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LeSean McCoy says Chip Kelly got rid of ‘all the good black players’

By Mike Dyce

Dec 14, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly before the start of the game against the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 14, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly before the start of the game against the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports /
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Former Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy says Chip Kelly got rid of “all the good black players.”

It looks like running back LeSean McCoy is still a little bitter about being shipped to the Buffalo Bills in a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles. Since making the move, Shady hasn’t stopped throwing shade at the Eagles and specifically head coach Chip kelly.

In an interview with ESPN the Magazine, McCoy tried to explain why Kelly got rid of him without coming right out and saying it.

“The relationship was never really great,” McCoy said. “I feel like I always respected him as a coach. I think that’s the way he runs his team. He wants the full control. You see how fast he got rid of all the good players. Especially all the good black players. He got rid of them the fastest. That’s the truth. There’s a reason. . . .

“It’s hard to explain with him. But there’s a reason he got rid of all the black players — the good ones — like that.”

So McCoy is suggesting that Kelly is a racist and that’s why he traded McCoy. Never mind the fact that he signed DeMarco Murray to replace him, the league’s leading rusher who also happens to be black.

This isn’t the first time this has been implied about Kelly, ESPN First Take’s Stephen A. Smith implied the same thing roughly two months ago.

“Chip Kelly makes decisions over the last couple of years that, dare I say, leave a few brothers feeling uncomfortable,” Smith said. “I think that’s fair to say. I mean, we’re sitting here looking at some of the decisions that Chip Kelly makes and I’m like what is up? What’s up with that? I mean, it’s like you’ve got to be his kind of guy, you know? And I’m like, well, Riley Cooper’s your kind of guy?”

“Let’s get beyond the system, the operative word is ‘culture,’” Smith said. “The culture is what resonates with me more profoundly because I’m looking at a Chip Kelly and I’m like, really? Now, you’ve got to remember, where did I work for 16 years? I mean, this is Philadelphia. You understand what I’m saying? I’m always in Philly, and I’m telling you right now you’ve got people walking the streets and, hell with it, you’ve got brothers walking the streets going like ‘What’s up with Chip? I don’t understand this. I really don’t understand what you’re doing.’ Now I’m not saying I know, I’m just saying that it does strike me as a tad bit odd. I’m going to repeat this. Gone: LeSean McCoy, Jeremy Maclin, you know, DeSean Jackson. Staying: Riley Cooper. Really? Really? OK.”

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