Ex-Eagles stars DeSean Jackson, LeSean McCoy don't hold back exposing Chip Kelly

Chip Kelly Showed His True Colors From the Start 

The first story that the two share to expose who he really was is when Kelly was first hired as the head coach in 2013 and wasn't happy that McCoy chose to attend the funeral of his best friend's dad over a meeting. 

"That caused a rocky start and then we got cool again," McCoy said. "But I remember saying to myself, 'If you don't care about your players with how they feel when someone close to them dies...' You should be saying, 'Hey, man go there. Support your best friend. Can we send flowers?' That's what Andy Reid would have done. That's what the owner did. That's what the GM did." 

Then it was Jackson's turn. 

"Day one," Jackson said. "Our first practice. ...We're on the field and he's basically like, 'there's no starters.,'" Jackson began. "You gotta remember you [McCoy] was All-Pro, Vick, Maclin, all Pro Bowlers. ...I had two Pro Bowls. ...For one, we're getting paid more than you. So you coming here talking about we're not starters, how the hell you coming into the NFL and you're the coach talking about there's no starters?" 

Kelly Appeared "Uncomfortable" Around Black Players

And that was the beginning of what got much worse. 

According to McCoy and Jackson, Kelly didn't attempt to connect with his players and appeared "uncomfortable" interacting with his Black players and even made cornerback Roc Carmichael cut his hair to appear more "presentable." 

They gave many more examples, including when Kelly made Michael Vick cry. 

"I remember him [Vick] saying I cried more dealing with Chip Kelly and the Eagles than I did in prison," McCoy said. 

They then pivoted to talking about how Kelly took control of the front office and somehow got general manager Howie Roseman to stop showing up to practices. 

Kelly Took Control of Eagles' Front Office

And that's when McCoy brought up his shocking trade. 

He then shared the phone call he had with his agent Drew Rosenhaus

"Shady, this is not a joke," McCoy mocked his phone call with Rosenhaus. "The Eagles are trading you to the Buffalo Bills. I said stop playing man What do you want Drew, I'm busy. He says I'm not playing Shady. The next thing I say is, who they trading me for... thinking two second-rounders. He says Kiko Alonzo. I say, who is that?"

Jackson chimed in and called the trade a "disgrace."

McCoy even called Kelly to talk about it and left a message and Kelly never returned his call. 

Now, it was Jackson's turn to talk about his 2013 release that came after he helped his friend who was falsely convicted of murder. The news spun it and made Jackson look like he was apart of a gange. 

"You really released me off of allegations," Jackson said. "And that was a coward a-- move. I was never able to get the benefit of the doubt that I deserve bro. And it was all off of Chip Kelly."

Jackson believes this all came down to Kelly using the stories as a scapegoat for not wanting to pay him what he deserved, and it hurt Jackson's career in the long run. 

"At the end of the day, he affected me personally," Jackson said. "And that's why he never really had the success in the NFL... He left Philly and declined. The real him showed up."