Chip Kelly goes again to the NFL, however this time he will be working beneath somebody else and never a head coach.
That is not a brand new phenomenon for Kelly, who left the top teaching gig at UCLA to be Ryan Day’s offensive coordinator at Ohio State final season. Kelly received a nationwide championship with OSU and now he will be working beneath Pete Carroll as the brand new offensive coordinator for the Las Vegas Raiders.
Kelly has at all times been an revolutionary offensive thoughts, stemming from his time as offensive coordinator at Oregon. He is been on the forefront of the speed-option offense however at OSU this previous season, he proved that his offensive scheme can put numbers up it doesn’t matter what it seems like. It helped that the Buckeyes’ offense was stacked from high to backside, however you’ll be able to’t argue with 35.7 factors per sport and 36.3 factors per sport within the School Soccer Playoff en path to a nationwide title.
Kelly’s offensive thoughts is why the Raiders wished to pair him with the defensive-minded Caroll, and Vegas it reportedly ponying up big-time for the privilege of getting Kelly name the performs.
Kelly goes to get $6M per yr from the Raiders, and not too long ago talking on “The Pat McAfee Present”, NFL insider Adam Schefter revealed that that the Raiders’ new restricted possession is behind that money. That features Tom Brady.
“That is the place the brand new cash and the restricted house owners that the Raiders have come into play as a result of Mark Davis received an infusion of cash from the restricted house owners that included Tom Brady they usually now can exit and spend that cash on guys like Chip Kelly,” Schefter defined (h/t On3). “There’s no wage cap for coaches. You’re capped off for what you’ll be able to and might’t spend on gamers, however there’s no cap on coaches. So, if you wish to go pay Chip Kelly $6M a yr to convey him into Las Vegas you’ll be able to go try this, and having money — and the Raiders clearly have some money — that they will throw round on coaches and that they’re going to have the ability to use within the type of assured cash and signing bonuses to imminent free brokers.”
