The Philadelphia Eagles have some issues in front of them and Chip Kelly plans to evaluate all of them. After a disappointing loss in Week 1, the Eagles followed that up with an even worse performance in Week 2 to the Dallas Cowboys. Sam Bradford has two interceptions while the run game had exactly seven yards. The result was a sea of boos coming down from Eagles fans and Kelly left scratching his head in how to move forward.
The biggest issue for the Philadelphia at the moment is their lack of a run game. The team paid big money for DeMarco Murray and Ryan Mathews to pair alongside Darren Sproles and no one is producing. Fantasy owners are likely not thrilled by the two yards that Murray produced following the 2014 season where he led the league in rushing. The running back was quick to take all blame for the slow start.
"I'm not frustrated with [the stats]," Murray said, via CSNPhilly.com. "I'm frustrated with losing. When you work as hard as we do, I think everybody's frustrated. All I'm worried about is winning. I'm not worried about rushing yards or touchdowns. I am strictly worried about winning. We have to find a way to get it done. It's as simple as that."
A lot of fingers want to point blame at Kelly after all of the changes made this offseason. The coach sent LeSean McCoy to the Buffalo Bills while letting go of both Evan Mathis and Todd Herremans on the offensive line. While the McCoy and Murray debate can go on forever, right now the Eagles are not the ones winning it. The Eagles get the New York Jets in Week 3 with an equally impressive defensive line that could causing rushing headaches once again.
"Very disappointing," Kelly said, via ESPN.com. "Couldn't get anything started. I don't think the running backs even really had time to assess if there was a hole. Too much penetration up front. Too many guys in the backfield. ... We just could not block the defensive line tonight."
Bradford is another concern. The quarterback failed to look impressive in his Philadelphia debut as turnovers plagued his performance. Kelly told the media that he needs to evaulate the quarterback position, but blamed the run game before he blamed the starter. Bradford admitted he was not sure what was behind his poor play on Sunday which left fans crying for Mark Sanchez to take some snaps. While Sanchez is unlikely to earn the start over Bradford, he is waiting in the wings to replace the quarterback should Kelly make a move.
"I'm not sure," Bradford said, via CSNPhilly.com. "I'm going to have to get back to work on Tuesday, look at the tape, see what went wrong, see what I need to correct. I think it is fixable, I don't think it's anything major. It's probably just sharpening up a couple of the finer details. If we knew, we wouldn't be having those problems. It's one of those things where we're all really frustrated right now, but we're not going to give up, we're not going to quit."
