Le Sean McCoy was right, right up until the moment he was wrong.
I didn't blame McCoy for being ticked off about the way the Eagles casually discarded the all-time team rushing leader in the offseason, banishing him to Buffalo in exchange for hobbled linebacker Kiko Alonso.
The guy they call 'Shady' has been steaming ever since. No doubt he had Dec. 13 circled on his calendar for months, the day when he would return to Lincoln Financial Field and exact his revenge.
But McCoy allowed the moment to get the better of him, and I'm not the least bit surprised.
In the buildup to this much-anticipated grudge match, McCoy vowed he would not shake the hand of the man who dissed him, Eagles Coach Chip Kelly.
It got so bad that Kelly offered a most unusual mea culpa, admitting the Eagles had botched the way the deal went down, and it was wrong that he had not been able to tell McCoy before the trade went down. In effect, Kelly fell on his sword.
McCoy wasn't satisfied, and insisted on twisting the blade.
Then before the game yesterday, there was McCoy all hugs with Eagles owner Jeff Lurie, and even kneeled down and kissed the Eagles logo on the Linc turf.
Unfortunately, the game then started. McCoy had a good first half, but was shut down after the halftime. He wasn't helped by a series of penalties that erased a couple of good runs.
After the game, McCoy reverted to form, that of an immensely talented but immature brat. That, in effect, is the real McCoy.
Instead of exchanging handshakes and greetings with his former teammates, he stormed off the field and up the tunnel even before the final ticks expired on the clock.
Then he blew off the media after the game, gruffly informing the scribes he had nothing to say to them.
I wonder if he would have reacted the same way had the Bills won, giving him the satisfaction of beating his old team, and his nemesis Kelly.
That's the way so many athletes are these days. They're great when things are going their way, but revert to form when things aren't that rosy.
I miss McCoy. He was electric in his time here with the Eagles. He offered something this current Eagles team direly needs, the ability to take it to the house every time he touches the ball.
But that doesn't change my opinion of him. He's just not a very likable guy. And he has only himself to blame for it.
By the way, the Eagles won, 23-20, and remain tied for the lead in the NFC Least.
Now maybe we can start talking playoffs, and less about McCoy.
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