Archives for December 2015

'"He spoke about how he made the highest level of football as a professional and played Division I football at Pitt in the Big East, and he then told the kids about how those experiences did not compare to playing high school football," said Mealy, McDevitt's athletic director. "He said his best days of playing football were for the Bishop McDevitt Crusaders."'

'In another tweet Berman quoted McCoy saying: "I have nothing negative to say about him. I'm not going into an argument or fight with him. I just don't think we need to shake hands."'

'The Bills are also giving McCoy the ball more often. He didn't have any games with more than 19 carries in his first six contests this season, but over each of the past four weeks, he's had 19, 20, 19 and 21 rushing attempts, respectively.'

'“I always have former players, anybody with a certain connection to the city or whatever,” Ryan said. “It seems like everybody wants to make a big deal of it. I don't think it's that big a deal. I know what it means to the former player, obviously. They like doing it.”'

'It might take a world-renowned psychologist to explain the type of relationship McCoy and Kelly have. There have just been so many strange turns to this story since Kelly traded him to Buffalo for linebacker Kiko Alonso in the offseason.'

'“Chip, he showed me a lot. He’s really smart, really smart, and he taught me different things, and it was a blast to play in his offense,” he said. “I think (Kelly) said that he wanted somebody to fit for his style, more of a downhill runner. And I think that’s why they got DeMarco (Murray). I think (Jeffrey) Lurie said that also, speaking for Chip.”'

'Joe Flacco's out for the rest of the season, Matt Schaub's banged up and the Ravens are staring at the possibility of having Jimmy Clausen or Bryn Renner play quarterback for them sometime in the next four games. Might be nice if Tyrod Taylor was still in town.'

'"I'm sure there are people you don't hate or have an issue with that you don't speak to," he said. "I'm with the Bills. He's with the Eagles. We never had any great relationship, best friends. So there's nothing to really talk about."'

'"He knows that's not going to happen," McCoy said. "I know that's not going to happen. We're not going to shake no hands. I'm not going to get into an argument with (Kelly) or fight with him. But I just don't think we need to be shaking hands."'

'"Today he walked in the building, full of juice, full of energy," running back Boobie Dixon said, recounting what took place. "He walked pretty much in a lot of guys' faces and just let us know, he needs us this week. So I can't wait, man. I'm excited. We got to do this for our boy. We got to do it for Shady."'

'But Carpenter said, "Track record doesn't really mean anything. It doesn't. What I did last week doesn't mean anything with what I'm going to do next week or the week after or the week after that. So frankly, I just have to make kicks. That's why I'm here. That's my job. I'm going to do the best I can every week and that's all I can do."'

'"I tried to call him after, and I talked to his agent after we traded him," Kelly continued. "I always wanted to talk to LeSean. Again, I have no issues with LeSean at all. He did everything we asked him to do when he was here. You guys know him, he's a great personality. He's got an infectious personality. I've got tremendous respect for this man."'

'At about 10am Wednesday morning, Kelly, on a conference call with the Buffalo media, said he’d love to shake McCoy’s hand. About four hours later, when he was told about that, McCoy responded, “Man listen, I am not talking to Chip (Kelly). You know we got nothing to talk about. He can’t call me, he can’t shake my hand. There is nothing he can do with me. You know he can’t say (expletive) to me. So I mean that is simple as that. I don’t dislike him, I don’t have nothing against him, but there is nothing for us to talk about. He knows that, he know me, he know how I am, he know how I act. There is nothing he can tell me, there is nothing we can talk about it.”'

'McCoy has been on fire since returning from his hamstring injury, easily establishing himself as one of the best five running backs in the NFL — and boy, have the Bills sorely needed it.'

'“Man, listen, I’m not talking to Chip,” said an agitated McCoy. “We’ve got nothing to talk about. He can’t call me, he can’t shake my hand. There’s nothing he can do with me. He can’t say (expletive) to me, it’s as simple as that. I don’t dislike him. I don’t have anything against him, but there’s nothing for us to talk about. He knows that. He knows me. He knows how I am. He knows how I act. There’s nothing he can tell me. There’s nothing he can talk about.”'