Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy is coming off of the worst season of his NFL career, as the veteran rushed for just 514 yards and three touchdowns while averaging a meager 3.2 yards per carry.

At 30 years old (he turns 31 in July), it's hard to imagine McCoy ever recapturing the form that saw him make six Pro Bowls, but at the same time, it's difficult to envision McCoy being much worse in 2019.

The question is, can McCoy get back on track for the Bills this coming season?

Well, it depends what your definition of getting back on track is. If it means rebounding and having a respectable season in his old age (for NFL running back terms, anyway), then sure. If it means racking up over 1,000 yards like Adrian Peterson did with the Washington Redskins in 2018, then probably not.

Now, to be fair, McCoy is just two years removed from a Pro Bowl appearance, as he rushed for 1,138 yards and six scores in 2017. However, even that season, McCoy's decline was obvious, as he averaged a career-low (at the time) four yards per attempt.

Once the yards per carry begin to dip, it's a sign that the running back is losing acceleration and isn't able to make cuts or hit holes as quickly as he once did, and that has been blatantly obvious in the case of McCoy recently.

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The Bills have tried to shore up their ground game and make life easier for McCoy this offseason by signing fellow veteran Frank Gore, who seems to be aging much more gracefully than McCoy and is coming off of a pretty solid 2018 campaign.

By adding Gore, Buffalo is all but admitting that McCoy is not a full-time back anymore (duh) and is likely attempting to split carries between both rushers in order to keep them fresh.

As a result, McCoy may very well see an uptick in his efficiency this year, as the days of him logging over 200 carries a year are almost certainly over (although he totaled just 161 carries in 14 games this past season).

So, while McCoy almost certainly won't be having a Renaissance year like Peterson did in 2018 (and even Peterson's year wasn't as great as advertised, as he recorded just 4.2 yards per attempt), he will likely be more productive in a lesser role, and when it's all said and done, he may very well end up eclipsing his yardage total from this past year.

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Obviously, that doesn't seem like a huge accomplishment, as all McCoy needs to do is rush for 515 yards and he will exceed his output from 2018, but with Gore also likely to earn a fair amount of touches, McCoy simply won't have the same type of primacy in Buffalo's offense.

That isn't to say that McCoy won't still be important, as a consistent ground game will be imperative in helping young quarterback Josh Allen along in his development, but he will no longer have to be the featured back for the club.

Expect a better season from McCoy in 2019 as far as efficiency is concerned, but you still shouldn't expect him to regain his previous form. Chances are, that McCoy is long gone.