LeSean McCoy will be in the last year of his 4 year rookie contract in 2012, though the Eagles will retain the right to franchise him like the Bears did with Matt Forte and the Ravens did with Ray Rice this offseason. However, it doesn’t sound like either side wants it to come to that as the two parties are having what the Philadelphia Enquirer calls “very productive” talks. McCoy, who doesn’t turn 24 until July, still has a lot of years left and expects to get a deal that surpasses the 5 year 43.5 million dollar deal Arian Foster got earlier this offseason. The Inquirer calls that contract the “starting point” in negoations between McCoy and the Eagles.

It sounds like the Eagles, who have already given long term deals to Evan Mathis, Todd Herremans, DeSean Jackson, and Trent Cole this offseason, are very interested in locking up McCoy, who had 20 touchdowns last year, long term, probably to avoid a situation like what happened between them and Jackson this season and what’s happening between Rice and the Ravens and Forte and the Bears this offseason. I expect it to get done.