LeSean McCoy Says Eagles Showed Plenty of Interest in Him
Shady McCoy’s Philly reunion won’t happen. He signed with the Bucs on a one-year deal, a veteran minimum worth about a million dollars.
Apparently the Eagles did have interest, which was reported a few times over the offseason, but it was about Tom Brady and warm weather and blah blah:
New #Buccaneers RB LeSean McCoy said the #Eagles showed plenty of interest in him but he ultimately chose to play with Tom Brady and the Bucs.
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) August 4, 2020
LeSean McCoy said that Philly was another situation he was monitoring. But “Tom Brady. Tampa. Warm weather. C’mon”
— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) August 4, 2020
“Yeah well, we didn’t want him back anyway!” – some guy in South Philly, probably. LeSean wasn’t a great fit here anyway, because his skill set is similar to Miles Sanders and he would have taken a backseat to the sophomore running back anyway. Tampa makes a lot of sense for him.
With Shady’s addition, the Bucs’ RB corps looks like this:
- Ronald Jones
- LeSean McCoy
- Dare Ogunbowale
- Ke’Shawn Vaughn
- TJ Logan
- Raymond Calais
Tom Brady under center, Chris Godwin and Mike Evans at receiver, Gronk, O.J. Howard, and Cameron Brate at tight end. Pretty damn good offense.
