Bills trade for LeSean McCoy + Matt Cassel

Ross12 · Mar 3, 2015

I think it's funny that the Eagles traded Bryce Brown to the Bills last year and now McCoy to them this year. Is Buffalo the second-hand Eagles backs store?

Patriots1364life · Mar 3, 2015

Didnt know the eagles had that ton of cap space.

primetime · Mar 3, 2015

Wrath Mania said:
I think the Eagles really just want the cap space. They also got rid of Cary Williams and Trent Cole today; they might be nearly $50mil under from what I've seen; Among other possibilities, I think they're going to play seriously for some combination of Maxwell, Revis, and McCourty.

Ah the old buying a secondary strategy, which worked out so well for them in 2011.

TheBeers · Mar 3, 2015

McCoy cap hit this year 11.9 mil.. damn

JMC00 · Mar 3, 2015

Here come the chicken littles with the "bills will be tough" posts.

meatface · Mar 3, 2015

Deus Irae said:
Just posted this in another thread, but it's a better fit here...

Look at what Rex already has in place...

Quality defense
Multiple running backs
Cap space
Functional TE (Chandler)
Legit deep threat for P.A. passing game (Watkins)
Legit second receiver (Woods)

If he gets a QB, that Buffalo team's going to be a real pain in the ass.

It really sucks for the Pats that quality QB's are so easy to find.

stinkypete · Mar 3, 2015

primetime said:
Ah the old buying a secondary strategy, which worked out so well for them in 2011.

It worked for the Patriots in 2014.

Wrath Mania · Mar 3, 2015

primetime said:
Ah the old buying a secondary strategy, which worked out so well for them in 2011.

Worked pretty well for us in 2014. Getting McCourty and Maxwell would be comparable to Revis and Browner in some respects. It's Kelly's show down there now, not Roseman's; it's an unknown how he's going to make his moves.

EDIT: But so far, most of what he's done has shades of Belichick.

English Patriot · Mar 3, 2015

I'm not suggesting that Alonso won't be great because his potential is all pro but man did you have to send Shady to our division? Especially stings because i wanted that guy getting handoffs from Brady for years.

Patriots1364life · Mar 3, 2015

Eagles are getting back a guy who is
making peanuts. Its a great bargain.

Deus Irae · Mar 3, 2015

meatface said:
It really sucks for the Pats that quality QB's are so easy to find.

I don't recall Ryan needing a quality QB in order to get to back-to-back AFCCGs in 2009-2010, do you?

Wrath Mania · Mar 3, 2015

English Patriot said:
I'm not suggesting that Alonso won't be great because his potential is all pro but man did you have to send Shady to our division? Especially stings because i wanted that guy getting handoffs from Brady for years.

Shady is long in the RB tooth. He also has a weird personality and gets frustrated with losing, unless Andy Reid is coaching him. I'm not too worried about this.

Gronkowski123 · Mar 3, 2015

good move for the eagles.
kiko will be great for a decade. i still in believe in foles, just gotta resign maclin.
their offense will be fine.

the bills don't have a QB on their roster.

Wrath Mania · Mar 3, 2015

Deus Irae said:
I don't recall Ryan needing a quality QB in order to get to back-to-back AFCCGs in 2009-2010, do you?

I think the Bills with Rexy were the biggest threat in the division before this McCoy trade went down, and no matter what happens they're gonna be a tough matchup. This Bills team is literally putting Rex back into that 2009-2010 situation, before that Jets team fell apart.

ausbacker · Mar 3, 2015

Chip Kelly is great. He's molding the team he wants and he's being cutthroat about it.

This is why the NFL's offseason destroys every others.

Ice_Ice_Brady · Mar 3, 2015

LaDainian Tomlinson, Chris Johnson, and now LeSean McCoy. Rex has a thing for running backs who are about to be sent to the glue factory.

Wrath Mania · Mar 3, 2015

DaBronxPats14 · Mar 3, 2015

primetime said:
Yes, but CJ Spiller is bad. Shady McCoy is (probably) still very good, for a short time at least, and the always underrated Fred Jackson keeps getting older.

However, Alonso is a young, gamechanging player on his rookie contract at a position that is (relative to running back) difficult to find difference makers at. Meanwhile, McCoy has a lot of wear on him, though he'll only be 27 at season's star.

Still, Bills... what are you doing??

I just peeped out Bills Forum on their take on trade and most are pissed! They wanted Kiko over McCoy, I believe Shady has a big cap hit next year.

Patriots1364life · Mar 3, 2015

The iggles could be the biggest winners this offseason. This move came out of nowhere.

Deus Irae · Mar 3, 2015

Wrath Mania said:
I think the Bills with Rexy were the biggest threat in the division before this McCoy trade went down, and no matter what happens they're gonna be a tough matchup. This Bills team is literally putting Rex back into that 2009-2010 situation, before that Jets team fell apart.

Absolutely

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