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The Eagles regained wideout Reggie Brown for Wednesday's practice but were without tight end L.J. Smith as they began preparations for Sunday's visit to Seattle.
Brown, who has missed the last two games with a groin injury, apparently will play this week, giving Donovan McNabb a full complement of wideouts for the first time this season.
Eagles coach Andy Reid said right guard Shawn Andrews, who underwent back surgery last week, was to have a checkup Wednesday with his surgeon, Dr. Robert Watkins.
Other highlights from Wednesday's festivities at NovaCare: Asked about Seattle linebacker Lofa Tatupu, Reid noted that the Eagles want to "make sure we know where he's at." No kidding. Tatupu intercepted A.J. Feeley three times last season in the loss that might have ended the Birds' illusions of being a playoff contender.
Reid said he would not press Smith to return, that he would rely on medical assessments. "I understand that your
brain is fairly important," he said. (Really, that's what he said. With kind of a smile at the end, like, "I can't believe I just said that.")
Reid also critiqued McNabb's creaky touchdown dance Sunday after the QB's first TD run since 2006, "if you consider that a dance."
Ooooohhh. Snap.
McNabb seemed to agree he was not in top hoofing form. "I haven't been in the end zone for a while," he said.
Brian Westbrook was asked about the possibility that the Eagles might look past the 2-5 Seahawks to next week's home encounter with the 6-1 Giants."We can't have any lapses" after losing three winnable games already, he said.
Oh, and Reid once again voiced his support for the Phils, though he did not repeat his Monday guarantee of a World Series victory. "They're right there," he said.
Les
Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News
since 2002.
Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les
only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no
penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite
what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News
from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much
lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their
two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey.
E-mail Les at bowenl@phillynews.com
and follow
him on Twitter.
Paul
Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982.
He has spent most of his nearly 3 decades with the paper covering the
Eagles and pro football. For the last 10 years, he’s been a
selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre
and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo started his career in Texas,
working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas
Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was
boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to
blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley,
a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over
that Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State 5 years ago, have 2 terrific
daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy,
25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team.
E-mail Domo at PDomo@aol.com and follow
him on Twitter.
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