McCoy on bar fight: ‘Things like that can’t happen’

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PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Speaking to Buffalo-based reporters for the first time since he was investigated for his alleged role in a Philadelphia bar fight, a candid LeSean McCoy reflected Friday on how the incident affected how he approaches his life as a star NFL player.

“I had a long talk with Mr. (Roger) Goodell about the incident, just sitting back and viewing the whole situation,” McCoy said after Bills players reported to St. John Fisher College for training camp. “As a leader, the guy that I want to be for this team, things like that just can’t happen. There’s no excuses for it.

LeSean McCoy reported to training camp at 210 or 211 pounds, which the eighth-year running back believes is his lightest weight since his second season in 2010. AP Photo/Gary Wiepert

“You don’t hear about other guys like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady getting into incidents like that. So I think sometimes you get so lackadaisical about being successful as a football player, and then you let all the minor, small things go. In a situation like that, [if] you got security or you got even off-duty officers …

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