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New Eagles starters don't change their stripes

SO RESOLUTELY does Chip Kelly abhor complexity that if he were editing this piece, he'd already have changed two of the first six words to "much" and "hate" and checked for synonyms on the seventh.

His offense boasts the league's shortest playbook, quickest calls and fewest huddles. Everything builds on a foundation of superior fitness married with simple execution of straightforward plays.

Which sometimes doesn't work.

On Monday night against the Falcons, the Eagles ran an experiment. Were two career backup offensive linemen, the least-heralded member of the Seattle secondary and Sam Bradford all the same guys they had been before - or would they somehow be different while wearing green?