SAN JOSE, Calif. - For a 6-foot-5, 300-pound man with a high-ankle sprain, Evan Mathis deftly sidestepped questions about Chip Kelly, the Eagles, and whether he felt vindicated since the coach who released him has since been fired while he is playing in Sunday's Super Bowl.
"I'm trying to avoid headline, bold-quote things," Mathis said. "Just dancing around. What else do you got?"
While both sides ultimately lost something when Kelly decided to release Mathis - the Eagles lost a Pro Bowl lineman, and Mathis lost money - the Broncos guard ultimately chose to play for a team that gave him an opportunity he had yet to have in his first 11 NFL seasons.