Room on Kelly's wagon?

FOR PEOPLE of a certain age who appreciate a certain genre of motion picture, nitroglycerin played a frequent role.

Nitro, stored in glass jars and protected by cotton wadding in a rickety crate in the back of a buckboard, provided a thrill in the stock scene: The wagon goes out of control, putting some precious cargo in terrible danger.

If that nitro got bumped too hard, or if the wagon careened over the cliff . . . BOOM!

Chip Kelly is driving the wagon.

His Eagles have cast DeSean Jackson as an expendable malcontent . . . after he completed his best season, and did so with a minimum of insubordination.

The most stable player on the team, Evan Mathis, a modestly underpaid guard, reportedly asked for, and was denied, a raise . . . even as two linemates had their contracts extended.

And, now, the Eagles have replaced the most controversial quarterback in league history with the second-most controversial quarterback on the East Coast. They agreed to terms with Mark Sanchez in a QB swap with the dysfunctional Jets, who lured Michael Vick with the chance to steal Geno Smith's starting job. Vick was easy to lure.

Sanchez was in town last night so the Eagles could make sure his bad arm wasn't going to fall off when OTAs start next month. Sanchez joins 2013 fourth-round pick Matt Barkley as Nick Foles' backups.

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Room on Kelly's wagon?