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05-29-2015, 09:51 PM
Fletcher Cox, Malcolm Jenkins and Riley Cooper, among other Eagles, have Chip Kelly’s back, Bob Grotz of the Delaware County Daily Times (http://www.delcotimes.com/sports/20150528/former-eagles-mates-not-playing-mccoys-racial-blame-game) reports.
Hours after Kelly refuted LeSean McCoy’s recent contention that the Eagles’ head coach favored white football players over black football players, the trio made a stand of sorts.
“I think everything around here is equal,” Cox, who maintains he’s a good friend of McCoy said after a voluntary team practice Thursday. “Everything around here is equal. Chip treats everybody the same. I don’t think there’s a difference.”
The other players echoed Cox, who wanted to avoid turning the ugly allegation McCoy made after being traded to the Buffalo Bills into a distraction.
That was the case two years ago when Cooper hurled a racial slur at an African-American security guard, an act Cooper apologized for and drew a hefty fine from the Eagles. Almost all of the Eagles, to their credit, embraced the second chance given to Cooper.
“It’s definitely difficult and upsetting for sure,” Cooper said. “I know (Kelly is) not like that.”
“I can only speak to my experiences and what I’ve seen over the year I’ve been here,” Jenkins said. “And it’s really been nothing but fairness to me. He lets us know what he’s evaluating us on. He’s been pretty open. And I haven’t seen anything that makes him biased other than the things he’s asked guys to do. Whether that’s been all of the sports science and assessments that we do, whether it’s being here on time, with a great attitude every day and then obviously what you do on the field. I haven’t seen him make a decision outside of that realm of what he’s evaluating us on.”
http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/49940/Eagles-players-not-buying-McCoy-s-racial-blame-game/Default.aspx
Hours after Kelly refuted LeSean McCoy’s recent contention that the Eagles’ head coach favored white football players over black football players, the trio made a stand of sorts.
“I think everything around here is equal,” Cox, who maintains he’s a good friend of McCoy said after a voluntary team practice Thursday. “Everything around here is equal. Chip treats everybody the same. I don’t think there’s a difference.”
The other players echoed Cox, who wanted to avoid turning the ugly allegation McCoy made after being traded to the Buffalo Bills into a distraction.
That was the case two years ago when Cooper hurled a racial slur at an African-American security guard, an act Cooper apologized for and drew a hefty fine from the Eagles. Almost all of the Eagles, to their credit, embraced the second chance given to Cooper.
“It’s definitely difficult and upsetting for sure,” Cooper said. “I know (Kelly is) not like that.”
“I can only speak to my experiences and what I’ve seen over the year I’ve been here,” Jenkins said. “And it’s really been nothing but fairness to me. He lets us know what he’s evaluating us on. He’s been pretty open. And I haven’t seen anything that makes him biased other than the things he’s asked guys to do. Whether that’s been all of the sports science and assessments that we do, whether it’s being here on time, with a great attitude every day and then obviously what you do on the field. I haven’t seen him make a decision outside of that realm of what he’s evaluating us on.”
http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/49940/Eagles-players-not-buying-McCoy-s-racial-blame-game/Default.aspx