LeSean McCoy’s return to Philadelphia didn’t exactly go as he hoped.
Visiting Lincoln Financial Field with his new team, the Buffalo Bills lost 23-20 to the Eagles on Sunday. Perhaps adding to the sting of the loss is that McCoy played relatively well, rushing for 74 yards (24 of which came on one play) on 20 carries and catching four passes for 35 yards. However, he scored no touchdowns.
The running back apparently didn’t take the loss or his performance very well, quickly leaving the field when the game was over without shaking the hands of any former teammates. Following the game in the visitors locker room, McCoy also refused to answer any questions from the media, telling reporters “I’ve got nothing to say” and walking out. Check out the video from CSN Philly:
Being a sore loser is never a good look, folks.
At least one eyewitness account from the tunnel leading off the field said McCoy threw his helmet into the locker room. Oh, and he may have given someone the middle finger. He clearly wasn’t in a good mood about his return to Philadelphia not being a happy one. McCoy is obviously still upset about how his time with the Eagles ended, with coach Chip Kelly trading him to the Bills. And perhaps he didn’t like hearing boos from many Eagles fans. Ultimately, of course, the loss probably irritated him the most.
Yet had the Bills won and McCoy had a good game, would he have faced the Philadelphia media triumphantly? As it turns out, we’ll never know but the guess is that he would have been a bit more accommodating to reporters, perhaps eager to remind Kelly and the Eagles that they never should have traded him. Instead, the guy who was clearly part of the story did his best to try and avoid that when Sunday’s game didn’t turn out as he hoped.
