Reid on McCoy decision: "I don't regret it"
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Reid on McCoy decision: "I don't regret it"
Jeff McLane, Inquirer Staff Writer
Andy Reid defended his decision to hand-off to LeSean McCoy with less than two minutes left and the Eagles' trailing the Redskins, 31-6, on Sunday.
McCoy suffered a concussion on the play and left the field on a cart. The Eagles running back was later seen needing assistance from a team trainer as he walked into the locker room at FedEx Field in Landover, Md.
Reid said Monday that McCoy still had a headache and was in Stage 1 of his recovery from the concussion.
"I don't regret it. It happened," Reid said. "Do I wish he wouldn't have been hurt? Yeah, I do. I wish he wouldn't have been hurt."
Reid said after the game that his motivation in playing McCoy, the Eagles all pro tailback, was to try and win the game. A day later, he said that he has to balance resting his stars against a player wanting to remain in games until their end.
"These kids want to play," Reid said. "There's two sides to this. ... You'll probably come back and ask me that, 'Do the players -- do you feel like they quit?' They want to play. They want to win the game. They want to get better. They want to show that they're all-in.
"So there's a fine line ... as coaches you want to make sure that the guys know that you're all-in, too."
Reid was then asked if it was his job as head coach to take into consideration what may be best for a player.
"It's my job to weigh that out. If you want to put that on me, I fully take that," Reids said. "I also have a pretty good feeling, I think, for my football team."
McCoy was resting at his family's home in Harrisburg, Pa. as of Sunday evening. He was alert, but "foggy and tired," according to a source close to the running back. Reid did not give any indication if McCoy would be permitted to play in Monday night's game against the Panthers.
"Just take it day by day," Reid said. "He's got a bit of a headache now."
If McCoy can't play, rookie Bryce Brown would start in his place.
dumb as a box of rocks— bhamss12- Now we can see what Chris Polk can do. He's better than Brown. Andy Reid should get concussed. Then maybe they'll have a snowball's chance to win another game.— brio
- can reid get anything right these days?— psualum
reid playing mccoy, their best player, with 90 seconds left in the game down 25 points is CRIMINAL. lurie should fire him for gross incompetence— hannibal barca- Having watched Andy for 14 years it is obvious that he had no idea how much time was left on the play when McCoy got hurt. He may not have even known it was the 4th quarter.— lostInPhilly
- Andy Reid-tard: Please Go Away.— Squizzy Magee
- Bad impulsive decision on Reid's part. Taking advantage of a player's passion,when it is his responsibility to safeguard that player on his watch— pete from boothwyn
- Andy needs to be committed , having lost touch with reality.— COskier
- mccoy got hit so hard that REID ended up with a concussion. you cannot win from 25 points behind and less than 2 minutes. mathematically impossible. if reid actually believes his own words he is a complete mad man.— randomm82
- I happened to believe that Reid had no idea how much time was left. Time management has always been his weakness and now we know why. He has no idea of time during a game. He is essentially now incompetent to be the head coach of an NFL team. This is a sad spectacle. Mr Lurie, please put us out of our misery...— Getinline
- HE HAS COMPLETELY LOST HIS MIND. How can he sit there and say it was a good decision, "I was trying to win the game"?! Apparently, he was the only one. Get rid of him before he gets somebody paralyzed trying to win the game, (save his neck.)— drenner
- Duh....you want me to admit I am stupid and got my best player hurt in a game that wwas totally out of reach....sure I'll do that.....NOT...what else did you expect from AR....Truth....stop already....he has not been truthfull for 13 years, why would he start today— nuggett
- Defending this move? When was the last time that Andy made a good decision? It's been years folks! Let's see ... Not resigning today? .. No ... passing 45 times with a first time rookie? ... NO ... preparing his team to play? ... not within past 4 years ... assigning and then firing Castillo? .. NO ...That is just a sampling for this year. Unfortunately, I don't have time to create 20,000 pages as did Jill Kelley to General Allen, but I might be able to create 20,000 pages of bad decisions by Andy given the time.
His firing is sooooo overdue!— miket47 - Is there any more evidence needed to see that this guy is a creep? Of all his players, he got the most talented and the most HONORABLE - A DESCRIPTION HE IS THE FARTHEST FROM - badly hurt. He puts money and pride ahead of the health of the player just like he did to his own flesh and blood. Do us all a favor, Reid. Take your blood money, your drug legacy, your arrogance and your failures and get the hell out of town.— Bob1
- Trying to win the game??? They lost before they got on the train! Give Laurie a message fans, don't show up monday night. The team won't.— Ken B
