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Chip Kelly, you may have heard, has a thing for speed.

He likes burners. And before this roster face-lift is through, odds are there will a few more of them on this team.

In that spirit, we thought we would take a look at who separated themselves from the pack in Indianapolis. Below is a list of the top-10 performers in the 40-yard dash at the Combine.

When told last week that Chip Kelly had hired a sports science coordinator on the Eagles’ staff, Oregon running back Kenjon Barner was not the least bit surprised.

“He was huge with science over tradition,” Barner said. “Everything that we did at Oregon was based on science.”

Such as?

“How we practiced, what time we ended practice, what time we started practice, what time we ended meetings, what time we ate, how we rehabbed, just everything was based on science,” Barner explained. “He was huge on science, always looking something up, always bringing some type of fact or number to us in a meeting. He’s huge on that.”

Howie Roseman believes the Eagles have some pieces in place to transition to a new defensive scheme – one that will not include Cullen Jenkins or Mike Patterson.

As for the details, there’s not a whole lot we know right now. We know Chip Kelly prefers a 3-4. We know defensive coordinator Billy Davis has a background in multiple schemes, including the 4-3 under. Having spoken to Davis and some of the other assistants, I got the impression that pre-snap disguise is going to be a big part of whatever the Eagles do.

As we look ahead to free agency (March 12) and the draft (April 25), now seems like a good time to take stock of the Eagles’ defensive linemen to see how they might fit going forward.

Matt Barkley doesn’t appear to be a fit for the system we assume Chip Kelly wants to run in Philadelphia, so we typically skip right over his name when talking about the Eagles’ quarterback situation. And maybe that is just sound logic at work. It should at least be noted, though, that the Eagles brass found it worth their time to interview the USC signal-caller at the Combine last week in Indianapolis.

Asked how Barkley came across in that sit-down, a team source who was part of the process responded: “Very smart. Impressive. Mature.”

Tom Coughlin was asked last week to discuss how the Giants arrived at the Jason Pierre-Paul pick back in 2010.

“We went to the workout of JPP at South Florida, and we were just standing there, observing, and he did a back flip at what… 270 pounds or whatever it was? We said, ‘Well, maybe this is a pretty good athlete here,’ ” Coughlin explained.

Of course, the draft process is a lot more complex than that, but teams in Indianapolis this week have their eyes open for the next great defensive player. In 2011, the Broncos got Von Miller with the second pick. The Cardinals took cornerback Patrick Peterson fifth. And the Texans grabbed J.J. Watt at No. 11.

All three are special, game-changing players. While this draft doesn’t feature an impressive quarterback group, there are several stand-out defensive options with great upside.

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During his media session earlier this week, West Virginia’s Tavon Austin said he was hoping to run under a 4.4 in the 40-yard dash.

Needless to say, he’s probably pretty happy right about now.

Austin (5-8, 174) blazed an unofficial 4.25 Sunday morning at the NFL Combine, eliminating any doubt about whether he’d be a first-round pick.

When Dion Jordan arrived at Oregon, he envisioned himself being a major contributor in Chip Kelly’s offense.

But things don’t always work out according to plan.

The Ducks ended up moving Jordan (6-6 1/2, 248) to defense. And after two seasons as a hybrid outside linebacker/defensive end, he now finds himself on the cusp of being a first-round pick.

Will the Eagles be able to find a quarterback in this year’s draft? Geno Smith and E.J. Manuel both made their cases Friday at the NFL Combine.

Oregon had a comfortable 41-17 lead in the third quarter, but Oregon State had temporarily come up with an answer for stopping running back Kenjon Barner.

The teams were playing in the annual “Civil War” game last season, and Barner found himself in a stretch where he totaled just 5 yards on eight carries. None of those attempts picked up more than 4 yards.

That’s when Chip Kelly stepped in and showed why he’s earned the reputation as an offensive guru.

“I know Chip from his days at New Hampshire and the tremendous job he did at Oregon,” Tom Coughlin said Friday at the Combine. “We interviewed him at one point here in New York. He’s done a superior job. He’s an outstanding football coach, and he’s going to make it interesting.”

Chip Kelly has told Howie Roseman and the Eagles’ personnel staff exactly what kinds of players he wants on his roster.

And by all accounts, he’s been extremely specific.

We touched on the topic last month at the Senior Bowl. The gist is that Kelly has particular measurables for certain positions. He’s not quite ready to share the details with us, but they do exist.

“I’d say there’s a little bit more of a stress going forward on some height, weight, speed,” Roseman said Thursday at the Combine.

Chip Kelly stepped up to the podium at Lucas Oil Stadium shortly after 2:30 Thursday afternoon.

“Is there a protocol?” he asked, unsure of whether he was supposed to make some kind of opening statement in front of a roomful of reporters.

Dressed in a black Eagles wind-breaker with sleeves that came down to his elbows and his (now trademark) jeans, Kelly was about four minutes in when he fielded his first Nick Foles question. He was asked whether he had received any trade offers for the second-year quarterback.

“I haven’t, no,” Kelly said, eliciting some laughter. “Me personally? No.”

“Have the Eagles? We haven’t talked about anything like that,” Kelly continued. “I want to coach Nick, and I want to get a chance to spend time with him and see him. I’ve said it before. I was a big fan of his. The way he plays the game, his toughness, his ability to throw the ball very accurately. So I want to get a chance to hopefully get him out on the practice field and see what Nick has.”

Chip Kelly was asked back-to-back questions Thursday afternoon about a pair of Eagles veterans – DeMeco Ryans and Nnamdi Asomugha.

In his first response, he offered up what seemed to be a ringing endorsement. But his second response failed to strike the same tone.

While the NFL Combine is technically a draft event, it’s also another meeting of the different arms of the league: coaches, GMs, scouts, reporters and agents.

So you can expect to hear some some non-draft related buzz in the coming days. And that buzz could very well include Nick Foles‘ future.

We last talked about Foles when a USA Today report suggested that Andy Reid and the Chiefs would be interested in acquiring him. Soon thereafter, reports surfaced that the Eagles had no plans to trade Foles.

Ahh, the games teams play in February.

To get a firmer grasp on the potential of Foles being dealt, let’s answer some key questions.