AP

In the days before the Bills traded for LeSean McCoy, C.J. Spiller said that a return to the Bills was a possibility and that the ball was in the team’s court to keep him off the open market.

The Bills’ move for McCoy closed the door on that possibility, but it appears the Bills were interested in bringing Spiller back before deciding to pull the trigger on the deal. Dianna Marie Russini of NBC Washington reports that Spiller turned down an offer from the Bills that would have paid him $4.5 million per year before they opted to make the deal with the Eagles.

There are no further details about the length of the contract or guaranteed money so we don’t have the fullest picture of how the offer might stack up with what other teams are willing to give Spiller. Running backs haven’t struck it particularly rich in free agency of late, but Spiller’s probably not unrealistic to think he can do a bit better than $4.5 million a year in a league where Toby Gerhart and Donald Brown each got deals with an average of $3.5 million a year as free agents before last season.

Spiller will be a guest on PFT Live at 2:35 p.m. ET on Wednesday, so you can see what he has to say about his future when he joins Mike Florio by clicking right here.