Les Bowen, an old gym sock at a flip flop convention, has a habit of grumbling over just about Chip Kelly’s entire existence, specifically with regard to how Kelly doles out information. And even though there couldn’t possibly be anything less interesting than a story about where Vinny Curry will line up on Monday night, Les pressed the issue with Chip, who poked fun at the kid in this particular class who raises his hand and shouts “oh me, me me me me me”:

Les: “So Vinny will start exclusively at outisde linebacker?”

Chip: “I did not say that.”

L: “You said he’s out there all the time …”

C: “I said Vinny’s … yeah, in meetings and in practice but Vinny can still play defensive line because he has a tad bit of experience playing the defensive line position, so. When I referenced ten linebackers the other day, Les, and you were confused, we count Vinny as an outside linebacker. In our mix we have six outside linebackers, four inside linebackers, and six defensive linemen. BUT that doesn’t mean Vinny’s not gonna line up on the defensive line in the Atlanta game so don’t come back in on Tuesday and say ‘You didn’t say Vinny was gonna play on the defensive line.’ He’ll play defensive line, he’ll play noseguard…”

L: “I wasn’t [unintelligible]”

C: “Yes you will, Les, I know you. You’ll find something to complain about.”

Indeed he will.