3 Reasons Philadelphia Eagles can’t re-sign LeSean McCoy

2. He plays football’s most punishing position.

For the football star, 30 isn’t the new 20. It’s the same old 30, and if you play one of the most violent games known to man, it’s easy to argue that some of those 30-year-old bodies might feel like they’re chronologically 40-years old in a few areas.

Smaller men weren’t meant to be hammered by six-foot-four men in pads who can bench press 225 pounds 15 to 20 times and run the 40-yard dash in less than five seconds.

LeSean McCoy carried the football 1,461 times over a six-year stretch in an Eagles jersey. That’s a lot of hits on a five-foot-eleven and 210-pound frame. Then he went to Buffalo. He toted the rock another 885 times in for years before his 101 carries in 2019 gave him 2,447 rushing attempts for his career.

That’s a ton of work, and ‘Shady’ clearly doesn’t have the same spring in his step that he once did.

There’s a reason why every season, we’re asking if it’s worth drafting running backs early or giving them long deals for a lot of money. Physically, it’s the most punishing position in the NFL. From a financial standpoint, it’s hard to argue why a team would splurge on the aging veteran who’s on the decline when so many newer models at the position are available.

That brings us all to another point.