LeSean McCoy was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week. The honor should come as no surprise after the way McCoy played against the Dallas Cowboys. McCoy had 185 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns in the 34-7 win for the Eagles. The weekly honor is just a sign that the rest of the league is starting to notice how great McCoy is. The superstar running back could soon add more hardware to his resume. As an Eagles fan, I think McCoy looks like a legitimate MVP candidate.
A lot of talk in Philadelphia has centered on the emergence of the running game. Not only is McCoy pilling up yards but he is also getting carries. He had 30 rushes against the Dallas Cowboys. That is almost unheard of in the Andy Reid offense. But it seems that Reid is recognizing that he has the best pure running back in the league in McCoy. There is a reason that Reid has given him the ball so much lately. He makes great things happen every time.
McCoy has scored a touchdown in every game this season. He leads the NFL in rushing yards per game and is on pace to pass Wilbert Montgomery's franchise rushing mark. That record was set all the way back in 1979. The Eagles have had some strong running backs since then. Ricky Watters, Brian Westbrook, and Duce Staley have all been productive running backs. But none have had a season like the one McCoy is having.
If you take away the game against the San Francisco 49ers in which McCoy had just 18 yards rushing on nine carries, his entire 2011 season has been pretty remarkable. Against Dallas, it wasn't just his numbers that impressed people. It was the way he wove through the holes and made big plays happen. If anyone else had been named the top offensive player in the NFC it would have been a travesty. I don't think this is the last honor like this that he will receive this year. And there could be a bigger won at the end of the season. If the Eagles complete their turnaround and make the playoffs, it will be largely because of McCoy. That could earn him recognition as the league MVP.
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