May 6, 2015 3 min read

Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan has no intention of putting “a muzzle” on his players. And that includes running back LeSean McCoy for questioning the motivations of his former coach, Chip Kelly.

“I’d rather just be ourselves,” Ryan said following the team’s voluntary conditioning session Wednesday. “I think the players are more comfortable doing that. I know I’m more comfortable doing that. And I think that’s the way it is. I think you’ll get a real feel for who we are.”

Ryan, however, declined to weigh in on the comments McCoy made to ESPN The Magazine regarding Kelly, the Philadelphia Eagles coach.

“You see how fast he got rid of all the good players. Especially all the good black players. He got rid of them the fastest,” McCoy was quoted as saying during a question-and-answer portion of an article published online earlier Wednesday. “But there’s a reason he got rid of all the black players the good ones like that.”

McCoy did not explain what he believed to be Kelly’s reasoning behind certain moves, though it was unclear whether he was asked.

McCoy only went so far as to reference reports that questioned the Eagles’ motivations for trading him and releasing star receiver DeSean Jackson a year earlier, while keeping receiver Riley Cooper.

McCoy, who led the NFL in rushing in 2013, spent six seasons in Philadelphia, including the past two under Kelly. The Eagles traded McCoy to Buffalo in March in exchange for linebacker Kiko Alonso, who played for Kelly at Oregon.

The Eagles then retooled their offensive backfield by signing running backs DeMarco Murray and Ryan Mathews in free agency.

The Bills did not make McCoy available for comment, and it’s unclear as to whether he took part in the session on Wednesday.

The Eagles declined comment.

Ryan referred questions to McCoy.

“I can’t even begin to tell you what happened there,” Ryan said. “I think you just talk to LeSean and leave it at that.”

Bears sign top pick, White: The Chicago Bears have agreed to a four-year contract with West Virginia receiver Kevin White, the seventh overall pick in the draft.

The Bears entered the draft with big needs on defense coming off a 5-11 season but took a play-making receiver to replace the traded Brandon Marshall with their top pick. For White, it was the next step on a meteoric rise from Lackawanna College in Scranton to West Virginia and a founding franchise in the NFL.

White’s contract includes a fifth-year option. The Bears also announced Wednesday a four-year deal with second-rounder Eddie Goldman, a defensive lineman from Florida State.

Bengals player passes tests: Bengals defensive end Michael Johnson didn’t pay much attention to the NFL draft last week. He was caught up in his long-awaited graduation.

Johnson got his bachelor’s degree in business administration last Saturday at Georgia Tech.

It took a lot of offseason studying, but he finally earned his diploma six years after Cincinnati took him in the draft.

Johnson said it meant a lot to get the degree. He was about 10 classes short when he left Georgia Tech, and he took classes at the college during three offseasons to meet the requirements.

He’s planning to have the diploma sent to his mother.