the 49ers. That was his doing out of principle.

Last year he signed with the Chiefs as a consultant on the pistol offense. Not sure if the out of conference signing was intentional or not.

Doesn't look like it matters much now anyways either for the Niners or the Eagles in their respective offenses.