Sorry Fred, but that job was snatched the minute Shady McCoy signed his $50 million extension.
The Bills didn’t trade for LeSean McCoy and give him a huge new contract to be a backup. Fred Jackson has been in the league long to understand that’s how it works.
Jackson — who started for the Bills most of last season and led the team with 141 carries for 525 yards — says he won’t make it easy for McCoy.
“They want him to take the majority of the load,” Jackson told the Buffalo News. “But I’m not going to make it easy for him. I’m not going to just hand it to him and say, ‘Here’s the job.’”
At 34, Jackson is the NFL’s oldest running back. But he hopes he’s not going to be phased out.
“I don’t know what my role is going to be yet,” he said. “I’m going to push him. Every time I get a chance to touch the ball, I’m going to make every play that I can when I’m out there. So, hopefully, by me doing that, I’ll make him take his game to the next level.”