The Las Vegas Raiders fired offensive coordinator Chip Kelly, the group introduced on Sunday evening after a 24-10 house loss to the Cleveland Browns.
Kelly lasted simply 11 video games in his return to the NFL.
“I spoke with Chip Kelly earlier this night and knowledgeable him of his launch as offensive coordinator of the Raiders,” head coach Pete Carroll, in his first season with Las Vegas, mentioned in a press release after group fell to 2-9. “I want to thank Chip for his service and want him all one of the best sooner or later.”
Las Vegas ranked thirtieth in factors, complete yards, dashing yards, offensive EPA and red-zone effectivity coming into Week 12 beneath Kelly. Veteran quarterback Geno Smith has regressed with the Raiders after his resurgence in Seattle, throwing 13 interceptions together with 13 TDs via 10 video games this yr after tossing 15 picks in 17 contests final season. Smith was 30 of 44 for 285 yards with one TD and no picks, however he additionally was sacked 10 occasions.
Kelly, who turns 62 on Tuesday, talked to NFL reporter Jay Glazer after the sport that the group has not received sufficient for him to maintain his job.
“I’m grateful for the chance with the Raiders; backside line on this league it’s a must to win,” Kelly mentioned. “I actually beloved these gamers. I am an enormous, large Geno Smith fan. That was among the finest elements of this expertise for me, working with Geno and people guys day by day.
“However hey, we gotta win. I get it.”
Prized rookie working again Ashton Jeanty has averaged simply 3.6 yards per carry. He had 17 rushes for 50 yards, a 2.9 common, on Sunday.
Kelly landed in Las Vegas after final showing on an NFL sideline with the San Francisco 49ers in 2016. The Niners went 2-14 with Kelly on the helm. He additionally coached the Philadelphia Eagles throughout a near-three-season stint, which led to 2015 with the Eagles sitting at 6-9. His total NFL head teaching file is 28-35.
However Kelly regained his footing within the collegiate ranks, spending six seasons as UCLA’s head coach earlier than serving to Ohio State win a nationwide title final marketing campaign because the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator.
Kelly parlayed that success right into a reported $6-million common annual wage with Las Vegas, which might make him the best paid offensive coordinator within the NFL. However Kelly could not make it previous Week 12 as Las Vegas compiled simply 268 complete yards within the setback to Cleveland.
The transfer comes lower than two weeks after Carroll mentioned he and Kelly are “at all times working to proceed to develop collectively as a lot as we are able to and be consultant,” and after he credited the soon-to-be 62-year-old for having “a world of expertise that I’ve counted on all through.”
Kelly is not the primary of Carroll’s assistants to fail to make it via a nightmarish season for the Raiders, who now sit at 2-9. Particular groups coordinator Tom McMahon bought the boot on Nov. 7.
–Area Degree Media
