SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Coach Chip Kelly returned to the San Francisco 49ers on Wednesday after being away for two days for his fathers funeral and he got some hugs from his players as he walked out to the practice field.Paul Kelly died at age 87 last Friday, apparently of a heart attack. Chip Kelly flew to Maine to be with his family immediately following Sundays game in Chicago and returned to the Bay Area on Tuesday night after attending the funeral.He just had a zest for life, Chip Kelly said. He was one of the happiest people you ever met. I think he really just enjoyed what he did. He was a lifelong learner. He had a thirst for knowledge and an insatiable appetite for information and he was just always fun to be around. He tried to show that and he really did. I think the people that ever were associated with him kind of thrived off of that from him.Paul Kelly was so loyal to his son that he wanted to be buried in a 49ers sweatsuit instead of a suit like he wore during his career as a trial lawyer.Kelly told the team about his fathers death last Saturday night in Chicago and then coached the loss against the Bears before leaving for the funeral. Kelly said he spent extra time with players like Jeremy Kerley and Torrey Smith, who each dealt with the death of a brother during past seasons.I think hes dealt with it better than I would have ever imagined, Smith said. Its tough. Its something I can relate to him on in terms of losing a family member during the season before a game. I know exactly how hes feeling. Obviously, it was my brother and not my father but its tough and I think for us as players and even people on the outside, you sometimes forget that theres a man behind that uniform or a man thats coaching and they have real life problems just like everyone else.Kelly also said that he never talked with Oregon about returning to the school as coach after Mark Helfrich was fired last month. The Ducks hired Willie Taggart on Wednesday as their new coach.Kelly said he would never look into another job while the season was still in progress because of lessons of commitment instilled in him by his father.I dont know why college questions ever come up with me because I would never leave my players before the season ended and thats what Ive said all along and thats the way Ill always be, he said. 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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings are continuing to stand by kicker Blair Walsh after his rocky start to the regular season Sunday, and for his part, Walsh says he knows how to fix the problems.Walsh missed two field goals and an extra point in the Vikings 25-16 Week 1 victory over the Tennessee Titans.I know Blairs our guy, special-teams coordinator Mike Priefer said, adding he wouldnt look for another kicker right now.Going forward, hes going to be the guy, Priefer said.Walsh, who missed a 27-yard field goal wide left at the end of the Vikings wild-card loss to the Seattle Seahawks, pulled a 37-yarder left on his first attempt Sunday. He missed a 56-yard attempt left just before halftime, and pushed an extra point right after Eric Kendricks 77-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter. Walsh, though, connected on four field goal attempts in the second half, including a 50-yarder.I told him -- and I think he agreed wwith me -- hes too good a kicker to miss the type of kicks hes missing.dddddddddddd. The 37-yarder, he cant miss to start the game. The PAT, he cant miss that. The [56-yarder] at the end of the half, a lot of kickers are going to miss that. Hes good enough to make that, but it was still a very difficult kick. We need him to step up, and thats what I told him at halftime. We needed him to step up, and he did.Walsh, who played his first game Sunday on the four-year, $13 million extension the Vikings gave him in July 2015, said the scrutiny of his performance has been at a higher level in the eight months since his miss against the Seahawks, but he added, You deal with it. You live with it, and you move on.Im confident in what I do every day. I enjoy my life, I enjoy being part of this team, and Ill continue to do my best. ' ' '
