Philadelphia Eagles

Brian Mitchell: Eagles offseason looks like what Redskins normally do

Published May. 6, 2015 11:11 a.m. ET

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In his first offseason with complete control over the roster, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly turned his team upside down. Most prominently, Kelly flipped quarterbacks and running backs, let go of his best wide receiver and signed cornerback Byron Maxwell to one of the league's largest contracts at the position.

Not everyone was a fan of Kelly's frantic offseason. Former Eagles and Washington Redskins running back Brian Mitchell worries that he has seen offseasons like this one crash and burn in the past.

"Actually, it looks like what the Redskins normally do in the offseason," Mitchell said Tuesday on Comcast SportsNet's Breakfast on Broad. "I hope the results aren't the same.

"I understand what Chip Kelly's doing. He's trying to make that team into a team that he likes. People pick the people he wants. That's one thing about any coach that comes in, especially a coach with as much power as he has — they're going to get the people that they like.

"LeSean McCoy leaving — he didn't like the style of running. He wants a guy that's going to be hitting it downhill. DeSean Jackson two years ago, and you let (Jeremy) Maclin go this year."

"All I'll say is, it better work. It's not like [it is] in D.C. where people let things go and go and go. Philly will hold you accountable if it doesn't work."

The culture that Kelly breeds will ask his players to dim out the outside noise, but teams that take great strides to remake their roster in free agency haven't had the best track record in the past.

(h/t True Jersey)

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