Eagles reportedly reach out to Bills for possible LeSean McCoy trade

The Philadelphia Eagles have recently reached out to the Buffalo Bills to acquire about the availability of running back LeSean McCoy, according to a report from WIVB sports director Josh Reed.

This news doesn’t come as a surprise. The Eagles reportedly tried to acquire McCoy — Philadelphia’s all-time leading rusher — in a trade with the Bills LAST year as well.

From a football standpoint, McCoy makes some sense for the Eagles. Philly needs help at running back with Jay Ajayi out for the season. The 30-year-old McCoy is still one of the better backfield starters in the league and he can contribute as both a rusher and a receiver.

McCoy also fits in with the Eagles’ salary cap situation, especially after Philadelphia cleared some room by restructuring Fletcher Cox’s deal. McCoy only costs $4.28 million in cap space right now. He’s also under contract for 2019 the Eagles wouldn’t owe him any guaranteed money after acquiring him in a trade.

It remains to be seen what kind of draft compensation it would take to acquire McCoy. The Eagles are operating from a spot of desperation (to some extent, at least) so the Bills have leverage.

Another thing to consider with a potential McCoy trade is how he had some serious off-field accusations lobbed at him this offseason. Shady could potentially be facing punishment from the league via the personal conduct policy, not to mention any legal ramifications.

Stay tuned.

UPDATE: NFL insider Ian Rapoport sent out a tweet saying “the interest in a homecoming is real.” Then he deleted it and seemed to downplay the possibility in a new tweet. Hmmm.