LeSean McCoy

Buffalo Bills' LeSean McCoy responds to questions during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Bills won 28-21. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert)

(Bill Wippert)

Orchard Park, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy spoke to the media for the first time this offseason on Thursday and did so appearing looser than he has at almost any point in his tenure as a Bill.

When McCoy arrived in Buffalo in 2015, he did so under rocky circumstances. Having grown up in Pennsylvania, playing college football at Pittsburgh and playing his entire career with the Philadelphia Eagles, getting traded to Buffalo was a bit of a shock. He never got a reason for why he was traded, and McCoy didn't arrive in Buffalo in the brightest of spirits.

Now, after two productive years with the Bills, McCoy is coached by Sean McDermott, who he's familiar with from the two being in Philadelphia. He's embraced the community as well and will be hosting his annual charity softball game to support ALS in Rochester for the second time. In many ways, McCoy is finding his place in Western New York.

"It's a big difference," McCoy said. "Big difference. Hanging around Buffalo, there's time where I hang out on the weekends here. Before, every chance I got I tried to leave and get out of here. Even just family members coming up. You go from a place where you're always there to somewhere else, you have to adjust and adapt. I've done that. This is like home to me."

Buffalo tends to have that effect on people over time. McCoy is happy and healthy, and entering his age-29 season, McCoy thinks he has plenty left in the tank. He's 1,046 rushing yards away from 10,000 for his career, but it's 12,000 that he's really chasing.