One of the most intriguing things this off season and moving into next season is can Chip Kelly bring his fast paced, quick scoring, high octane offence to the NFL. The offence he created in Oregon was one of the most explosive to play football characteristically its very fast paced almost like a hurry up offence, it scores quickly meaning its defence does spend a lot of time on the field but the offence scores a lot of points and he spreads teams out putting his play makers in space and the opportunity to win.
Today Kelly quietly made his first signing bring in the five year veteran quarterback Dennis Dixon who has spent time in Pittsburgh and Baltimore. Dixon to no surprise is an Oregon Duck alumni and was starting quarterback when Kelly was offensive coordinator. In that 2007 season Dixon had a really good year as a quarterback he throw for 20 touchdown and had a completion percentage above 65 and also rushed for over 500 yards.
There is obviously a degree of trust there as well as knowing the offence Kelly likes to run a little bit. It can work in two ways first Dixon can come in and challenge Vick for playing time keeping Vick honest and he can also teach Vick the offence helping him come to grips with this new system.
I like this move from Kelly because he knows he does not have the quarterback in Philadelphia who he wants for the future. He also knows that this years free agency and draft class is weak for quarterbacks, with this move he gets a guy he knows and could even do a steady job for him.
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