PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Eagles' recent front-office restructuring will have many ramifications, some of which will trickle down to the players.

In the standard coach/general manager situation, players develop loyalty to their coaches. The GM can play the role of bad cop, delivering news about contracts or transactions while shielding the coach from direct participation. Plenty of coaches have released players while letting the GM take the blame.

Now that Chip Kelly has full control of all personnel decisions, that dynamic changes with the Eagles. For a couple of players who spoke with CSN Philly at the Pro Bowl this week, there haven’t been any major changes yet.

"Well, I always kind of thought he ran the show, and I guess that was just a confirmation of what’s going on," linebacker Connor Barwin told CSN Philly. "To me, it makes sense when the coach is picking his players, because he’s the coach, you know what I mean? So I’m happy about it. I think it’s going to work out. Work out good.

"But the players don’t pay much attention to what goes on outside of what we can control, and that stuff -- we can’t control that stuff."

"Obviously, we all have a tremendous amount of trust in what Chip is doing and the way this organization is headed," center Jason Kelce told the station. "Anytime he’s given more control, then that’s just the organization showing faith in him and reaffirms it with us."

Kelce signed a new contract last year that takes him through 2020. Barwin signed as a free agent two years ago. His deal has four more seasons left on it. Both are at the Pro Bowl. So Kelce and Barwin are about as secure as any player on the Eagles.

It gets more problematic with players like Trent Cole, Barwin’s fellow outside linebacker. Cole is 32 and his salary-cap number will almost double this year to $11.65 million. He is a candidate for a contract restructuring, or for outright release.

That decision would be made by the coaches in concert with the GM, but typically, the GM would handle the financial aspects. Because coaches are the ones who are asking players to sacrifice, to play hurt, to change positions, they need to be shielded from the consequences of financially necessary decisions.

Howie Roseman, the former GM, is still in charge of contracts and the salary cap. But owner Jeff Lurie made it clear to everyone that Kelly will now have the final word on all roster decisions. So far, that hasn’t led to any conflicts.

"We do things a different way than most NFL teams do them," Kelce told CSN Philly. "He has a clear, direct vision. A clear direct idea of what he wants to get done. That’s not saying anything with anybody else in the organization. That’s the way he’s done it. He did it at Oregon and he wants to do it here."

At Oregon, of course, players don’t have contracts. They also play for three or four years and then graduate. Nobody turns 33 with a big salary-cap number.

It is not impossible to make all this work. Andy Reid had this kind of control of the roster for many years. He had team president Joe Banner to play the bad cop during most of those years. Roseman might still be able to play that role for Kelly, although his motivation might not be all that high after being nudged aside.