The Philadelphia Eagles are 3-0 on the season, running teams out the building in the second half of games, but apparently, Cary Williams believes the Eagles do too much running.
The veteran Eagles cornerback was salty after DeSean Jackson torched him for an 81-yard touchdown. Despite his team showing grit in another come from behind victory, Williams wasn’t interested in talking about all the great things the team did.
Instead, the malcontent decided to bash Chip Kelly and his weekly practice routine.
“I was just trying to conserve as much energy during the week so I can be as effective as I can be on Sunday’s,” Williams said afterwards. “It was just such a dog fight. It didn’t help that I wasn’t healthy through the week and it didn’t help that I had a dog fight before the week and then I had a dog fight during the game. It’s just tough, man. We have to start taking care of our guys, taking care of our players, doing the right thing from there.
“I didn’t practice every week, there’s a reason for that. A lot of guys had no legs. A lot of guys were in a dog fight before the game even started. We have to take care of our guys during the week to make sure we’re fresh come Sundays.”
Williams was reportedly not pleased that Kelly had the Eagles go through a workout routine after beating the Colts on the road Monday night.
“In other words, we have to be smart. As a coaching staff and as players.
“I’m going to be honest with you, it didn’t matter if we had a short week or a long week, it’s been the same. Something needs to change for us to be more productive. It’s tough enough to go out there and play hard for 60 minutes, let alone having to fight through the week.
“When you don’t have legs, period, it shows up in the game. Period. Throughout the game. Period.”
Williams then took the time to throw some of his other teammates under the bus, when he insinuated that other Eagles were also not pleased with the weekly routine.
“I’m saying [practicing every day] impacted a lot of people,” Williams said. “A lot of people, but I’m just the only one man enough to get up here and say anything about it, talk to ya’ll as a man and discuss and issue that obviously in my opinion is an issue in our starts [to games].
“But again, I’m just employee 26 and whatever they deem necessary to get us ready for Sunday is whatever it is. If we have to find energy from outside sources to start games quick, then we’ve got to do it. But right now, the way we’re doing it, it’s not conducive to success.”
Williams said that he has addressed his concern to the coaching staff.
“We take a lot of reps. It’s taxing on your body. It’s difficult and you have to find that energy. We’ve been able to muscle through that, fight through that as a team but there are some modifications that need to be made.
“Again, I’m just employee 26 but I know how to take care of my body, how to get ready for the game and the way we’re doing it right now, it isn’t conducive to success.”
If Williams is unhappy in Philadelphia, this is surely the fastest way to getting himself banished from the Nova Care Complex.
Williams, like the guy that burned him on that post route, has a penchant for only caring about himself in certain situations.
It will definitely be interesting to see how Chip Kelly respond to being called out despite undefeated results.
h/t Thacover2
