Chip Kelly: 'I wish we had more people like Nick Foles in our lives'

Even before Nick Foles suffered a broken clavicle in Sunday's game against the Texans, Eagles general manager Howie Roseman had reportedly soured on the quarterback in recent weeks.

This becomes moot for now; Foles is sidelined for several weeks and Mark Sanchez is the Eagles' starter. Either way, coach Chip Kelly, who praised Sanchez after helping the Eagles to a win Sunday, denies that the team is ready to move on from Foles.

“I don't know where that stuff comes from," Kelly said, via CSNPhilly.com's John Gonzalez. "I know this: I know I control the roster. I think you guys can see first hand, I don't talk to anybody. So whoever says they have a source in terms of what's going to go on with roster maneuvers, people going up and people going down, then they never talk to the right person because that comes from me. That was never the case.

“I have great faith in Nick and I think he's a hell of a quarterback. I think sometimes he gets banged too much. I wish we had more people like Nick Foles in our lives.”

That last sentence should be on a t-shirt.

Foles was one of the NFL's biggest surprises a season ago, when he started 10 games and threw 27 touchdowns and just two interceptions. Through eight games this season, he has 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. And no matter how much Kelly might like him, whether Foles returns to the lineup when he's healthy will have everything to do with how Sanchez performs.