Tag: LeSean McCoy

Ranking the best 2nd-round picks in Eagles’ franchise history

We’re looking at the best 2nd round pick in Philadelphia Eagles franchise history ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft.

The NFL draft is just two weeks away, and with Philadelphia set to have two first-round picks, GM Howie Roseman will look to add weapons to a retooled and battered defense.

In the second round, the Eagles will have pick No. 62 overall, and they can land a Pro Bowl-caliber player at that position, with Philadelphia finding past success in rounds two and beyond.

With the draft fast approaching, here’s an early ranking of Philadelphia’s best 2nd-round picks in franchise history.

Patrick Mahomes praises Eric Bieniemy after Commanders’ presser

Patrick Mahomes is a big believer in Eric Bieniemy and praises his impact on him.

Eric Bieniemy was officially introduced Thursday as the new offensive coordinator and assistant head coach for the Washington Commanders. Bieniemy answered every question, from why he chose Washington, his appreciation for Kansas City to potentially being a head coach.

After the press conference, Bieniemy met with different reporters, often answering many of the same questions. Bieniemy was consistent and confident in his answers.

One question Biieniemy was asked centered around LeSean McCoy’s comments about him as an offensive coordinator. McCoy, who played one season with the Chiefs in 2019, was critical of Bieniemy as an offensive coordinator and didn’t believe he’d succeed in Washington. Bieniemy took the high road, saying McCoy was entitled to his own opinion.

Several of Bieniemy’s former players defended him, making McCoy’s comments look like those of a bitter ex-player.

On Thursday, after Bieniemy’s presser, the most famous player who played for Bieniemy, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, came out in defense of his former coach.

We should now be able to put this notion to rest. After all, Bieniemy will have the chance this fall to show everyone his ability to lead an offense by himself.

 

Eric Bieniemy takes high road in response to former Chiefs RB LeSean McCoy’s comments

Eric Bieniemy on former #Chiefs RB LeSean McCoy’s comments: “Everybody is entitled to their own comments and how they feel.”

Eric Bieniemy has officially been introduced as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator of the Washington Commanders.

Speaking with ESPN reporter John Keim after his introductory press conference, Bieniemy was asked about the recent provocative comments made by former Kansas City Chiefs RB LeSean McCoy. In 2019, McCoy played under Bieniemy. McCoy cited his experiences while making an argument for why Bieniemy will fail in Washington.

With a new job in front of him, Bieniemy took the high road in his response to those comments.

“LeSean McCoy is a future Hall of Fame runner,” Bieniemy said. “Everybody is entitled to their own comments and how they feel. When it’s all said and done with I think that’s all I have to say because he’s entitled to his own opinion. That’s life. You have good and you have bad. It does not impact me in any way because one thing that you learn when you’re this position, you have to learn to eliminate distractions, alright? My job is to focus on the now. Everything outside these walls has no impact on Eric Bieniemy moving forward.”

Right now, Bieniemy is focused on the task at hand. As much as Bieniemy likely hopes to prove McCoy wrong, his comments are nothing more than a distraction, and one that doesn’t glorify much of a response at that.

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Former Chiefs running back defends Eric Bieniemy

Jamaal Charles doesn’t agree with LeSean McCoy at all.

It was a battle of former Kansas City Chiefs running backs on Tuesday.

On Monday, LeSean McCoy discussed the Washington Commanders’ hiring of former Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy as their new offensive coordinator. In short, McCoy doesn’t have high hopes for Bieniemy in Washington, believing most of his success in Kansas City was due to Andy Reid.

On Tuesday morning, former Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles responded to McCoy’s tweet and video from Monday, discussing Bieniemy. Let’s just say Charles sees things differently.

McCoy only played one season for Bieniemy in 2019. The Chiefs won the Super Bowl that year — Bieniemy’s second as offensive coordinator. Charles played 10 NFL seasons, nine with the Chiefs. Charles was in Kansas City for four seasons with Bieniemy as his running backs coach from 2013-16.

These are different perspective from different times. Both offer valuable insight into Bieniemy but Charles, along with Adrian Peterson, have vouched hard for Bieniemy.

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LeSean McCoy doesn’t believe in Eric Bieniemy

McCoy had a lot to say about Eric Bieniemy. He wants him to succeed but has his doubts.

LeSean McCoy enjoyed a 12-year NFL career that ended after the 2020 season. McCoy is best known to Washington fans for his six seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, but also played for the Bills, Chiefs and Buccaneers. McCoy won Super Bowls in each of his final two NFL seasons with the Chiefs and Bucs.

Now, McCoy is an analyst for “Speak” on FS1, offering his insight into many NFL topics.

One such topic is new Washington Commanders offensive coordinator, Eric Bieniemy. McCoy played for the Chiefs in 2019, Bieniemy’s second season as offensive coordinator in Kansas City, and he isn’t a fan.

What’s his value?” McCoy asked about Bieniemy. “What makes him a good offensive coordinator?”

“See, the problem is, a lot of these people that go on social media, ‘oh, he should be the guy for the job.’ They haven’t played there. They’re not in the locker room. I’ve been in the rooms where he’s coaching. He has nothing to do with the pass game, at all. When the plays are designed, that’s Andy Reid. When you talk about offensive coordinators, I could tell you what makes [Giants coach] Brian Daboll a very, very good coordinator. I could tell you what Andy Reid or Doug Pederson [is]. But when I ask about Eric Bieniemy, what makes him good?”

There was plenty more in the clip of why McCoy doesn’t believe Bieniemy will be a good offensive coordinator for the Commanders. McCoy sees going from the Chiefs with Reid and Patrick Mahomes to the Commanders, where he has to call the plays, install the offense and run the meetings, as a massive jump.

McCoy then explains what makes Reid so great. He spoke of his adaptability to what other teams do but also to his players. He used an example of his first practice where Bieniemy was “dog-cussing” the players, including star tight end Travis Kelce.

McCoy says he wants Bieniemy to do well as he’s a black coach and a former running backs coach. But only that he’s being honest in his experience. Then, co-host Emmanuel Acho asked McCoy if his not receiving head-coaching opportunities had anything to do with race.

“Absolutely not,” McCoy said.

You can argue with McCoy’s perspective, but as a former NFL veteran, his opinion carries weight. There will be some who agree and others who will disagree. Bieniemy now has the chance to show everyone in his new surroundings just how deserving he is of a chance to run his own team.

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Tyreek Hill weighs in on LeSean McCoy’s beef with former Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy

Former #Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill tweeted about LeSean McCoy’s recent comments regarding Eric Bieniemy.

Former Kansas City Chiefs players are coming out of the woodwork to weigh in on LeSean McCoy’s recent comments about Eric Bieniemy.

McCoy believes that Bieniemy, now assistant head coach and offensive coordinator of the Washington Commanders, will fail in his new role. Players like Tyrann Mathieu, Jamaal Charles, Ron Parker and now Tyreek Hill have taken exception to McCoy’s comments about the former Chiefs RB coach and offensive coordinator.

Hill played with McCoy in Kansas City in 2019 and seems to suggest this vendetta is personal in nature.

“Shady mad (Eric Bieniemy) told him (to) tuck that ball,” Hill tweeted with a crying emoji.

McCoy always held the ball rather loosely during the course of his NFL career. He fumbled the ball three times during the 2019 NFL season, including fumbles in losses to the Colts in Week 5 and the Packers in Week 8.

One of McCoy’s issues seemed to be with Bieniemy “cussing out” players and veterans at that. It’s not beyond the realm of possibility that he got an earful from Bieniemy after those fumbles and is harboring some sort of resentment because of it as Hill suggests. Andy Reid even said as much when McCoy first started making comments about Bieniemy publicly.

“I think, sometimes, it’s hard on a veteran player,” Reid said. “Maybe their performance level isn’t what it used to be. It’s hard to take sometimes. But (Eric Bieniemy) has got to push it and try to maximize what you’ve got. That’s one of his strengths. He’s no different than he is when he’s with you guys. He’s going to come in and shoot you straight. Sometimes you want to hear it, sometimes you don’t.”

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Jamaal Charles perfectly pushed back on LeSean McCoy’s shortsighted critique of Eric Bieniemy

Jamaal Charles would have better insight than LeSean McCoy.

Despite only spending one season on a team with Eric Bieniemy as an offensive coordinator, former Pro Bowl running back LeSean McCoy thinks he has a read on whether the Super Bowl-winning OC has what it takes to be a head coach in the NFL.

To make a long-winded and very shortsighted answer short, he does not. On FS1’s Speak, McCoy said he didn’t think Bieniemy brought any value to the Chiefs as an OC. It doesn’t sound like he expects much from Bieniemy as the new OC of the Washington Commanders either.

Of course, what McCoy is missing is the potential for a coach who was only in his second year as a coordinator to evolve and for his role to expand in the years after their time together. And judging by the words of another ex-Chief who spent more than a year with Bieniemy, it also sounds like Shady was just wrong.

Jamaal Charles, the long-time Chiefs Pro Bowler who spent four years with Bieniemy as his running backs coach, disagreed.

So take the word of someone who spent one year with Bieniemy or someone who worked with him for four years.

Or how about Tyreek Hill, who spent six years with Bieniemy and got to see his full growth from RB coach to OC. Hill called Bieniemy a “great coach.” Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and head coach Andy Reid have also vouched for him.

Bottom line, it’s ridiculous that a coach as accomplished as EB has had to deal with so much more scrutiny as a coaching candidate than less accomplished coaches. The worn-out “play-calling” argument is dumb, because even while it’s been proven Bieniemy does call plays, it’s not a requirement of head coaches and shouldn’t be the most important thing a coach brings to the table.

As a former player, McCoy’s opinion isn’t irrelevant, but it does contradict what other players who spent much more time with EB have said. So it doesn’t deserve nearly as much weight.

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Former Chiefs RB LeSean McCoy predicts Eric Bieniemy will fail in Washington

Former #Chiefs RB LeSean McCoy revealed on @SpeakOnFS1 that he believes new #Commanders OC Eric Bieniemy will fail outside of Kansas City.

Former Kansas City Chiefs RB LeSean McCoy predicts that Eric Bieniemy will fail as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach with the Washington Commanders.

McCoy spent the bulk of the 2019 season in Kansas City and has declared himself an expert in all things Bieniemy. He’s gone on record, criticizing the former Chiefs offensive coordinator for his coaching style. Andy Reid and Travis Kelce disputed those claims from McCoy. Now, Shady is doubling down on his criticism of Bieniemy.

Appearing on FOX’s Speak For Yourself with Emmanuel Acho, McCoy revealed his thoughts on Bieniemy’s latest endeavor in Washington.

“I hope he doesn’t (fail), but I think he will,” McCoy said. “What’s his value? What makes him a good offensive coordinator? See the problem is, a lot of these people who go on social media, ‘Oh, he should be the guy for the job.’ They haven’t played there, they’re not in the locker room. They’ve not been in the rooms where he’s coaching. He has nothing to do with the passing game at all. The plays are designed, that’s Andy Reid. When you’re talking about offensive coordinators, I can tell you what makes Brian Daboll with the Giants a very good (head coach). I can tell you what Andy Reid or Doug Pederson, but when I ask about Eric Bieniemy, what makes him good?

“When we watch the film of practices and we correct the WRs, the RBs, the QBs, he doesn’t talk in there, Andy Reid talks in there. He may say things to the running backs because he’s an ex-running backs coach. I get that. But he has no real responsibility. Now you go from the Chiefs where you can hide behind Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid. Now, you can go to Washington where you’ve got to call plays, you’ve got to run the meetings, you’ve got to run the installs.”

McCoy hasn’t been in the locker room for a while, but let’s indulge his question. Here are just a few examples of what makes Bieniemy a good offensive coordinator.

Let’s start with Super Bowl LVII, Chad Henne credited Bieniemy with finding the play “Corn Dog” which the Chiefs used to score not once, but twice in Super Bowl LVII. Maybe he didn’t have as much input in play-calling and design as he would if Reid were a defensive head coach, but he certainly plays a role.

“The other issue I have with him,” McCoy said. “One of the things that makes Andy Reid so great. . . adapting to the players. My first practice, I couldn’t believe it. He dog cussing the players and not just the regular players, (Travis) Kelce (and) other players.”

Let’s take the play design and play-calling aspect out of it. Apparently, Bieniemy doesn’t do that according to McCoy. One thing that Bieniemy brings to the table is exceptional leadership, whether he’s got a dirty mouth at practice or not. It’s so prevalent in the Chiefs’ locker room that players like Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce have adopted some of the phrases you’ll hear in his press conferences over the years. Arrowhead Pride’s Rocky Magaña found some recent examples from the Super Bowl:

Maybe McCoy isn’t the authority that he thinks he is regarding Bieniemy. In fact, some of his former teammates are suggesting as much.

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LeSean McCoy rips Bengals’ Eli Apple (video)

LeSean McCoy rips Bengals’ Eli Apple (video):

One person that’s not a fan of Eli Apple is LeSean McCoy.

After the Bengals defeated the Bills, 27-10, in the playoffs, Apple did a lot of talking. He took to social media and took direct shots at Bills players.

There was some back-and-forth and days later it died down.

“Shady” decided to reignite things a little. During a podcast appearance, the former Bills running back laced into Apple and criticized him in a heavy fashion.

“He got no All-Pros, he’s got zero Pro Bowls,” McCoy said.

Check out the full clip of McCoy below:

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LeSean McCoy had candid thoughts about past Bills teams with fans

Shady being Shady but no lies detected:

LeSean McCoy attended the Buffalo Bills’ win over the New England Patriots in Week 18.

In fact, he was the “Legend of the Game” who kicked off the contest with the crowd.

After, McCoy evidently sounded off with some who attended the game very candidly.

According to one fan on Twitter, McCoy overheard him reading another fan’s tweet about something “Shady” had said.

Unknowingly, it was read out loud and McCoy heard it and commented.

McCoy, rightfully so, was a bit harsh on some of his former teammates in Buffalo. He did a compare and contrast and few would argue with his statement that current players on the team are better than some of his former teammates.

Two reportedly mentioned were receiver Kelvin Benjamin and quarterback Nathan Peterman.

Hindsight is 20-20, but McCoy certainly is not the only former Bill saying what else he added: He is pretty jealous the current roster includes the likes of quarterback Josh Allen and receiver Stefon Diggs.

McCoy did play with Allen, but only briefly, and yeah, they are pretty good aren’t they?

The message from McCoy with a fan selfie can be found below:

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