The Las Vegas Raiders hired offensive coordinator Chip Kelly to lead a revamped offense this season, but the experiment collapsed in just 11 games. The team fired Kelly after their ninth loss this season. But soon enough, reports flooded in claiming that the firing was a result of Kelly and head coach Pete Carroll clashing constantly. Yet recently, when asked about those rumors, Carroll didn’t hesitate to clear the air.

“Chip’s a tremendous football coach, and we communicated well,” Pete Carroll told reporters on Wednesday. “We just needed to make a change.”

So, while fans had been wondering who was actually calling the shots in Las Vegas, Pete Carroll insisted he did not dictate Kelly’s system. After the firing, Carroll had even thanked Kelly for his service . But if that’s true, wh

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