Thread: Rumors: Chip Kelly to the Buccaneers

It's all over Twitter and the Tampa Bay Times is reporting it as well.

My guess is Pete Carroll 2.0. He knows the sanctions are coming so he's leaving on a high note.

Source -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers in talks to hire Chip Kelly of Oregon Ducks as coach - ESPN

Interesting. Ya makes me wonder also about possible incoming sanctions. Will definitely hurt their recruiting if this happens, maybe Arizona can cash in on the recruiting trail with it being so close to signing day.

Well - next weekend is still 5+ days away!

Perhaps there are 1 or 2 who might well be interested in seeing Arizona before they sign on the dotted line 10 days or so from now?! Oregon still has a lot to offer; but even with signing day fairly close, if they've not already taken their full 5 official visits, seems to me that they might want to squeeze in one more.

Rumors saying that Oregon would go after Gary Patterson and Chris Petersen.

I don't see either of those happening. Bigger name programs have tried and failed.

Interesting to say the least.

Kelly canceled his scheduled recruiting trips. That should tell you all you need to know.

Unreal. I don't know how good the spread would be in the NFL but ok. Interesting to say the least. So would Oregon be enough to lure Chris Peterson away? OR are they about to get hit with sanctions causing them to go a different way?

Beat me to it, was going to post this. Maybe some players decommit and consider us if they want to remain in a spread offense.

Originally Posted by Cat Fan09

Beat me to it, was going to post this. Maybe some players decommit and consider us if they want to remain in a spread offense.

Considering the similar offenses, I would kill for just one of Oregon's recruits.

Staying at Oregon.

Originally Posted by Wize

Staying at Oregon.

Chip Kelly of Oregon Ducks passes on Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offer, general manager says - ESPN