PHILADELPHIA -- The Eagles' offense didn’t look particularly healthy in San Francisco. Its stars are healthy, at least as far as coach Chip Kelly is willing to reveal.
Running back LeSean McCoy and quarterback Nick Foles are not injured, Kelly said in his Monday news conference.
McCoy, the NFL’s leading rusher last season, gained just 17 yards on 10 carries on Sunday. It was his fourth consecutive below-average performance. Could it be linked to the case of turf toe McCoy had during the preseason?
“No,” Kelly said. “Not that I’m aware of.”
After the game in San Francisco, McCoy said it “doesn’t matter” if he’s healthy. He followed that cryptic comment by saying that he’s fine.
“He’s not on the treatment list,” Kelly said. “He does normal maintenance like everybody else, but he hasn't had any injuries where we've done anything with him.”
As for Foles, he was slow to get up from a couple of hits during the Washington game a week earlier. He appeared to be trying to get his left shoulder loose. On Sunday, according to ESPN Stats and Information, Foles failed to complete any of his 10 passes traveling more than 20 yards downfield. Two of those passes were intercepted. Last year, Foles completed 35.3 percent of passes thrown more than 20 yards. This year, his completion percentage on such throws is 17.2 percent.
Kelly said there’s no connection between Foles’ troubles with deep throws and his shoulder.
“I think it's the exact opposite if you look at him,” Kelly said. “He overthrew four balls, so he's throwing the ball too far in some situations. That's got nothing to do with his left shoulder. Now, if every ball was underthrown, then I would think that he was banged up. I don't think he's trying to overcompensate. I just think he's got to get his timing down.”
Foles is no longer throwing to DeSean Jackson, his favorite deep target last season. His two primary wide receivers, Riley Cooper and Jeremy Maclin, were injured during training camp. Foles did not throw deep to them as often as he would have. That could affect their timing.