Babin, Anderson Say They're Ready
The Philadelphia Daily News - Eagletarian
Babin, Anderson Say They're Ready
Les Bowen, Daily News Staff Writer
The Eagles held their first regular-season practice Monday in the NovaCare bubble, under drizzly Labor Day skies. Afterward, both defensive end Jason Babin and special teams ace Colt Anderson said they are 100 percent healthy and ready to play Sunday at Cleveland.
Babin's status wasn't a shock; the Eagles have been taking it wasy with the calf strain Babin suffered early in training camp. But for Anderson, nine months removed from ACL surgery, Monday was the first practice with the team. He has been working out on his own all through the preseason. The first inkling Anderson might play came when the team chose to activate him rather than stashing him on the PUP list when time came to cut the roster down to 53 on Friday.
"I told you guys it was day-to-day, and it was, up until the very last minute. We just didn't know what we were going to do," Anderson said. "Talking with the trainer and head coach, we thought this was the best way to go."
Anderson, nominally a safety, said he doesn't feel he needs to see how his knee responds to the practice to be sure he's ready to play. "It's not going to swell," he said. He said the decision on whether he's actually going to play this week will be up to the coaches.
Babin said he "knocked the rust off today" and doesn't feel starting the regular season with no preseason snaps is going to be a problem. (In all the years this situation has come up, there has yet to be a guy to say, "Oh, yeah, that's gonna be tough. I'm probably going to stink Week 1, for sure.")
Eagles coach Andy Reid wanted to make extra sure Babin ewas healed because, Reid said, calf injuries can linger if they don't get completely resolved. "I don't have any long-term worries about the injury nagging at me," Babin said.
Nice to see Colt is about ready to go. He is one of the best tacklers on the team.— fanup- I know things are lean at the DN these days, but don't you have a least a spell checker. If not, you could proof-read this 6 paragraph story before you post it. GoBirds!
I hope that if Colt is out there streaking down the field blowing up the Browns' returns, I hope 'Sunshine' Cooper and the Invisible LB Matthews are out there with him earning their paycheck and justifying their roster spots.— gobirds17 - Wow Jason Babin is going to be the first player in the histrionics of the NFL to be able to take the entire training camp and pre-season off, and be ready to go without missing a beat or any signs of rust.
I give all the credit to Howie and Andy on this one. They certainly know how to sign the right free agents. My prediction is less positive because I think he re-injures the calf and is is a non-factor for the entire season as he tries to battle back. Eagles fans everywhere will thank their lucky stars that they are deep at D-end.— rockinrob - Rockinrob, Babin will be fine, he is a veteran they know how to prepare themselves for the season. I'm actually dealing with a bad calf myself right now, as a runner it sux. I do agree that they tend to linger even worse than a bad hammy and flare up again without any notice. I say he'll be fine if he's healthy, but like you pointed out they have plenty of depth there so why worry? All my concerns are at
QB, LB, S and OL. If at least 3 of 4 of those can turn out to be at least above average and the 4th isn't atrocious they have a shot at getting to the playoffs.— TrollExterminator - I'm not sure what 1.1% unhealed means except that it means that the calf is not done healing. We can sit him another week until we hear '100%.'— HeelYes
- レイバン アビエイターを話すなら、その歴史を話さなければならない。レイバンはアメリカを拠点とするのアイウェアのブランドで、年齢を問わずに大人気。レイバン ウェイファーラーなどは、光のまぶしさを取り除くだけではなく、反射光も除去してくれる視界クリアにする働きも優秀。 (HTML deleted)— ray1214
- VERY GOOD POINT RAY. YES, REID SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED YEARS AGO. BUT NEXT TIME REFRAIN FROM THE USE OF CAPS. IT IS VERY UPSETTING TO MANY READERS WITH SMALL BRAINS. — bedpan
- Let them play, they are both pretty good at what they do.— Paul SoTX
- Hey Ray,it's all greek to me.— sewell guy
- Makes as much sense as you guys do.— tpizza
- IMO, Babin's going to be a bust this season. The reason why the guy is where he is; hard work. He resurrected his career after being a classic underachiever. Why? Hard work. Now that he has the money, he sounds like a guy who's taking it easy.— beegal99
- Babin did have some training camp, like 2 days before he was shutdown..— teenwolf
