Comments on: Duce Staley thinks LeSean McCoy can be best back ever

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:30:06 +0000

I think McCoy is a great back and already one of the best. And trust me, I don’t like saying anything good about the Eagles.

By: nvandy42

nvandy42 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:39:53 +0000

Yo Adrian!!

By: bossbertozzi

bossbertozzi — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:50:54 +0000

He could. The guy is really hard to tackle, and if he has a healthy offensive line the guy could be great

By: csilojohnson

csilojohnson — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:19:52 +0000

He has the talent. Individual accolades in football are 60% team driven though. He will shine, but only go as far as his fellow offensive teammates allow him to.

By: ejm845

ejm845 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:24:48 +0000

What ever duce is smoking I wish I could get some

By: 1bigtex

1bigtex — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:58:38 +0000

You’re spending way too much time thinking with your cob, bob. McCoy will be lucky to be a top 10 all time RB. Best ever? No way! The guys that were the best ever were really good really soon. For example Eric Dickerson’s first four seasons in the league were better than any other RB’s best four season.

BTW, if he was the “best ever”, wouldn’t they make it a point to get him the ball? Unless, of course, they are dolts.

By: themackstrong

themackstrong — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:16:01 +0000

For anyone saying he isnt even top 5, you base your opinions too much on ESPN, and not enough on what you actually watch

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Talk about homer opinion. Seattle has a HB that carries his team ahead of guys like Rice Foster McCoy. Shady can’t even stay healthy which is big factor for a legit every down back. McCoy is on level of CJ2K- Sproles-Charles-Run DMC until proves otherwise.

By: 4getu

4getu — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:42:17 +0000

Once again the small minded haters are out in full force trying to turn this into something that it is not. He simply said ” he CAN be the best.” So basically he’s just acknowledging the skills that McCoy possess and know he can do great things in this league if used correctly and stays heathy. Even those of you hating know that McCoy is BA. So stop acting like Duce said he is hands down the best ever right now, cuz that isn’t what he said and it’s time to drop the whole “DreamTeam” comments, it’s not original and it’s not funny and never was, Vince young is the idiot who started it, and only the idiot media and eagles haters ever used it. Get over it

By: nevermore52

nevermore52 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:41:33 +0000

Be better than Ray Rice first. That’s a start.

By: bobonmycob

bobonmycob — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:29:06 +0000

1bigtex says:Feb 14, 2013 1:52 PM

Let’s see, through 58 games played, LeSean McCoy has 3866 yards and 30 TDs. When Jim Brown had played 62 games, he was sitting on 6463 yards and 57 TDs. Anyone nominating Shady for GOAT status is 15 different kinds of insane.

And you are a dolt. McCoy rarely gets to run the ball. 2013 will show us how good McCoy actually is.

By: greymares

greymares — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:08:07 +0000

It will be hard to produce numbers, i’m guessing Philly will utilize all 4 running backs in this offense there will be at least 2 on the field in every formation.

By: eaglesw00t

eaglesw00t — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:53:59 +0000

For anyone saying he isnt even top 5, you base your opinions too much on ESPN, and not enough on what you actually watch.

He is top 4, without question. The only other backs in the equation are Peterson, Foster, and Rice. Obviously, AP is in a league all his own, no question, the only people not putting him #1 are NFCN fans not of the Vikings.

But McCoy makes people miss like nobody else in the league. He led the league in yards in 2011 until the end of the season where he had to miss a game. And the OL he was playing behind last year was an absolute disaster, and he still made something out of nothing.

No, he is not close to the best ever. But he is 24 years old. He has elite level talent that few other NFL players possess. If he can improve his blocking, and stay healthy, I see no reason he cant rack up a ton of yards in the next 7 seasons, and be in the top 5 of all time rushing leaders.

That is, as long as Chip Kelly doesnt pull an Andy Reid.

The Eagles were 9-1 in games where McCoy touched the ball 20+ times. And every time that gets mentioned, Reid would call a game with 12 rushes, and the Eagles would lose a close game.

By: 1bigtex

1bigtex — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:52:01 +0000

By: fuglyflorio

fuglyflorio — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:42:30 +0000

Oh Dream Team … all your players are THE best.

By: kdub79

kdub79 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:42:25 +0000

I think the window of opportunity for creatively referencing the “dream team” has closed. It’s not original, it’s not funny, and it’s not relevant.

By: jamesmbell

jamesmbell — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:38:21 +0000

Never said best “ever” Josh

By: DubZ480

DubZ480 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:31:41 +0000

Duce was an Eagles Legend same as B-West.

If LeSean can emulate B-West level consistently, Iggles will be fine.

Anything above and beyond that would be gravy

By: robert831

robert831 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:29:42 +0000

He is not even close to the best running back in the league…Not in the top 5 even. Best ever? Yeah right!

By: thegreatgabbert

thegreatgabbert — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:26:57 +0000

Staley hasn’t maintained his playing weight well. These days he goes by Duce And A Half.

By: dwdive

dwdive — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:26:27 +0000

Behind AP, McCoy is the next best RB in the league. People hate on him because of the team he is on, but just remember, he was the top back in 2011 in TD’s and total yards, even though he played for an 8-8 team with a pass happy coach. That’s pretty impressive.

By: 3fingerlenny

3fingerlenny — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:21:22 +0000

I think Duce had 1 too many cheeseburgers

By: dennisund

dennisund — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:21:22 +0000

Posted by Josh Alper on February 14, 2013, 12:15 PM EST
fuglyflorio says:
Feb 14, 2013 12:16 PM
Pretty much everyone who plays for the Dream Team is the ‘best ever’ by definition.
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Stalker level: Dream Team

By: phillyphanatic77

phillyphanatic77 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:18:47 +0000

Plus he was completely misused by Reid. Reid passed to establish the pass, and totally neglected his best weapon.

By: phillyphanatic77

phillyphanatic77 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:15:24 +0000

If you watch McCoy every Sunday like we do in Philly you’d see that he is the best “make you miss” back in the league. He does an even better job of it than Westbrook which is saying something. Is he gonna be the best ever? No, but he’s young enough to put himself in HOF consideration as long as he stays healthy. Frankly it was amazing what he was able to accomplish behind that line last year. It was one of the worst lines in NFL history. And he still managed 750 yds and a 4.2 average in 10 games. Almost all of his runs started with 3 defenders in his face. He’s not better than Peterson today and he’s not better than Barry Sanders, but he could one day be mentioned amongst those type of names. And saying he’s not the best back in the NFC East is a joke. Props to Alfred Morris, but Mike Anderson and Orlando Gary looked good in Shannahans scheme.

By: captainwisdom8888

captainwisdom8888 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:13:15 +0000

I think we will be seeing a lot more of Brown this year, and that will only help to keep Mccoy healthier and more explosive.

Honestly though, Mccoy is elite level talent. We need him to get close to 20 touches a game, running or receiving

By: jckid21

jckid21 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:11:11 +0000

This makes me really question whether the NFL drug tests their coaches.

By: eagleomaniac

eagleomaniac — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:04:35 +0000

As a huge Shady fan, not gonna say he can be the “best to play (ever)”…but he’s definitely capable of being the top 1/2 RB’s in the league today!!!! He almost was in 2011.

Have you seen this kids’ speed/ acceleration/ lateral movement after breaking through the line??? See him explode through a screen-pass??? RIDICULOUS!!! Reminds me of Barry Sanders’ style of running. McCoy is one of the true standalone stud RB talents in the widely committee-team based league.

Bryce Brown will continue to be a great 3rd-down boost for us. Shady needs more screen-passes on early downs!!!!

By: bigbenownsthenfl

bigbenownsthenfl — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:57:21 +0000

All I can remember about duce staley. Is him standing on the sidelines for 2 years when he was with the Steelers playing grab azz with Bill cowher and bettis every Sunday. He was stealing. A check then and he’s stealing one now. I would like to blame his delusional comments on concussions. But I don’t think standing on the sideline every year makes you susceptible to those!

By: diabetic1010

diabetic1010 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:56:41 +0000

Everyone realizes that VINCE YOUNG was the genius behind the “dream team” title, right? The guy shouldn’t have even been on that team…..morons talk about it like that’s what the Eagles actually refer to themselves as

Reasons you should not reference anything that comes out of VY’s mouth:

6 on Wonderlic
Claimed he would be in the NFL HOF
Blew through 30 million in 3 years.
Fans booed him, so he almost kills himself.
Claims to not remember signing legal documents for a multi million dollar loan.
Threw a 300k birthday party, for himself.
Does not have a job.

Need I say more?

By: irishphilly87

irishphilly87 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:47:09 +0000

Best? Nah top 2 runningback in the NFL today 1.) AP 2.) Him 3.) Foster yes.