Eagles coach Chip Kelly didn’t have much to say about being accused of being racist by LeSean McCoy, other than that McCoy wouldn’t return his calls.
But a number of Eagles players said they thought their former teammate was wrong to go there, and that his assertions were baseless.
“It’s definitely difficult and upsetting for sure,” Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper said, via Bob Grotz of the Delaware County Times. “I know [Kelly is] not like that.”
Of course, Cooper was the beneficiary of a pretty big second chance for his own unfortunate choice of words two years ago, but the Eagles have apparently embraced Cooper in the aftermath of it, or at least allowed him to move on.
But several of McCoy’s other former teammates said they didn’t understand why the running back chose to go that route.
“I think everything around here is equal,” defensive tackle Fletcher Cox said. “Everything around here is equal. Chip treats everybody the same. I don’t think there’s a difference. . . .
“I really don’t know what he said. I haven’t read it. I know LeSean. I mean, he’s a good friend. I still text him now and again and see from time to time. I just don’t want to get caught up in that. And I continue to see LeSean as a friend.”
But he and his friend do not see eye-to-eye on McCoy’s suggestion that Kelly had ulterior motives for the moves Kelly made.
