The way Chip Kelly told it – and who could ever doubt his honesty? – the Eagles never made a serious offer to move up in the 2105 draft and grab Marcus Mariota, the prototypical quarterback for his zone-read offense and the guy Kelly called the most talented player he ever coached at Oregon. Nope, never happened.
"It was just a steep price. It's like driving into a nice neighborhood and looking at a house and saying, 'That's really nice,' and then they tell you the price and you turn around and drive away," Kelly said. "We didn't walk in the front door.