LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia Eagle

[General_Failure]

Nothing in that picture looks right.

[Diomedes]

The winner being the one in an Eagles jersey looks okay to me.

[MDS]

how washed up does westbrook look? how is even playing?

[QB Eagles]

Westbrook, Shady, Duce:

"Pssst... Duce keeps licking his chops every time someone mentions my ribs. I think he wants to eat me."

[Diomedes]

"you could lose a few pounds, Brian"

[LBIggle]

duce is definitely creeping in that pic.

[SD]

Locked and Loaded: LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia Eagles
Best RB facing a loaded box

LeSean McCoy, literally, ran away with this award thanks to some hard-nosed running -- an aspect of his game that often is overlooked. Being surrounded by weapons like Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin overshadowed the fact that McCoy was the league's best back in 2010 when there were more defenders in the box than available blockers (creating a loaded box).

Fourteen running backs had at least 30 attempts against a loaded box this season. McCoy finished in the top four in rushing yards (207), touchdowns (three) and attempts per first down (2., despite having the fewest carries of those 14 backs (36).

Also, McCoy was more than up to the task of running out the clock. One-third of his rushes against a loaded box came in the fourth quarter with the Eagles leading. McCoy rushed 12 times for 85 yards and three first downs in those situations. His 7.1 yards per rush was tops among backs with at least 10 carries.

http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/i...s-wr-rb-defense

[Rome]

But I thought he was a finesse back??

[reese125]

Ha-yeah he plows over bitches... or does he make all those guys in the box miss?

[Rome]

Is there a difference?   He's just as capable of doing either.

[reese125]

No he's not.

Rome-how many times do you need to see McCoy fall to the ground at the end of a run to know he's not a power runner. There's an eye-opening difference.

[Rome]

Lorenzo Booker was a finesse back.  Shady is not.  The end.

[reese125]

Lorenzo Booker is not a running back Shady is-double the end.

[SD]

Shady breaks tackles so I wouldn't classify him as a finesse back. I'd classify him as shifty. He leans more to the side of a finesse back than he does a power back but I wouldn't put him in the finesse back category.

[reese125]

Over 3/4 of the rb's in the NFL can break a tackle. Shady is a speed and finnese back, I don't know how else you can label him any other way.