Buffalo Bills running back Lesean McCoy

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly meets with LeSean McCoy during NFL football practice at the team's training facility, Thursday, June 6, 2013, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Orchard Park, N.Y. — Chip Kelly wanted to call LeSean McCoy.

The Philadelphia Eagles' head coach wanted to be the one to tell his star running back that he had been traded to the Buffalo Bills. But when he called, he got McCoy's voice mail. The 2013 rushing champion was taking a nap after training all day. That's when Kelly says the Buffalo Bills leaked the trade, according to Dan Graziano of ESPN. By the time McCoy woke up, he had dozens of text messages from people who had learned of the trade while he was sleeping.

"So, I called my agent to see exactly what was going on, and he said it was true," McCoy said in his introductory press conference Tuesday. "We talked about it and my first reaction definitely was, I was disappointed just because my team didn't really … I didn't know what was going on. I had been in Philadelphia my whole life. For the six years, it was great. But, once I sat down and relaxed, I had some thought to myself. I talked to my family and I felt it was the best move. I felt like a team actually wanted me. It was possible to make this trade go through. They want a player and a running back that's going to give them everything they have, 110 percent. So, at the end of the day, I'm happy to be here."

McCoy made plenty of references to feeling appreciated in Buffalo and says the trade caught him off guard, even though Kelly insists that wasn't his intention.

"Yeah, it sounds crazy, I didn't know," McCoy said. "I talked to my coaches before I left for the exit meetings. I knew I had a big cap hit, so I knew there would be some conversations about, you know, trying to fix the contract to help out with the cap, restructuring. But, other than that, I actually didn't know anything until that week."

Either way, McCoy has a new contract worth $26.5 million guaranteed and will be featured in an offense that figures to run the ball quite a bit under Rex Ryan and Greg Roman. If anything, Kelly may have given McCoy a bit of added motivation for 2015.