Eagles spoil McCoy’s homecoming, beat Bills 23-20

After that, he didn’t have another run longer than four yards until a seven-yard run on the first play of the Bills’ final possession.

He got a big deal from Philadelphia, but is said to be rather unhappy, and even went directly to Eagles’ owner Jeffrey Lurie to complain about his role.

For the Patriots, though, it haven’t been the volume of the calls, the the timing (and the perceived target of Rob Gronkowski on offensive pass interference calls).

“I don’t want to press”, McCoy said. “This one was 1,001”.

Taking McCoy’s place is running back DeMarco Murray, who hasn’t really had a good start in his new team this season.

After three quarters nothing was decided. Alonso blanketed McCoy on a deep route down the Philly sideline, the ball falling incomplete to end what had been a promising Bills drive. He actually led the league in rushing past year, but his average (3.5 yards) this season isn’t really something impressive, though he still has several games remaining to prove that he’s worthy to replace McCoy. The buzzards were circling over Chip Kelly with rumors of player unhappiness and Kelly reportedly looking into any college coaching job that was available. He has the ability to make game-changing plays as a returner, so Bills punter Colton Schmidt and the team’s coverage unit will need to be at their best.

When asked about the officiating after the game, Ryan bit his tongue.

The Eagles’ 23-20 win over the Buffalo Bills was forged by a determined defense that kept Tyrod Taylor and LeSean McCoy bottled up in their own end throughout the fourth quarter. Taylor also hasn’t thrown an interception in his last 187 pass attempts. That will be Sammy Watkins. We know that. This whole offseason with the trade and everything, it has been tough on him. “It was a disgrace that we had too many penalties”. Philadelphia’s Fletcher Cox threw McCoy down for a 10-yard loss in the second half and shoved him hard when he was down.

So far this season, Murray has 163 carries for just 569 yards in 11 games. “I felt like we had some times when we could have converted on third but then had to settle for a field goal”. The Eagles did have a couple of sloppy special teams penalties. It always does. Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor had a mediocre outing.

“You’ll never be considered a great quarterback until you bring your team back and win in those situations”, Ryan said. “We moved the ball pretty well and pushed it down the field, but we just couldn’t capitalize when we had to”. “We shot ourselves in the foot early on the season like that and we definitely can’t have those types of games”.