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LeSean McCoy

👤 Speaker
118 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Well, it's tricky because the few quarterbacks in the last five, six years, these guys have been like all pro quarterbacks.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Brady, he's still one in there.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Stafford's still one in there.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Mahomes got three in there.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

These ain't just regular guys just winning Super Bowls.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

In 2019, I was blessed to be with the Kansas City Chiefs, and I won a championship with them guys.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Patrick Mahomes had to come back in the fourth quarter to win that game.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

But then I look across the field, we're playing the Niners.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

The whole week, the game preparation was all we got to do was get the third down.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Why is that?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Because we want this quarterback that was paid all this money to throw the ball on third down.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

His name was Jimmy G.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

That's who that was.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

The brother threw like 40-something passes the whole playoffs, and the undrafted running backs carried them.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

The quarterback got all the credit for taking to the Super Bowl, and he did the bare minimum.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Or we go to New York.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

A dude like Saquon Barkley can be that good, and you'd rather pay Daniel Jones.

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

How the hell is that fair?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

Now, it's a copycat league, right?

Freakonomics Radio
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? (Update)

If the Eagles are going to win the Super Bowl, they want to copycat that.