LeSean McCoy trade draws positive reviews for the Philadelphia Eagles

When the report of the Philadelphia Eagles trading LeSean McCoy to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for Kiko Alonso emerged on Tuesday night, the Twitterverse blew up. And rightfully so because this deal was an absolute shocker.

Here's how people are reacting to the trade. It seems to me that there are a lot of positive reactions to the deal in favor of the Eagles. Also: a lot of shock and mixed feelings.

I'm speechless right now.

— Geoff Mosher (@GeoffMosherCSN) March 3, 2015

Chip Kelly on Alonso last year: "I take extra pride in that I got the opportunity to coach Kiko. Extremely dedicated, driven person."

— Phil Sheridan (@SheridanScribe) March 3, 2015

Ok, this has become a FIRE SALE!!!!!! #SpringCleaningChipStyle #FlyEaglesFly

— Ike Reese (@Ike58Reese) March 3, 2015

Ok, this has become a FIRE SALE!!!!!! #SpringCleaningChipStyle #FlyEaglesFly

— Ike Reese (@Ike58Reese) March 3, 2015

Kiko Alonso attended Oregon and was born in New England. "That’s the Chip Kelly exacta," @brookob just said.

— Jake Kaplan (@jakemkaplan) March 3, 2015

Also Bills got royally screwed in that trade.

— Marcus Armstrong (@mockdraftable) March 3, 2015

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

No, this is not a risky move. Look up running back age curves. Kiko could get run over by a bus tomorrow & the net AV wouldn't be that bad.

— Derek / IgglesBlog (@igglesblog) March 3, 2015

The Eagles just traded an expensive running back for a young stud linebacker, and opened up 12 mil in cap space. Hell yes.

— Tyler Aston (@Astonia67) March 3, 2015

Wonder if Eagles and Bills discussed a potential McCoy trade last offseason before the Bryce Brown deal...

— Dan Klausner (@dklausner) March 3, 2015

I’m not gonna retweet myself, but remember what I said earlier RE people dealing w/Eagles thinking team wants to wipe slate from Andy/Howie

— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) March 3, 2015

Chip just does not care what anybody says or thinks. Trading Shady for an Oregon linebacker coming off knee surgery...

— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) March 3, 2015

Trades cannot officially happen until 4 p.m. on Tuesday, which is the start of the league year. Will be a busy day.

— Zach Berman (@ZBerm) March 3, 2015

LeSean McCoy averaged 2.09 yards after contact in 2014, which was a career low: http://t.co/Hm7igCSbX5

— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) March 3, 2015

Can't decide if it's more or less likely for #Eagles to trade up for MM. More: trade makes more sense in mini-rebuild. Less: no pick back.

— Ryan Messick (@Ryan_Messick) March 3, 2015

Initial thought: Eagles got the far better end of this trade. 2nd straight trade with Buffalo in which the Bills made a dumb deal for a RB.

— Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) March 3, 2015

I’ve been through surreal before. This might be the surrealest.

— Les Bowen (@LesBowen) March 3, 2015

#Eagles will save $24 million on the salary cap with these 3 monster moves. That puts them about $50 million under with FA starting Tuesday.

— Ed Kracz (@kracze) March 3, 2015

I know emotionally this is tough for everyone, but it's better to get rid of an asset a year early than a year late. That's Shady.

— Dan Klausner (@dklausner) March 3, 2015

Have heard a lot about the Eagles being major players in free agency and perhaps via Mariota trade. Opening up more and more cap space

— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) March 4, 2015

In 2013, Eagles offense set franchise records for yds. & pts. Since, Chip's gotten rid of DeSean and LeSean and received one ILB in return.

— Sheil Kapadia (@SheilKapadia) March 4, 2015

Wrote this about LeSean McCoy back in mid-January: http://t.co/Hm7igCAAP1 pic.twitter.com/g1rqYP2XLW

— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) March 4, 2015

Chip Kelly is doing what he wants, that's what happens when you're the GM/HC. This is going to be a team made in his image.

— Mike Kaye (@mike_e_kaye) March 4, 2015