It appears like the Eagles have inquired about LeSean McCoy and the Bills have answered with an offer. I would say this will only be a matter of time, unless that Eagles think the Bills are out of their tree asking for second- and third-round picks. Yes, Shady is a great player, and has been for a number of years, but is that too much for a 30-year-old back with 10,000 yards worth of mileage?
I didn't see last Sunday's game, but it did sound like Shady played well enough behind what has been an abysmal offensive line for the most part. And I think he's been very good the last two years as well, so I'm not sure he is slowing down. Plus the Eagles, the defending Super Bowl champs, are now 2-3 and I guess Jay Ajayi is out for the season, and with LeGarrette Blount moved on to the Lions, they are awfully thin and young at RB. Now, the Eagles only gave up a 4th round pick for Ajayi last year, but Shady is a two-time All-Pro, Philly's all-time leading rusher, and in 2016 averaged 5.4 ypc and gained 1,267 yards. That wasn't too long ago in the Not For Long League, I hope. Plus, Shady grew up in the Philly area and I think still has ties there.
Sure, his loss would hurt the Bills, but the Bills management has mostly played the long-term game in dumping our other stars. If we could get a decent haul for Shady to invest in the future - go for it. We are sitting on a full draft plus a couple extra picks next year already. Let's go all in on the future. I think our defense, Chris Ivory and Josh Allen, can still pull out a few wins this year by following the formula.
Oh yeah, and we signed Derrick Anderson too. The only question there is (with his Carolina background), what took so long?
I didn't see last Sunday's game, but it did sound like Shady played well enough behind what has been an abysmal offensive line for the most part. And I think he's been very good the last two years as well, so I'm not sure he is slowing down. Plus the Eagles, the defending Super Bowl champs, are now 2-3 and I guess Jay Ajayi is out for the season, and with LeGarrette Blount moved on to the Lions, they are awfully thin and young at RB. Now, the Eagles only gave up a 4th round pick for Ajayi last year, but Shady is a two-time All-Pro, Philly's all-time leading rusher, and in 2016 averaged 5.4 ypc and gained 1,267 yards. That wasn't too long ago in the Not For Long League, I hope. Plus, Shady grew up in the Philly area and I think still has ties there.
Sure, his loss would hurt the Bills, but the Bills management has mostly played the long-term game in dumping our other stars. If we could get a decent haul for Shady to invest in the future - go for it. We are sitting on a full draft plus a couple extra picks next year already. Let's go all in on the future. I think our defense, Chris Ivory and Josh Allen, can still pull out a few wins this year by following the formula.
Oh yeah, and we signed Derrick Anderson too. The only question there is (with his Carolina background), what took so long?
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