The Philadelphia Eagles have released veteran running back Brian Westbrook, which comes as somewhat of a surprise.
Westbrook spent much of last season trying to get back on the field after suffering two concussions.
The team also drafted running back LeSean McCoy in the first round, and he has a lot of Westbrook in him.
At the same time, next year will be an uncapped one in the NFL and it probably wouldn’t have hurt to keep Westbrook around and give him one more chance.
The Eagles have always been a team willing to make moves regardless of what the player may mean to the fans and what he has done for the organization.
Friday, February 26, 2010 at 9:10 pm by steve
Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook says he will return for the 2010 NFL season, but it remains to be seen where he will play.
Westbrook could return to the Eagles simply because it is an uncapped year. If a salary cap was in place, it would be unlikely that he would return.
The running back missed most of last season after suffering two concussions and then dealing with the symptoms for weeks after the fact.
He was cleared to play late in the season, but saw little time on the field in the final couple of games and in the playoff loss to Dallas.
It will be interesting to see where Westbrook plays in 2010 and if he will be given the chance to see significant time on the field.
Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 4:31 pm by steve
The Philadelphia Eagles have hired former Buffalo Bills head coach Dick Jauron as an assistant.
Jauron will become the team’s secondary coach, which is a nice job to have with that talented group.
He is replacing Brian Stewart, who left after just one season to become the defensive coordinator at the University of Houston.
Jauron, who was fired after head coaching stints in Chicago and Buffalo, also was the interim head coach with Detroit for a short period of time.
He will give the Eagles a veteran defensive coach, something they do not have after the passing of Jim Johnson last year.
Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 9:54 am by steve
The NFL Pro Bowl was a tale of two stories for the nine Philadelphia Eagles who played in the game.
For the good, second-year receiver DeSean Jackson was robbed of Pro Bowl MVP honors simply because the AFC won the game. His six catches for 101 yards and two touchdowns electrified the 70,000 fans in Miami, especially on a 58-yard catch-and-go from Donovan McNabb where he turned on his burners and out-ran every pursuing defender.
David Akers also proved why he recently was named a member of the NFL’s All-Decade team, as the four-time Pro Bowler knocked down kicks of 47 and 39 yards in a post-season where kicker accuracy has been all but regular.
But with the good, there always comes some bad.
The worst offender was arguably Asante Samuel, who, like the rest of the defensive starters, decided to “play it easy” on the offensive Pro Bowl starters. Hopefully Samuel was just “playing it easy” when Chris Johnson took the first two screens for the AFC for 25 yards right at him. Let’s especially hope he was just “faking” how badly he got burned by Andre Johnson on the AFC’s first touchdown.
Let’s also pretend Donovan McNabb didn’t finish only 3-of-10 with an interception (and another negated by a penalty), gaining a majority of his yards on the 58-yard TD to Jackson. If McNabb can’t complete over 50 percent of his passes to the NFC’s best receivers, with the NFC’s best offensive line and very little defensive pressure from his opponent…when can he?
For a team that was the eighth most variant in the NFL according to Football Outsiders, the Eagles should work on establishing rhythm and consistency this offseason if they hope to return to the Super Bowl.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 10:14 pm by bryan
