Chip Kelly has been coaching football for too long to take anything for granted.

So when the Raiders offensive coordinator was asked about the possibility of tight end Brock Bowers and wide receiver Jakobi Meyers returning this week, he had a retort ready.

Even for the people closest to him.

“My wife says, ‘You going to get all these guys back?’” Kelly said. “And I said, ‘If it’s 1 o’clock and they’re standing next to (coach) Pete (Carroll) when we’re kicking the ball off, then I’m like, ‘Yeah, let’s go.’ That’ll be good.”

Kelly will cross his fingers and hold his breath until then. He’s learned the hard way throughout his time coaching in college and the NFL to never make assumptions.

“I had a player when I was at San Francisco that broke his leg in warmups,” Kelly said. “And all of

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