PHILADELPHIA -- Chip Kelly said Monday that he doesn’t think the Philadelphia Eagles are a bad football team. He also said again that he is not the general manager of the team, despite the expanded power he was given by owner Jeff Lurie.

Both contentions are debatable.

The Eagles are 6-9 after losing to Washington 38-34 on Saturday night. Their defense has given up 38 or more points in four of the past six games. The Eagles haven’t allowed that many points four times in a single season since 1965.

A year after finishing 10-6, Chip Kelly and the Eagles are 6-9 heading into the season finale. AP Photo/Michael Perez

“It didn’t go our way, but I don’t think we’re a bad football team,” Kelly said. “We’re not consistent. We need to be consistent. We haven’t done a good enough job of putting them in position to make plays. I don’t think we need to revamp this entire group of guys.”

Last season, Kelly felt otherwise after going 10-6. He said at the time that going 10-6 was the same as going 6-10 if it didn’t get the Eagles into the playoffs.

Lurie took personnel decision-making powers away from general manager Howie Roseman, changing Roseman’s title to executive vice president of football operations. Kelly retained the title of head coach but was given control of personnel decisions. He promoted Ed Marynowitz to serve as the Eagles’ vice president of player personnel.

“I’m not the general manager,” Kelly said. “I don’t run our personnel department. I’m not in charge of scouting. I didn’t tell our scouts where they’re going. Ed Marynowitz does a great job with that.

“The only difference is I always had control of the 53-man roster. Now I’m in control of the 90-man roster. My job has never changed.”

Kelly may not consider himself a general manager, but having control of the 90-man roster is the primary role of a GM. Kelly said he doesn’t negotiate contracts, but he makes personnel decisions based on the salary cap. For example, his decision to trade running back LeSean McCoy was prompted by McCoy’s $12.95 million salary-cap number for 2015. Kelly decided to trade McCoy and negotiated the deal with Buffalo that brought linebacker Kiko Alonso to Philadelphia.

Kelly also made the trade that sent Nick Foles and a second-round draft pick to St. Louis for quarterback Sam Bradford. Kelly said he wasn’t surprised when Bradford said Saturday that he wants to be back with the Eagles after his contract expires at the end of the season.

“I knew where Sam stood during the season,” Kelly said. “We don’t negotiate during the season. Players shouldn’t be worried about contracts once the season’s going on. ... We didn’t trade for him to say, 'Hey, we’re only going to get one season out of him.’ That’s certainly not the case.”

Whether he considers himself the Eagles' GM or not, Kelly is clearly in charge of making all personnel decisions, from free agency to the draft to trades to which players to re-sign.