ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - The Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles have agreed in principle to a trade that will send running back LeSean McCoy to Buffalo and linebacker Kiko Alonso to Philadelphia, according to multiple sources.
The trade will become official next week when the league year begins on March 10, Adam Schefter of ESPN has reported.
"I just spoke with the Eagles organization and there is no trade for LeSean at this time. There have been discussions but nothing finalized," McCoy's agent Drew Rosenhaus said in a tweet near 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening.
McCoy finished third in football last season, rushing for 1,319 yards on 312 attempts for 5 touchdowns, and will seek to aid a Bills backfield that averaged only 25th in rushing in 2014.
He is signed with the Eagles through 2017 and was due an estimated $9.75 million next season, giving the team a $11.95 million cap hit.
Alonzo will seek to insert himself into an Eagles defensive backfield that this week saw the departure of cornerback Cary Williams and ten-year veteran outside linebacker Trent Cole.
Those cuts gave the Eagles $31.75 million against their salary cap, and Alonzo is still subject to his rookie contract, giving him $4.3 million over four seasons through 2016.
Alonzo missed all of last season with a torn ACL for Buffalo, though the season prior placed second in Rookie Defensive Player of the Year voting. He played college football at Oregon for current Eagles head coach Chip Kelly.
In 2013, Alonzo started all 16 games for the Bills, recording a team-best 159 tackles, adding 2 sacks, a forced fumble, two recovered fumbles, and four interceptions.
Buffalo added former Jets head coach Rex Ryan to the same position in the offseason and are looking to improve on a 9-7 record. Philadelphia finished 10-6 for the second straight season.
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