9 replies to this topic

[The Fan Man]

I absolutely start him. I don't care what our record is. You give Foles a RB who actually knows what he's doing and it can help him that much more in development.

[jsp4`8]

Let's start Jason Peters and put him at risk of re-injury for a meaningless game as well.

[axe_man_trotter]

If he's healthy , he plays. Plus brown hasn't done squat the last couple weeks.

[jonnyeagles12]

You play McCoy. Read Daves article on the Eagles website it makes perfect sense

[Ipspots]

Start him  run 50/50 with Brown

[Fansincebirth]

I look at this from two perspectives.

The first one is you have your franchise RB out there playing hard sending a message for next year. He clearly is the best player
on this team.

The other one is that right now the eagles have nothing to play for. You don't want him to sustain an injury at the
end of the season and be out next year ala Brandon graham. Benefits here are you get reps to your backup who needs them
and you further evaluate his potential for next year.

[KzEaglefan86]

I'm sure McCoy's dying to get back onto the field, and he should get back out there if he feels comfortable in doing so.  He gets payed to play, let him play if he's available.  That said, I would limit his carries and make Brown and Lewis/Polk a part of the gameplan.

[FloridaBill]

They are paid to play, if healthy, that was easy.

[f_dallas]

I think it's a needless risk.  Concussions aren't like broken bones...it's extremely difficult to tell when someone is really "healed" and their chances of re-injury.

There's a protocol in place and that protocol includes a certain amount of risk the players are willing to assume, but there's no need to trot him out there in a lost season with 2 games left.  The thing about concussions is limiting his carries doesn't help him.  If he gets one carry and it involves a helmet to helmet hit, we might be talking about whether he's cleared to start practicing in training camp.  It's just not worth it.

The risk of re-injury is there and it happens all the time.  Not worth it.

[xxeaglesfanxx]

I say keep him on the bench.  Why risk another injury in a season that is lost.  Let him come back fresh and healthy next year.