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Why you should take Evan Mathis' Chip Kelly comments with a grain of salt

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After a one year deal in Denver that led him to a Super Bowl victory, Evan Mathis came out with some zingers regarding his former head coach Chip Kelly through an email exchange with Denver reporter Mike Klis. The most significant of the quotes mentioned that Kelly could not handle big locker room personalities and that led to several marquee player's departure from the city of brotherly love.

There were many things that Chip had done that showed me he wasn’t building a championship team. Two of the main issues that concerned me were: 1.