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Chip Kelly Offense Part 4: The Packaged Plays

As we continue to tell the story of Chip Kelly's 2013 Philadelphia Eagles offense (see parts 1, 2, and 3) we'll focus now on the packaged plays which have been a really interesting element of Chip Kelly's offense to study. There are really a couple of types of packaged plays to discuss. Neither are brand new concepts to the NFL, but one has been used heavily for years by the likes of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning; the other not as much. 

The first one is a packaged play which really allows for a pre-snap read. This is when the defense shows you something you like before the snap. The QB makes a decision pre-snap and then makes the play. You see this quite often with Peyton Manning when he steps up to the line reads the defense, let's the play clock run down, barks and waves, and then snaps the ball. Some of that illusions, sometimes it's a packaged play where the play call has numerous options and Peyton decides on one pre-snap. 

Chip Kelly Offense Part 3: The Ambush and the Sidewalk

One of the more underrated aspects of the Chip Kelly offense so far this year has been the success of the screen game. We've run some pretty creative screens out of different packaged plays with read option components, etc. Obviously, the bubble screen is a big part of what we do and I'll look to cover that in Part 4 before the end of the week. ICYMI, Parts 1 and 2 are here and here. 

In wanted to take some time in this part to talk about the screen game. However, I did that last week for a piece for Bleeding Green Nation. So instead of repeating myself, I urge you to check out what Kelly has been doing in the screen game over at the BGN site here. 

However, I do want to expand on that post a little here by highlighting two new terms Kelly revealed to us on this piece at the Official Site. This is must watch material. 

The Chip Kelly Offense Part 2: The Outside Zone Read and Sweep Read

In Part 1 we covered the inside zone read. The outside zone read and the read sweep are two other plays Chip has carried over from Oregon usually with the read-option concept built-in. As usual I point you to Fishduck.com where they cover the basics of the outside zone read and the sweep read. Great stuff to help you understand what Chip is trying to run. 

The Chip Kelly Offense Part 1: The Inside Zone Read-Option

2 weeks without Eagles football at this stage when we are in the thick of the division race is pretty painful to endure. There were some great games yesterday, but I still missed watching my birds. Everything about the Redskins game has been beaten to death and we now wait another week before we can see what else the Eagles put on film for Chip Kelly's rookie season. 

So given the downtime, I though we'd take an opportunity to look back through the first 11 games of the Chip Kelly era and recap exactly what the Chip Kelly offense has been all about. All the talk in the offseason was the mystery of what the Chip Kelly offense would look like, how much of it would be the Oregon offense, what impact Pat Shurmur (if any) would have, tempo, mobile QBs, etc., etc. 

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Two gems this week, courtesy of the right side of the O line.

First, on the Celek screen pass.