How bad does Chip Kelly want Marcus Mariota? That is the question that will dominate the NFL from now until draft day.
Is Chip Kelly one Heisman Trophy winner away from wrecking the NFL? One high ranking NFL scout believes Kelly is thinking Mariota is the key to everything.
One Scout said “Kelly and the Eagles will mortgage the future to land Mariota.”
All these teams high in the draft are all going to see the same things on tape with Mariota, and I’ll bet he starts to fall on draft day. Once that happens, (Philadelphia Eagles coach) Chip (Kelly) will mortgage the future to go get him. If he misses on him, (Kelly) can just bolt back to college.” — AFC scout.
Kelly recruited Mariota to Oregon to run his offense, and he’ll benefit from other teams having doubts and concerns about Mariota’s transition to the NFL.