PHILADELPHIA -- After the Eagles topped the Washington Redskins 37-34 Sunday to move to 3-0 and stay atop the NFC East standings, one would assume the locker room would be a pleasant place.

But not from cornerback Cary Williams' perspective.

Williams, who was burned over the top on DeSean Jackson's 81-yard third-quarter touchdown, criticized head coach Chip Kelly and the coaching staff for the way they handle practices during the week.



"I was just trying to conserve as much energy during the week so I can be as effective as I can be on Sundays," Williams said afterward. "It was just such a dogfight. It didn't help that I wasn't healthy through the week and it didn't help that I had a dogfight before the week and then I had a dogfight during the game. It's just tough, man. We have to start taking care of our guys, taking care of our players, doing the right thing from there.

"I didn't practice every week, there's a reason for that. A lot of guys had no legs. A lot of guys were in a dogfight before the game even started. We have to take care of our guys during the week to make sure we're fresh come Sundays."

After the Eagles beat the Indianapolis Colts on the road last Monday night, Kelly had the players at the Novacare Complex for a training session Tuesday afternoon, something that clearly didn't sit well with Williams.

"In other words, we have to be smart. As a coaching staff and as players," Williams said.

"I'm going to be honest with you: It didn't matter if we had a short week or a long week, it's been the same. Something needs to change for us to be more productive. It's tough enough to go out there and play hard for 60 minutes, let alone having to fight through the week.

"When you don't have legs, period, it shows up in the game. Period. Throughout the game. Period."

Williams went on to explain that he isn't the only player concerned with how the coaching staff handled this week.

"I'm saying [practicing every day] impacted a lot of people," Williams said. "A lot of people, but I'm just the only one man enough to get up here and say anything about it, talk to ya'll as a man and discuss an issue that, obviously, in my opinion, is an issue in our starts [to games].

"But again, I'm just employee 26, and whatever they deem necessary to get us ready for Sunday is whatever it is. If we have to find energy from outside sources to start games quick, then we've got to do it. But right now, the way we're doing it, it's not conducive to success."

Williams said that he has addressed his concern to the coaching staff.

"We take a lot of reps," he said. "It's taxing on your body. It's difficult and you have to find that energy. We've been able to muscle through that, fight through that as a team but there are some modifications that need to be made.

"Again, I'm just employee 26, but I know how to take care of my body, how to get ready for the game and the way we're doing it right now, it isn't conducive to success."

As far as what happened during the game goes, Williams blamed the blown coverage on the Jackson touchdown on not having safety help over the top.

"It upset me," Williams said. "It upset me because I was expecting help in a situation where I thought I had safety help and I turned around and there wasn't any help behind me.

"We have to be smarter out there on the field, it's that simple. It was a spot where a guy cut, he was cut and when they cut like that, they tend to run deep balls. I was trying to do my job. I lured him into a funneling situation to the safety, but there wasn't a safety there."

Williams is certainly known for being outspoken, but it will be interesting to hear Kelly's response on Monday. There could be a closed-door meeting in Williams' immediate future.

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