Cary Williams: Chip Kelly was 'outcoached' late last season

During his final season with the Philadelphia Eagles last year, Cary Williams expressed his displeasure with the way the team practiced under head coach Chip Kelly. Williams said he and his teammates weren’t fresh on game day.

Now a member of the Seattle Seahawks, the veteran cornerback expanded on those thoughts in an interview with ESPN 710 when asked about the Eagles’ mindset heading into their Week 14 matchup against Seattle – a 24-14 Seahawks win.

"We were talking about the fact that our conditioning and things like that were going to kick in because we worked harder than everybody in the National Football League with the Chip Kelly thing," Williams said. "When we got out there, we got our teeth kicked in, so all that conditioning didn’t necessarily work. The preparation wasn’t necessarily the greatest that week. So when you’re going up against teams that prepare, practice well, coach well, it’s difficult in games like that. And I think towards the end of the year, we were exhausted, and we got outcoached the majority of the games.

"One, they were fresher. Two, they were more physical. And I think in the National Football League, physicality is huge. And you need that physicality in order to win games. And coaching is a part of it too."

The Eagles started 9-3 last season but sputtered down the stretch with three losses in four weeks and missed the playoffs.

Williams, who started all 32 games during his two-year stint in Philly, didn’t have anything negative to say about Kelly. He just simply disagreed with Kelly’s approach in certain ways of running a team.

"I enjoyed my teammates, I enjoyed some of the coaches but ultimately we didn't get the job done, and there was reasoning for that," Williams said. "Whatever that is they're creating, I didn't believe it. We went to one playoff game, we had a home playoff game and we lost that. And it was his first year, I understand that. I think he's a great coach, a tremendous coach. I just think that what's going on there isn't necessarily the right way of doing things, of winning games. He's won games, but when you're going against elite talent, elite players, elite teams, elite schemes, we weren't able to get the job done."

Williams, who was released by the Eagles on March 3, had an up-and-down tenure as the top corner in the team’s weak secondary. In those two seasons, Williams combined for 127 total tackles, 21 passes defended and five interceptions.