Bills coach Rex Ryan didn’t have any inkling that LeSean McCoy would be playing for him this year. But he was excited when he found out it was a possibility.
Ryan said at today’s league meeting that he was shocked when he found out the Eagles were willing to trade McCoy, and eager to get the deal done.
“We were just kinda like stunned there for a little bit. We were like really? Wow,” Ryan said. “Obviously, we were interested, and then the trade came down. We knew it wasn’t gonna be cheap by any stretch, and losing a player like Kiko Alonso is obviously a steep price, but we felt really good about it.”
Ryan said the whole trade negotiation only took 30 minutes, and that any talk about McCoy not being happy about it is wrong. Ryan described McCoy as “excited to be a Bill.”
That feeling is mutual. The Bills are excited to have him.