EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Maybe it's time to stop hoping for a transcendental experience every time you watch the Eagles' offense. Last evening, nobody in the visitors' locker room at MetLife Stadium seemed to care that they finished with fewer yards than in all but four of Chip Kelly's previous 35 games as an NFL coach. Nor did they care that Sam Bradford's 118 passing yards were the second-fewest by an Eagles quarterback who started and completed a game with Kelly as his coach.
"Gritty" isn't a word you often hear attached to this offense, but it's the word that Kelly himself used yesterday in the wake of a 24-17 win over the Jets that snapped an 0-2 start, and it made a surprising amount of sense.