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49ers coach Chip Kelly likes guys who buy in. Under that standard, Kelly already loves linebacker NaVorro Bowman.

“I’m relishing it,” Bowman said regarding the increased workload for the defense when the offense moves quickly, via USA Today. “I’ve always said, I don’t look at it as a negative if you say the offense is getting off the field quick. . . . Whether it’s three-and-out, or they score a touchdown quick, it’s our job to go out on the field and get the offense off the field as quick as possible so we can do the same thing again.”

Plenty of Eagles defenders complained about the added workload that comes from having an offense that is premised on moving fast.

“I’m not looking at it as getting tired, exhausted,” Bowman said. “I’ve never in a thousand years ever heard someone not want to be on the field.”

In theory, sure, football players want to play football. Still, every extra rep is an extra chance to get injured or, ultimately, worn down over the course of a 16-game season. Bowman, who missed a lot of football after suffering a serious knee injury in the 2013 postseason, doesn’t see it that way.

“It’s part of our philosophy, it’s Chip’s way, and I’m all in,” Bowman said.

Now Kelly simply needs to convince the rest of the locker room to feel the same way.