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LeSean McCoy #25 of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half at Lincoln Financial Field on November 13, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rob Carr | Getty Images)

The Eagles reported blockbuster trade, sending running back LeSean McCoy to the Buffalo Bills for inside linebacker Kiko Alonso, can't be completed until March 10 when the new NFL league year begins.

That is, of course, assuming McCoy doesn't kill the deal between now and then.

According to ESPN's Josina Anderson, a source close to McCoy says the running back is "not happy" about going to Buffalo.

When asked if McCoy could try to block the deal from happening, the source said, per Anderson, that McCoy is "not going to make it easy, that's for sure."

Although McCoy doesn't have the power to stop the trade from happening, he can tell the Bills he has zero interest in playing for them.

If that is the case, and the Bills decide they don't want the headache of trying to convince him, the Bills could renege on the deal, which wouldn't become official until Tuesday.

"It'll be interesting to see how this process plays itself out because he's an interesting individual," a source close to McCoy told Anderson. "In your mind, when you think of Buffalo, you think of cold and losing games. It's not like it's the Philadelphia market, where you're always on TV and you're playing for like the division title or that type of thing. ... It was unexpected. I'll tell you that much."

"He's a Pennsylvania kid," the source continued. "He's never played football outside of Pennsylvania — high school, college, pro. So, of course, he's not happy. Sounds like it's pretty final to me, unless LeSean is refusing to go to Buffalo."

In the meantime, Bills head coach Rex Ryan, widely recognized as a players' coach, has time to soften McCoy and convince him to become part of a new regime in Buffalo.



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