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McCoy calls Eagles’ RB signings ‘a panic move’
Count LeSean McCoy among those confused by the moves of Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly last week.
Kelly traded McCoy to the Buffalo Bills and then — after being spurned by Frank Gore — signed two running backs to replace McCoy.
“I saw that they originally were trying to get Frank Gore, and he backed out,” McCoy said on The Rich Eisen Show on Friday. “So then, when they got DeMarco (Murray) and they got Ryan Mathews, I thought it was like a panic move.”
McCoy joined the chorus of Eagles fans who think Kelly is in over his head as a personnel manager in the NFL.
“I think this is something different for him kind of managing both,” McCoy said, “from being a coach to now kind of managing the team as far as the players that they get and they pay.”
Kelly replaced McCoy and his $10 million salary with a $42 million deal for Murray and a $12 million deal for Mathews — they will combine to count $7 million in 2015.
The Bills, meanwhile, gave McCoy a five-year extension that guarantees $26.5 million.
McCoy also said public opinion in Philadelphia might have swayed Kelly to overcompensate.
“With that media in Philadelphia, they can get tough on you. So I guess that was just the way to make it right,” McCoy said.
McCoy rushed for a career-high 1,607 yards in 2013, Kelly’s first year, and gained 1,319 yards last season, when Murray led the NFL with 1,845 yards for the Dallas Cowboys. McCoy had no idea why Kelly decided to replace him.
“I don’t know. I can’t really answer it,” he said. “They took two backs to replace one. I think DeMarco’s a hell of a back. I think he’ll do a good job there. I’m not sure how that went.”
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