Chip Kelly makes a Shady Deal
Well I don’t think anyone saw that one coming, wow. That was some weird news. I’ve had wet dreams about LeSean McCoy no longer tormenting the Giants from Philly but I never thought I’d see the day where he left come so soon, when he’s still good.
Everyone seems to have different opinions about who won the trade. Some think the Bills got it, Kiko is coming off an ACL tear, and he’s had two big knee injuries in his career so far. He showed promise as a rookie but one season does not a superstar make. The Eagles traded a top 3 RB for this linebacker who might pan out. On the other hand, Kiko might very well turn into the next Luke Kuechly and Shady had a down year last season. He’s not old but RBs aren’t that valuable anymore and he cost a lot of cap space.
If I had to pick a side I’d say the Eagles won, purely for the cap space freed up. But Chip possibly pissed off the entire fanbase with this move, Shady was the face of the Eagles and his down year last season really wasn’t that bad, and had a bunch of contributing factors like injuries to the O-line and teams selling out to stop him because no one was afraid of Sanchez. Shady could very well put up another incredible season in Buffalo, even though Buffalo is going to have the same problems (cough cough Matt Cassel). The biggest thing I think this move seems to show is how willing Chip Kelly is to go out and get his guys. Kiko fits his system, and by trading for his former Duck he’s brought all the rumors that he’s going to trade up for Mariota into the forefront. I heard rumors he’s going to make a deal with the Jets if Mariota falls to #6. This is incredibly intriguing because they’d have to sell the farm for him, and it’ll be a make or break move for Chip. Chip is playing dangerous right now. He jettisoned DeSean. He’s jettisoned LeSean. He cut Trent Cole. He sent Vick to New York. If he sells the future for Mariota (RG3 Style, baby) and it doesn’t work out very quickly I see the fanbase turning against him hard. He’s going all in on his system, this is going to be interesting.
In the meantime I’m going to go back to celebrating no more LeSean in the NFC East
Personally I think the Bills won. Shady’s a known quantity, while there are too many question marks still around Alonso for me to fall in love – one-hit wonder or genuine star? Is he Adrian Peterson or is he Marcus Lattimore with his knee? Will he be the same guy coming back? How much of his success was playing behind that studly Bills defensive front? – with Chip’s decision on this one.
Wait, wait, Kiko is WHITE?
yes, he is, you racist bastard
Hold up here a second….LeSean McCoy is BLACK?
Wait, Mark Sanchez is MEXICAN?
No, that was Vick.
As a Bills fan, looking at it, I have to say that both sides “won”, or at least got what they wanted.
The Eagles got to confirm Chip Kelly was the boss, and they now have a ton of cap space to fix their most glaring problems (the secondary, aging O-line, best receiver a free agent), and they now have a really good young linebacker on the cheap.
The Bills, with their new coaching staff of Rex “Let’s get a goddamn snack” Ryan and Greg Roman, were looking to go a ground and pound with a departing free agent (15 touch per game) CJ Spiller, and 34 year old Fred Jackson as their 1-2 punch. They can handle the salary cap, which is probably going to drop to give Shady more guaranteed money, so they now have their offensive strategy planned our for next year.
My girlfriend has a Shady jersey. She practically had to be talked off a ledge when the news came. It’s going to make a very contentious week when the Bills play the Eagles. This comic will become taunting material at some point.
I’m a little surprised you haven’t joked about Rex Ryan going to the Bills.
Rex Ryan us a living joke. No extra work required.
The best part of this is clearly the Osi poster.
No, it’s the Rex Grossman poster
Looking at how this impacts each team on the field, I’d say both won but the Bills were the bigger winner here.
Alonso did have a pretty good supporting cast for his one year on the field. Not taking anything away from him though because I feel like being in Kelly’s system will help him. Buffalo’s defense last year was good without him. The offense and the fanbase gets a shot in the arm with Shady’s arrival. Despite potentially poor QB play, I think trading off CJ Spiller for McCoy is a huge upgrade. Playoff team? I dunno. Improved over last season? Absolutely.
The Eagles, however, trading a big piece of their offense (regardless of the working relationship between Kelly and McCoy) for any player coming off major knee surgery is going to be questioned for at least the next few years. Maybe Alonso comes back and becomes a truly great player. But as it stands, I can’t say the Eagles win this over the Bills until we see Alonso back on the field.
kiko is already a great player, he just needs to stay healthy.
I would have traded matt forte and a 2nd rounder for him if the bears were to stick with a 4-3 defense.
players with his talent are rare and worth gambling on. shady has maybe 2 years left in the tank, kiko has many more as long as the knee doesnt become a chronic issue.
for a comparison, look at frank gore, he had multiple knee surgeries and came back and has been pretty healthy since.
eagles won for sure
…but what about Casey?
Can you tell me where I can get a Sexy Rexy poster for my room?
That buffalo head is terrifying!
Nobody seems to notice that this trade took place 11 years to the day that the Redskins traded Champ Bailey, a defensive player, for Clinton Portis, a running back.
Bailey had a HoF career, while Portis was OK but didn’t make a huge impact.
The Eagles will win this trade in the long run.
Difference here is that Champ Bailey hadn’t had two ACL tears previously and his only sample size wasn’t him as a rookie. Champ was an established top 10 CB. There are plenty more question marks about Kiko than Champ Bailey
Also what on earth do you mean Portis didn’t have a huge impact? In his first 5 seasons there the lowest yards he acquired was 1,262 excluding his 2006 season where he played 8 games. Other than in 2012 the last time they made the playoffs was with Portis.
I’m not an Eagles fan, or I would probably know this, but what’s the meaning of the toilet and steaming dump on Shady’s wall?
It’s just a depiction of Dave’s opinion of the Philadelphia Eagles as an organization, I believe. He is still a Giants fan after all.
I just really hate the Eagles, man
You mean the pee pee and doo doo lovers
If the Bills dont make the playoffs next year, its gonna be a real shame. Just because of all they did during the off season and theres still probably more to come.
Now that Chip has his linequacker figured out, what is gonna do about the new question mark at halfquack? Is Nick Foles the answer at quarterquack, or is Mariota migrating to the NFC East? Find out next week on DUCK DYNASTY!
This is my favorite part of the off season. It’s great to see fans go from vehemently defending a player to calling them washed up the second a trade is announced.
Fairly certain that the Bills made this trade with the expectation that they’d be able to sign David Harris to replace Kiko.
Yyyyeah… about that…