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Jarryd Hayne says Chip Kelly's playbook would be too 'intense' for him

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Jarryd Hayne wishes he could have stayed with the 49ers, but the recent coaching change would have made it too difficult for him to understand the playbook.

Hayne, a former Australian Rugby League player, transitioned somewhat successfully from rugby to the NFL, but said the fact that he didn't play college football put him at a disadvantage in easily understanding plays.

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“I just think with Chip (Kelly’s) playbook, it’s such an intense playbook that it would just take too much time,” Hayne told Australia’s Fairfax Media.