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Should Chip Kelly go to the Patriots next season?

Chip Kelly, Bill Belichick
Chip Kelly, Bill Belichick

After a disappointing year as the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, head coach Chip Kelly was let go by the team and is currently on the outside looking for a job. The New England Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick has ties to Chip Kelly and the question remains, will Chip Kelly find himself on the Pats’ coaching staff next season?


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When Chip Kelly was fired by the Philadelphia Eagles as head coach, it was Bill Belichick that was quick to jump and defend the departed coach.

Belichick had the following to say regarding Chip Kelly’s short venture as the Eagles’ head coach.

“I’d say it’s really disappointing,” Belichick said, via NESN. “Chip Kelly, to me, is a really good football coach. He does a great job, he’s done a good job with that team. It’s disappointing to see, or with Josh (McDaniels) in Denver, or there’s a lot of examples. Pretty much everyone is on a one-year contract in this league.”

“I don’t know how you build a program in one year. Chip’s a great coach, he’ll end up somewhere. He’ll do a great job there,” Belichick said. “I’d say a lot of the players that were on the Eagles that are no longer on the Eagles aren’t really doing too much for anybody else either.”

Given Belichick’s respect for Chip Kelly, it only seems logical that Kelly may be wearing Patriots’ colors next year. In what role Kelly would be best suited remains up in the air.

After Patriots’ offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels chose to opt out of the opportunity to remain in the San Francisco head coaching hunt, Chip Kelly’s chance to replace McDaniels has since diminished.

Even so, it makes sense to have Chip Kelly as a member of the New England coaching staff and it wouldn’t be surprising if he finds some role with the offense.

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