Pitt product LeSean McCoy discusses potential for return to Eagles

LeSean McCoy doesn’t even have a team at the moment.

But the former Pitt running back and Harrisburg native, known for his on-field flash, grabbed some attention this week with an appearance on “Good Morning Football.” Watch the whole interview here.

McCoy has more than 11,000 yards and 73 touchdowns in an 11-year NFL career, and he helped the Kansas City Chiefs win a Lombardi Trophy last season, though he didn’t suit up for the Super Bowl.

The free agent and potential Hall of Famer discussed on the morning show where he might play next season — with one of the show’s hosts even mentioning the Steel City — as well as “the worst decision of my life.”

Shady, 31, acknowledged that he’s approaching the end of his career.

What's next for @CutonDime25?

"One more year, for sure. Just to put my stamp on it." pic.twitter.com/1GnOKs2kP9

— GMFB (@gmfb) May 13, 2020

“I think this (is the) last go around, for the last time, just to put my stamp on my career, and I want to leave off the way I came in — you know, a hard worker, man, and with some success. I’ll probably put one more year together, depending on how I feel, but one year for sure, man, just to put my stamp on it,” he said.

“I’m going to talk to a lot of different teams now. The difference I think now and before when I went to Kansas City is I kind of can control it. It’s earlier. I have enough time to pick the right team, the right situation. When I got released, it was so quick. I had so many teams coming at me, I didn’t know where to go, but I knew (Chiefs coach) Andy Reid.”

Host Kay Adams asked McCoy about the possibility of returning to Philadelphia, where he spent his first six years in the pros, based on a comment he made on Instagram, “Philadelphia=home.”

He noted the Eagles have “an emerging superstar” in Miles Sanders but signaled a willingness to be a mentor rather than a feature back.

“I could see that,” McCoy said.

“Since I left, you haven’t seen a 25, active, in green. So you never know. You never know. I’ll keep my options open, but I definitely can see myself there in Philly. Like I said, that’s home. So you never know.”

Co-host Peter Schrager chimed in, “I think some fans in Pittsburgh wouldn’t mind seeing Shady go back home there, also,” broaching the possibility of McCoy signing with the Steelers.

Wherever he ends up, McCoy said he feels he has a lot to give.

“I’m at a point where I want to win. I want to contribute. I want to do everything possible to help the team win,” he said. “I went from the roles of being the guy to now just trying to fit in and help out. I’m still hungry. I want to end this thing on he right foot. Any young guys in the locker room, I’ll be good to them, I think, just by being an example, being the first guy to work, last guy to leave, show them the work ethic, things like that.”

Co-host Kyle Brandt brought up the furor McCoy ignited on social media last year by spoiling one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s biggest character deaths after seeing the blockbuster “Avengers: Endgame.”

McCoy put his head in his hands.

“That was the worst decision of my life,” he lamented, smiling.

Remember when LeSean McCoy tweeted about Tony Stark in Avengers: Endgame before anybody saw it?

We asked him about it. Incredible response ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/yRd8brzBb3

— Kyle Brandt (@KyleBrandt) May 13, 2020

“I tweeted it just having fun. But I didn’t know the reaction of the people. I didn’t know that,” he said. “If I knew that, I would have never tweeted that. I didn’t know that people really got into them cartoons like that. I apologize. It was terrible.”

He said even people he met in the grocery store let him hear about it.

“I felt terrible about that,” he said. “I really did, man.”