Chip Kelly values running backs above receivers

Kelly isn't the only coach to praise performance away from the ball, but he takes it to extremes and has done so since he first became a head coach at Oregon.

Players who were integral to a big play but didn't have the ball in their hands or weren't credited with a tackle are celebrated. Selflessness over selfishness is celebrated. Toughness when it's unconventional - with receivers that often comes in the form of downfield blocking - is celebrated.

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Kelly seems to place particular emphasis on acquiring wide receivers who are good run blockers. A good block by a receiver downfield can be the difference between a 10-yard run and a 60-yard run, and Kelly thinks a receiver who blocks well can spring as many big plays as a receiver who makes the big plays himself in the passing game.

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HST disagrees must haz two number wuns.

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