This is the anomaly that is LeSean McCoy.
I can't remember a player I've enjoyed more on the field - and who ticked me off more off of it.
On the field, McCoy is electric. He made Eagles games special, in part because he was a threat to take it to the house every time he touched the ball. But it was the way he did it, with dazzling moves that often left defenders grasping at air, that made him special.
His game in the snow vs. the Lions, rushing for 217 yards and touchdown runs of 57 and 40 yards, will forever be burned in my memory.
Usually such games, played in near-blizzard like conditions with several inches of snow on the field blurring the yard markers and field making footing next to impossible, turn into slapstick, with players merely trying to remain upright.
Not McCoy. He seemed to be playing at another level, oblivious to the conditions, zigging, zagging and leaping over the helpless Lions. Everyone else was in the snow, McCoy simply was in his element.
That's on the field. Off the field, unfortunately, McCoy too often lived up to his nickname.
Shady.
There was the Twitter war with a woman, and reports that he tossed another woman off a tour bus.
There was the now-infamous 20-cent tip he left on a $60 tab at a local burger joint.
Now he's the focus of a probe into a brawl at a Philly nightspot early Sunday morning. Two off-duty police officers suffered serious injuries.
Most people believe McCoy is going to be charged in the incident.
McCoy was traded to Buffalo last off-season in a deal for linebacker Kiko Alonso and played this year for the Bills.
Obviously, he still likes to hang out in Philadelphia.
I like the memories McCoy provided on the field.
But I can't get all that off-the-field stuff out of my head.
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