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Chip Kelly prides himself on his employment of advanced conditioning techniques. But not every player who’s been through Kelly’s system is a believer.

Cary Williams, who played two years for Kelly in Philadelphia before being cut this year and signing with the Seahawks, said on 710 ESPN in Seattle that the Eagles’ players were worn down by Kelly’s methods.

“We was talking about the fact that our conditioning and things like was going to kick in because we worked harder than everybody in the National Football League with the Chip Kelly thing,” he said. “We got out there, we got our teeth kicked in. So all that conditioning didn’t necessarily work. Preparation wasn’t necessarily the greatest neither that week. When you’re going up against teams that prepare well, practice well, coach well, it’s difficult in games like that. I think towards the end of the year we were exhausted and we got out-coached the majority of the games.”

Williams says that when the Eagles lost to the Seahawks last season, it was clear that Kelly’s conditioning program had been a hindrance to the Philadelphia players.

“One, they were fresher,” he said. “Two, they were more physical. And I think in the National Football League, physicality is huge and you need that physicality in order to win games. Coaching is a part of it, too.”

Williams sounds a lot happier going through offseason conditioning with Pete Carroll than he was with Kelly.