17. "kinda. he wanted alonso + maxwell" In response to In response to 16
Did we want to lose LeSean? Certainly not up," Kelly said. "To get something you have to give something ,and that's the way it works in this league."
In return for McCoy, the Eagles acquired linebacker Kiko Alonso, who played for Kelly during their days at Oregon.
"You get an outstanding young linebacker and a position that we have a huge need at," Kelly said of Alonso. "We had to boast our inside linebacker depth. And then really the result of it is the money that was freed up. The way we looked at it was we got Kiko Alonso and (cornerback) Byron Maxwell for LeSean McCoy. You'd love to keep everybody if you could pay everybody."
the deal is less than what shady wanted anyway and murray + alonso >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shady