ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy said Wednesday that team ownership has been "very supportive" throughout his ongoing legal situation and his teammates continue to trust him amid allegations of child abuse.
"I have tons of conversations with the team, the ownership, the owners, my coaches, my head coach, my teammates," he said. "On Sundays I wear a 'C' on my jersey [as a captain] for a reason. Guys trust me. They believe in me. I'm honest to them."
Coach Sean McDermott said Wednesday that the team's stance regarding the running back's ongoing legal situation has not changed.
"Nothing has changed as far as we're concerned," McDermott said. "We've gotten the information that we need at this point. There's no crystal ball. Nobody has a crystal ball. We're just going to take it one day at a time right now."
McDermott said McCoy contacted him Tuesday after Stephanie Maisonet, the mother of McCoy's 6-year-old son, filed an affidavit in Fulton County (Georgia) court supporting an active lawsuit against McCoy by his ex-girlfriend, Delicia Cordon. The lawsuit accuses McCoy of abusing his son and being connected to a July 10 home invasion in which Cordon was injured.
McCoy's attorneys filed a motion last week to dismiss the lawsuit and a motion to strike Cordon's claims of child abuse while denying the allegations. McCoy released a statement Tuesday calling statements made in Maisonet's affidavit as "provably false" and "outrageously inaccurate."
He continued to defend himself Wednesday.
"It's ridiculous," he said. "I love my son. Anybody that knows me or ever has seen me around my boy, they know what type of relationship we have. ... But we're in court with everything. We'll see what happens."
In an Instagram post Tuesday, Maisonet said that McCoy's son came to her saying he saw McCoy hit his ex-girlfriend in the face twice. That allegation was not included in Maisonet's affidavit.
"In this world, with social media, you can say what you want," McCoy said Wednesday. "The cameras and everybody will take it and run with it. I can't control that. The only thing I can control is being a great dad and being the person [I] potentially grew up to be. That's all I can do."
The NFL and the Bills did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
McDermott declined to say Wednesday whether the Bills have investigated accusations made against McCoy, beyond speaking to him.
"He's done everything that I've asked him to do," McDermott said. "Other than that, nothing's really changed in terms of where we were in training camp. I've been pleased with the way he's handled himself from the start of training camp all the way through, and I look forward to having him on the field this week."
McCoy was limited during Wednesday's practice because of an injury to rib cartilage he suffered in Sunday's loss to the Los Angeles Chargers; he wore a noncontact jersey at practice.
"I'm just worried about running full speed without too much pain," he said Wednesday. "I can kind of deal with getting hit and that type of pain."
McCoy said he will wear protective equipment over his ribs Sunday if he plays.
"I'll probably make that decision about Saturday [or] Friday, see if I can actually go out there and run full tilt, full speed with no pain," he said. "But it might be some pain. I'll have to deal with it."