Just a Reminder: Your Eagles Rumor Du Jour Was Started by a High School Senior

I don’t know Vansh Bansal*, the PHLSportsNation.com writer who reported the following story yesterday that has social media buzzing:

According to a source with ties to NFL Films, the league has footage of running back LeSean McCoy “threatening to hit” Chip Kelly during the last game of the season against the Giants. The source claims that the league knew McCoy would “be off the team months before” the trade was announced.

Several NFL spokespeople declined to comment, as did a member of the footage licensing department.

Now, Vansh may very well be right. But, like that silly Bradford-for-Manziel-for-Mariota story from earlier this week, this is coming from a relative unknown person with no track record and, in this case,  a high school student. Vansh is a senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, according to his Twitter account. His Facebook profile is dominated by pictures of a family trip to Disney World, and his Likes include a number of the characters from the movie Cars. That said, I admire his gumption, and will shower him with credit if this turns out to be true. But, before we go injecting his report into the ether, let’s….

… ah shit. MCCOY THREATENED TO THROW CHIP OFF A BUS AND TOSSED A COUPLE OF DIMES AT HIM? WHHHHHHHHAAAAAATTTT?!

* I asked him to DM me this morning, but he hasn’t responded yet– quite possibly because he’s in Biology class and then it’s on to Algebra before break and recess.

UPDATE: I spoke with Bashal. He informs me that he passed Biology in the ninth grade (score!) and trusts his source. Perhaps… he wants to apply for the CB Internship Program For Students Who Can’t Read Good and Want to Do Other Stuff Good Too? I’ll keep an eye on it for you.

UPDATE 2: PHLSportsNation doing some follow-up: Brian McCarthy, VP of Communications at NFL, stated: “We have not heard of anyone who has that footage at NFL Films.”