"He was the other running back in this football game. The one who wasn't leading the league in rushing. The one who wasn't leading the league in yards from scrimmage. The one who didn't come out of practice-squad nowhere.

He is LeSean McCoy. He isn't Arian Foster. And if the Houston Texans called the Eagles today and asked them if they'd have any interest in a straight-up trade after the season, coach Andy Reid and general manager Howie Long would need about a half-second to consider it and tell them thanks but no thanks.

The Eagles' second-year running back outplayed Foster last night in the Eagles' 34-24 win over the Texans, just like he outplayed the Titans' Chris Johnson and the Giants' Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs and the Falcons' Michael Turner and the 49ers' Frank Gore and just about every other running back the Eagles have faced this season.

Michael Vick is getting the national magazine covers and DeSean Jackson is getting all of the questions about his quest for a new contract. But the Eagles are 8-4 this morning every bit as much because of McCoy as Vick and Jackson.

For only the second time this season, McCoy recorded multiple touchdowns - one running and one receiving - in the much-needed win. He got an offense that has been pounding its head against the wall in the red zone off to a good start with scores on its first two possessions that gave the Eagles an early 14-3 lead and the confidence that they could move the ball on Houston. It was just the third time this season the Eagles have scored touchdowns on both of their first two possessions.

McCoy finished with 130 rushing and receiving yards on 20 touches. He rushed for 44 yards on 12 carries and had eight receptions for the second week in a row for 86 yards. He leads all NFL running backs in receptions with 67. He's on pace to finish with 89.

McCoy has been everything Reid had hoped he'd be when the Eagles selected him in the second round of the 2009 draft out of the University of Pittsburgh. He's a perfect fit for Reid's offense the same way his predecessor, Brian Westbrook, was.

He's a guy Reid and offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg can move all over the formation. He's a guy who can run, who can catch, who can block. Just ask Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher about that last one. McCoy stoned him on a blitz last week in the Bears' 31-26 win."