Reaction To the McCoy-Alonso Trade
I texted with a member of LeSean McCoy‘s inner circle. His thoughts?
“(Expletive) BS!”
With that, let’s take a look at how people around the league are reacting to the deal that is expected to send McCoy to Buffalo for former Oregon linebacker Kiko Alonso.
“@CCrulesNY: @36westbrook can we resign you?” Not so Chip can cut me for an Oregon player
— Brian Westbrook (@36westbrook) March 3, 2015
B-West, a longtime mentor to McCoy, not pulling any punches.
Philly fans understood DJax was a pain in the ass but Shady balled with a big smile & was one of theirs. Heat is really on Chip now — John Middlekauff (@JohnMiddlekauff) March 4, 2015
Hearing Chip felt McCoy was too east-west of a runner for his taste. But that’s an incredible deal—esp for Alonso, coming off knee surgery. — Peter King (@SI_PeterKing) March 3, 2015
RT @kingcambie: @SI_PeterKing hard to believe that was as good as Philly could’ve done for McCoy … Ditto. — Peter King (@SI_PeterKing) March 3, 2015
A little financial perspective:
Updated: Kiko Alonso has 2 years left on contract at $746,000 and $942,000. LeSean McCoy has 3 years left at $10.25M, $6.9M and $7.6M. — Andrew Brandt (@adbrandt) March 4, 2015
3rd reaction: Eagles are clearing cash (forget about Cap, plenty there) for someone, or a couple of someones. FA bell rings in a week. — Andrew Brandt (@adbrandt) March 3, 2015
McCoy is not the only running back changing addresses:
C.J. Spiller on @nflnetwork says Bills just called him and thanked him for his service. The Spiller era is over. — Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) March 4, 2015
The Eagles have reportedly shown interest in Spiller in the past.
C.J. Spiller is basically pitching himself as a good fit for the #Eagles on NFL Network right now. — Ryan Messick (@Ryan_Messick) March 4, 2015
The addition of Alonso could very well have a similar impact on the Eagles linebacking corps.
Obvious, but DeMeco Ryans is probably next. — Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) March 4, 2015
Kiko Alonso and Mychal Kendricks are a mean inside linebacker duo. That’s a lot of closing speed for #Eagles D. — Chris Wesseling (@ChrisWesseling) March 4, 2015
On how the deal came together:
One Bills source: ‘Holy s—, this went down in 20 minutes…’ — Michael Silver (@MikeSilver) March 4, 2015
And opinions have been flooding in ever since.
Shady was a great Eagle. He was also a RB with a ton of touches who looked like he was standing on the cliff’s edge. — Noah Becker (@Noah_Becker) March 3, 2015
Last word before I cry about this-I trust Chip to do it right, but when you bleed eagle green you bleed for guys like Shady @CutonDime25 — Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) March 4, 2015
Sad to see a good friend and brother go @CutonDime25 ! You taught me a lot last year and I appreciate that definitely will keep that in mind
— OSOM (@Huff_Era_1) March 4, 2015
Nothing surprises me in this business anymore! In total shock!
— Darren Sproles (@DarrenSproles) March 4, 2015
Go do what you do @CutonDime25
— Darren Sproles (@DarrenSproles) March 4, 2015