Former Eagles star says ex-head coach Chip Kelly was 'uncomfortable' around Black players

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The promising Chip Kelly era in Philadelphia wound up being a major disappointment, but LeSean McCoy seemed to hint that the dynamic between players and the coach was a factor.

Kelly joined the Eagles in 2013 and was set to bring in a new era of football with one of the most dynamic offenses the league had ever seen.

However, he only lasted three years with the Birds, before spending one season with the 49ers and then going back to college.

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Eagles head coach Chip Kelly before the Buffalo Bills game on Dec. 13, 2015, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

The Eagles were Kelly's first NFL gig after he had been the head coach at the University of Oregon for four seasons. But McCoy, the team's star running back at the time, doesn't think it was necessarily the NFL pressure that got to Kelly.

In a podcast episode titled "The Truth About Chip Kelly," McCoy and his cohost, and former teammate, DeSean Jackson, eviscerated their former coach and how he handled certain players.

"I’ve never met a coach that was uncomfortable with dealing with Black players…" McCoy said.

One instance McCoy made note of was how his running backs coach, Duce Staley, would be the one offering Kelly's advice, rather than McCoy getting it straight from the source.

Running back LeSean McCoy of the Eagles talks to head coach Chip Kelly on the sidelines during the Jacksonville Jaguars game on Sept. 7, 2014, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

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