One of the more interesting nuggets buried in Chip Kelly's press conference on Sunday involved Nolan Carroll. According to Philadelphia's head coach, the Eagles received an offer for Carroll earlier in this offseason. Kelly mentioned the following while explaining why the team went through with the Boykin trade.
" [...] we had another call in the summer about Nolan, but we weren't trading Nolan."
Maybe the offer wasn't too great, which was probably the case, but it's still interesting to see how Kelly was so dismissive of the idea. Maybe this is further confirmation the team is high on Carroll and he's truly favored to start on the outside at cornerback across from Byron Maxwell.