Tag: LeSean McCoy

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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LeSean McCoy named ‘Legend of the Game’ for Bills vs. Patriots

Shady’s back:

In a bit of a tribute to Damar Hamlin, LeSean McCoy has been named the Buffalo Bills’ “Legend of the Game” for the team’s Week 18 matchup with the New England Patriots.

Hamlin will not be there as he continues to recover from the cardiac arrest he suffered on Monday against the Cincinnati Bengals. However, Hamlin and McCoy both have something in common: They are Panthers.

The University of Pittsburgh variety, to be exact. The Bills noted that while making the announcement:

Upon being selected for the honor, McCoy commented on his “Pitt brother,” as he called Hamlin.

“Before the game happens on Sunday, hearing great news that Damar’s responding well,” McCoy told the team’s website. “All these things create the narrative of a big game, and it gives the guys something to play for other than just the [playoff] seeding. They’re playing for their brother who fought for his life. It makes the story so much better.”

McCoy was traded to Buffalo via the Philadelphia Eagles in 2015 and played with the Bills through the 2018 season. McCoy became a fan favorite during his time with the team.

He went on to play two more years with the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers after leaving the Bills, respectively. He won Super Bowls with both.

Prior to kickoff, McCoy will be one of the first ones out of the tunnel at Highmark Stadium. He’ll pump Bills Mafia up just ahead of the opening kick and team introductions.

Get to your seats early to see McCoy’s acknowledgement.

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LeSean McCoy doesn’t like Bill Belichick being called a legend

LeSean McCoy takes another shot at Bill Belichick’s legacy

It was a little over two months ago when former NFL running back LeSean McCoy unleashed a verbal tirade on New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

He obviously had more to say on the matter because the second part of that rant randomly came up during a recent appearance on “Up & Adams,” when the show’s host, Kay Adams, referred to Belichick as a “legend.”

That one word had McCoy raising his eyebrows before he went into an entire monologue on Belichick being a sub .500 coach without Tom Brady as his quarterback.

“He’s had Tom Brady. If you take away Tom Brady, do you know what he is? He’s under .500. That’s what it is,” said McCoy. “I think he was very blessed to have Tom Brady, and I think now that he doesn’t have Tom Brady, he’s like all of the other good coaches—the Marvin Lewises, the Rex Ryans. I’m just being honest. People hate for you to be real about Belichick. I think he’s a good coach, but all of ‘the greatest’ and ‘we’ve never seen anything like him,’ that’s bullcrap.”

McCoy is free to have that opinion, but his arguments get lost behind the fact that every all-time great coach had great players. You shouldn’t have to be Rick Moranis coaching “The Little Giants” to the Super Bowl to be considered a legend in the NFL.

Sure, Tom Brady was a big reason for the Patriots’ success. He might have even been the biggest reason for it. I’ll let you all be the judges of that debate.

But the fact of the matter is Brady likely wouldn’t have won six Super Bowls without Belichick, and Belichick certainly wouldn’t have won that many championships without Brady.

At the end of the day, the Patriots caught lightning in a bottle thanks to Belichick making the decision to take Brady with the 199th pick of the 2020 NFL draft. Those earlier championship teams that leaned mostly on Belichick’s defenses were built from the ground up.

You don’t have to agree that Belichick is the greatest coach in NFL history, but it’s a bit of a reach to scoff at him for being deemed a legend. Brady wasn’t with the team last season, and they still made the playoffs with a rookie quarterback under center.

Even this year, they’re still very much in the fight with a 5-4 record and a seventh place ranking in the AFC playoff picture.

The Patriots didn’t suddenly turn into roadkill when Brady went stomping off to Tampa Bay. They’re very much in the mix with a 70-year-old Belichick still at the helm.

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LeSean McCoy has spoken: ‘It’s over for Bill Belichick’

Former #Bills RB LeSean McCoy: ‘It’s over for Bill Belichick’

Former Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy made a declaration in the past week. He thinks the same thing many in western New York probably do.

McCoy appeared as an analyst on the FOX Sports show SPEAK. The Week 1 matchup between Buffalo’s AFC East rivals, the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots, came up.

In that season opener, Miami topped New England 20-7.

During the career of Patriots coach Bill Belichick, the one divisional team to hand it to him from time-to-time has been the Dolphins. Even when quarterback Tom Brady was there.

Even so, McCoy does not care. He has seen enough.

During his breakdown of Dolphins-Pats, McCoy proclaimed things have changed for Belichick, post Brady.

“It’s over for Belichick,” McCoy said.

For Shady’s full thoughts, see the clip from his SPEAK appearance below:

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Former Eagles RB LeSean McCoy predicts Buffalo vs. Philadelphia in Super Bowl

Former Eagles running back LeSean McCoy is calling his shot, predicting Buffalo and Philadelphia to meet in Super Bowl LVII

LeSean McCoy has made the transition from running back to analyst look smooth, and as he prepares to discuss the weekend’s NFL action on FS1’s ‘Speak’ with Joy Taylor and Sam Acho, he’s tossing out some hefty predictions.

In the aftermath of two Monday night victories from ascending franchises, McCoy called his shot, predicting Buffalo and Philadelphia would meet in the Super Bowl.

Star wide receiver Stefon Diggs scores three touchdowns for the Bills in a 41-7 rout of the Titans in the Monday Night Football doubleheader.

Josh Allen topped 300 yards passing for the 15th time of his career, completing 26 of 38 attempts for 317 yards, and sat out the entire fourth quarter.

Diggs had 12 catches for 148 yards.

In Philadelphia, Jalen Hurts had 301 total yards in the first half and three total touchdowns to shock the Vikings in front of a raucous home crowd.

Both teams will have to outlast some formidable opposition in both conferences, but the dream isn’t that far from reality for two of the NFL’s most intense fanbases.

Super Bowl LVII will be held in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday, February 12.

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LeSean McCoy unleashes verbal tirade on Bill Belichick, shoots down GOAT talk

LeSean McCoy unleashes on Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

Former NFL running back LeSean McCoy didn’t pull any punches when given an opportunity to lay into coach Bill Belichick and the struggling New England Patriots.

Many in the football community believe quarterback Tom Brady won the debate of who deserved the most credit for the Patriots’ dynasty that spanned nearly two decades. Brady left the team in 2020 to join one of the league’s losingest franchises, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and won a Super Bowl in his first year there.

It was a mic drop victory for those that ever doubted his ability to play outside of New England’s system.

Meanwhile, the Patriots haven’t won a playoff game since his exit, and they currently look like the third-place team in the AFC East behind the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins.

“It’s over for Belichick. It’s over,” McCoy said, during an appearance on FOX Sports’ SPEAK. “…I’ve never seen the Patriots pay so many guys on defense at one time. They’re doing it now that Tom is gone. It’s over. This is the real Belichick. The winning percentage, playing with Brady, is 77 percent. Without Tom Brady, you wouldn’t even guess. 47 percent. He don’t win no games without Tom Brady.

“Since Tom Brady has left, they look so regular. Seriously though, when I watch the tape and I really watch them, they’re getting beat up front in the running game, defenders missing tackles—they look bad. They can’t do nothing on offense. Every coach in the AFC, for all of these years when they had Tom Brady, they’re saying the same thing I’m saying right now. Without Tom Brady, Belichick is a good coach. Stop with all of this he’s the greatest of all time. He’s not.”

The scathing criticisms aren’t likely to end for Belichick anytime soon if the Patriots continue to lose football games.

It won’t help matters that a 45-year-old Brady is contending for his eighth Super Bowl coming off a year where he was nominated by his peers as the No. 1-ranked player in the NFL.

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Every season-opening game for Eagles since 2010

With Philadelphia heading to Detroit to face the Lions on Sunday, we look back at every season opener for the Eagles since 2010.

The Labor Day holiday is here, so it’s officially game week for the Eagles and 31 other teams around the NFL.

Philadelphia will hit the road for a matchup against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field, and it’ll be the second matchup in less than 12 months.

Over the years, the Eagles have had great success in Week One, and a strong start on Sunday could catapult the team to postseason success in late January.

With preparation for the Lions underway, here’s a recap of every season opener since 2010.

Former Eagles linebacker Kiko Alonso retires from the NFL

Former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Kiko Alonso retires from the NFL after signing with the New Orleans Saints

One of the critical assets used by the Eagles to move up in the 2016 NFL draft has walked away from the game, as Kiko Alonso has retired.

Brooke Kirchhofer of WWL-TV in New Orleans is reporting that the linebacker retired just one day after joining the Saints on a one-year deal.

Saints head coach Dennis Allen recently spoke about how productive Alonso can be when healthy, but it appears the former University of Oregon star had a change of heart.

Initially drafted in the second round of the 2013 draft, Alonso was acquired by the Eagles in 2015 when then head coach Chip Kelly infamously traded the franchise’s all-time rushing leader, LeSean McCoy, to the Bills.

Alonso was rehabbing from a partially torn ACL tear when traded and never returned to his pre-injury form for the Eagles.

Alonso was eventually traded to the Dolphins along with Byron Maxwell and the No. 13 pick in the 2016 NFL draft for the No. 8 overall pick.

Philadelphia would ultimately acquire the No. 2 pick from the Browns, and the team selected North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz with the pick.

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LeSean McCoy sounds off on rift with Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy

LeSean McCoy seems to have a gripe with #Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy from his season spent in Kansas City.

Appearing on Mad Dog Sports Radio’s “I Am Athlete Tonight” on SiriusXM radio, one-time Kansas City Chiefs RB LeSean McCoy aired his grievances with OC Eric Bieniemy.

McCoy spent the 2019 season in Kansas City in a timeshare with former Chiefs RB Damien Williams. During that time, McCoy was coached by Bieniemy and RB coach Deland McCullough, but he seems to have taken exception to Bieniemy’s style of coaching. In fact, McCoy sees Bieniemy’s coaching style as the reason he hasn’t been hired as a head coach.

“The reason why I ain’t finished is because, me and (inaudible) had our differences about different things,” McCoy said. “I’m going to say this: There’s a reason why every year they hype him up to get a coaching job, head coach or offensive coordinator, somewhere else and he don’t get one.”

At this point, one of the show hosts clarified that McCoy was, in fact, talking about Bieniemy.

“Listen, because some players, he talks a certain way and some players will take it. I wouldn’t take it,” McCoy said. “Some of the questions I would ask, everybody is accountable. That’s why (he’s not getting hired). It’s not because he is a black coach. That’s not the reason — the reason is — I won’t get into that. There is a reason why, every year he goes to get a job, and then the time comes and nobody hires him because they know the type of coach he really is.”

“So you’re saying that Eric Bieniemy was the reason you stopped playing in Kansas City,” McCoy was asked.

“Yeah, that’s exactly what it was,” he said.

McCoy appeared in 13 games for the Chiefs in 2019, starting a total of nine games. During that span, McCoy touched the ball 129 times for 646 yards and five touchdowns, but his role diminished as the season went on. It culminated in McCoy not playing during the postseason run and being a healthy scratch during Super Bowl LIV.

It seems that McCoy credits that diminished role to Bieniemy. He also seems to blame him for the reason his stay in Kansas City didn’t last longer than a season.

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NFL draft: Ranking the best 2nd-round picks in Eagles history

NFL draft: Ranking the best 2nd-round picks in Philadelphia Eagles history

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

In the second round, the Eagles will have pick No. 51 overall, and they can definitely land a Pro Bowl-caliber player at that position, with Philadelphia finding past success in rounds two and beyond.

With day two of the draft scheduled for Friday night, here’s an updated ranking of Philadelphia’s best 2nd-round picks in franchise history.