Kelly, while he was still with the the Eagles, was secretly negotiating to snag Kaepernik after he was benched.
Chip Kelly could save Colin Kaepernick's 49ers career
Can Chip Kelly save Colin Kaepernick's 49ers career?
As Kelly plotted his next NFL stop, per NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, he was hatching plans to sign or trade for Kaepenerick as his next quarterback project.
Although Kaepernick's early November benching sparked speculation that his days in San Francisco were numbered, Rapoport reports general manager Trent Baalke sat down with the quarterback to extend an olive branch prior to the season's end.
Kelly's innovative offense didn't realize its full potential in Philadelphia over the past two seasons because his quarterbacks lacked the running ability to stress defenses at the mesh point.
"What Kelly did not have in Philadelphia was a quarterback that could handle the second part of the zone read," NFL Media analyst Mike Mayock outlined Thursday. "Everything was a zone give, not a zone keep. And they had to do an awful lot of different things to work around the fact that they didn't have an athletic quarterback."
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On paper, Kaepernik is exactly what Kelly wants for his style of football: Speed, rocket arm, scrambler...the whole nine yards. It's going to be a sad day when Kelly wakes up and realizes Kaepernik doesn't have the brains to execute the plays, even with an abbreviated playbook
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