1. Shady is motivated

The addition of new competition in the form of his friend Frank Gore and a rookie in Devin Singletary. The rumors of being moved off of Buffalo's roster and the talk of him losing a step at age 31. All of it has LeSean McCoy supremely motivated for the 2019 season.

McCoy spoke for the first time on the final day of training camp Tuesday, and is ready to silence the critics.

"I'm the guy. I feel like that. That's what I've been told," said McCoy. "That's my every day approach. We're all a team and trying to help each other out to win games, compete against each other and make each other better. Me and Frank have been competing for years. We train in the offseason and we're always trying to beat each other. I'm excited for the challenge."

McCoy admits that things might be a bit different for him knowing the whispers that are out there about where his personal game is at coming off a season of career lows in rushing yards and yards per carry. Now in his 10th NFL season, McCoy has learned to use that negativity as fuel.

"There's always talk about something," he said. "Whether it's off the field, on the field. Whether it's age, my salary, there's always something. So I learned to use that as motivation. That's something that Frank has taught me. No matter what goes on they'll look for the guy with the name or the money. So it motivates me in different ways."

Though McCoy's offseason training regimen remained largely the same, the team's feature back did start earlier this spring. He's happy with the new additions to the offensive line and receiving corps believing it will lead to a more balanced offense.

And he also believes that a 1,000-yard rushing season is attainable for him in 2019.

"I think so. That's the goal. The main goal is winning games and being productive," McCoy said. "Making every play count. Once you do that then good things, the stats come along with it. When you focus on the numbers or the yards then you don't get them. The first goal is to make every play count and work hard and win games and the stats and all that other stuff will follow."

McCoy has heard all the trade rumors as well over the past two seasons and is using that to drive him harder as well.

"For the last two years people have been saying that. If that was the case I'd have been gone," McCoy said. "Two teams were trying to get me so if I was gone, they would've gotten something for me. It's common sense."

For McCoy, all of that is outside noise. The season is a month away and McCoy is locked in on returning to form and nothing else.