Chip Kelly and LeSean McCoy had a beef marinated in Chip's 'culture'

When Chip Kelly showed up in Philadelphia he inherited some truly impressive players, but none more so than LeSean McCoy. They were a natural pairing that immediately left opposing defenses gasping for breath. McCoy finished 2013 as the league's top rusher, Kelly turned a four-win team into a division champ, and then after another year together their journey came to a crashing halt.

Kelly traded McCoy, somewhat abruptly, and the biggest thing he got in return was beef. McCoy made his thoughts very well known, highlighted by a quote about how Kelly got rid of all the good, Black players. It was a twist few could have expected considering how well they had seemed to get along.

But that's beef for you. Even the choicest cut will spoil if you leave it out in a locker room too long.

Written and produced by Will Buikema
Graphics artists: Phil Pasternak and Mike Das
Audio by Jiazhen Zhang

#SecretBase #BeefHistory #PhiladelphiaEagles

[SecretBaseSBN]

And don't forget we've got that merch! If you want the Dorktown poster, you gotta order it this month. We'll have some merch updates later in September though, maybe something a lil beefy?

[demaszstyo]

Tbf, it was more Chip Kelly vs The city of Philadelphia

[ErwinMooz]

"wake up babe secret base just uploaded"

[elliemyers]

Man, Chip left many enemies in Philly....You can really do a "Chip vs. the Eagles" entire beef history. It's amazing, because people loved him SO much after 2013....things were really looking up....and then it came crumbling down SO fast because he was so power crazy, and insanely arrogant, thinking that players didn't matter, and his system was going to win every game....The desean stuff, and Shady stuff was particularly egregious....None of the reports of Desean being connected to gangs in LA were ever proven, and the Shady situation was just handled horribly. Whenever people mention Chip here, anger immediately follows. He's one of the more hateable parts of Eagles history.

[foreversevenfold]

Man, the Vick/McCoy/Jackson era was really when my love for the Eagles took off. I was a freshman in high school so right as soon as I able to actually understand the game is when this amazing offense came to be. The Jackson release and McCoy trade were two of the hardest days for me as a fan lol

[mike]

Chip Kelly let three of our best offensive threats go.

[generalgrievous]

Chip was the literal definition of "in over his head".

[jarodarmstrong]

Next Beef History: Chip Kelly vs His Inability to Coach at the Professional Level

[FingeringThings]

Chip Kelly should’ve just stayed in College football

[jordie]

Ugh don’t remind me of the Chip Kelly Eagles 🤦‍♂️

[bookerdewitt]

Anyone else notice the ghost logo on the O-lineman’s shoulder at 2:55?

[mcluvinx]

Considering how injury-riddled the Eagles have been since Chip left (3 Medical Staffs fired) I want those smoothies & hydration charts back in the locker rooms.

[deantebethea]

ESPN is blatantly stealing y'all style with its series The Split.

[peytonpatenaude]

Next Beef History: EDP445’s insane beef with Chip Kelly’s Eagles

[SloJ]

I can’t believe no one ever calls ESP out for that Desean Jackson hit piece. He obviously wrote it for Chip to justify the cut. He never even apologized, even with Jackson back now.

[dmartig]

I remember Lurie saying in a press conference after Kelly's first season that he was basically handing him the keys. 10-6 with a playoff loss and he treated the guy like Bill Bellichick. Shocker it all blew up.

[Ironmano]

Remember Eagles fans, you drove out Andy Reid for this guy.

[SmugTomato]

The best part of the Chip Kelly era in Philadelphia was EDP's reactions to all of his moves during the 2015 offseason.

[nintendostyle]

Anyone else remember when this channel was called SB Nation and not Secret Base?

[thatoneguy-qcgf]

EDP’s video on Chip Kelly trading LeSean McCoy is what I think of when I saw this in my feed