If nothing else, Chip Kelly has made one thing perfectly clear to anyone looking to don midnight green.
It's Chip's way or the highway.
Just ask DeSean Jackson, who now is now catching passes for the Washington Redskins.
Or LeSean McCoy, who was sent shuffling off to Buffalo.
Today you can add Pro Bowl guard Even Mathis to the list.
It's not exactly a secret that Mathis has not been happy with the Eagles. He wanted his contract redone and he wanted a raise. Instead Kelly and the Eagles told him to feel free to seek a deal with another team. They claim they got no offers for the veteran offensive lineman.
Yesterday, they shoved him out the door.
Mathis, who was a no-show at the team's recent voluntary organized team activity conditioning sessions, was released.
The Eagles now will be replacing two starters on their offensive line. Right guard Todd Herremans was released earlier in the off-season. Now Mathis has been shown the door.
You have to wonder what Sam Bradford - and his twice reconstructed left knee - thinks about all this.
For now it looks like Allen Barbre and Matt Tobin will line up in those guard spots. Kelly better hope no one on this line gets hurt; there is not a lot of depth here, especially after the Birds did not snag an offensive lineman in the recent NFL Draft.
All of this makes one thing clear. If you don't buy in to what Kelly is selling, he doesn't want you around. Jackson's act wore thin on his coach. Kelly apparently favors a one-cut back, as opposed to McCoy's zigging and zagging looking for the home run.
Kelly has complete control over personnel and the roster, having deposed GM Howie Roseman in a power struggle.
As with most of the moves Kelly has made, I'm left with one thought.
He'd better be right.
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