Much was made about DeMarco Murray's "meeting" with Philadelphia Eagles' owner Jeff Lurie when news of the powwow first broke.
The rumor mill went from a closed-door meeting to the two just happened to be sitting near each other on the team's flight back to town.
Then, last night, NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport added a little more fuel to the intrigue fire when he Tweeted, "Among the things DeMarco Murray told owner Jeffrey Lurie weeks ago was that he had no confidence in Chip Kelly as head coach, I'm told."
So naturally Lurie was asked about DeMarco's influence on the decision to part ways with Kelly last night.
Lurie denied his conversations with Murray had anything to do with the decision.
"DeMarco had zero to do with it. I talk to players on airplanes all the time," Lurie said.
I doubt that Lurie meant he doesn't take what Murray said as useless, but rather it wasn't one of the major deciding factors in the decision. Tough to say though, "zero" is zero.
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Lurie talked a lot about engaging with his players to understand what leadership in today's NFL is like.
"I try to get a sense of players and their concerns at all times, all year round, so that's not it all."
"I would like to think we're always going to be on the progressive end on how to lead," Lurie said.
Clearly he didn't believe that involved Chip Kelly.
Comcast SportsNet's Derrick Gunn had anonymous Eagles players telling him today that, "It's about time."
The idea that Kelly "lost" the players was also shot down by Lurie, but the rumblings of discontent have been growing louder.
Among the many factors that lead to Kelly's ouster, a conversation on a plane with one player likely had a very small, if not near-zero, impact on the decision.