SCORES TWICE AFTER A PUCK TO THE FACE
Bob Cooney filling in for your Eagletarians at Lehigh:
Shawn Andrews is scheduled to meet with his doctor in Arkansas today in what could pave the way for his return to the Eagles. In the first public comments from the Eagles organization since Andrews revealed his bout with depression to the Daily News, coach Andy Reid said:
"That's what he's gonna do (see a doctor today). It's a personal situation. I know everybody wants to know. I know Shawn came out publicly and gave you guys a statement here and there and that's what it is. We're working with him on it. There's a personal side to things. You've got to take care of business and that's what he's doing right now. It's very important that he does that and gets that part of his life taken care of."
When asked if Andrews is being fined the $15,000 a day for missing camp, an agitated Reid responded: "I haven't even gone there," and declined to discuss the matter further.
Following this morning's brief walkthrough, Reid announced how playing time will be split for tomorrow night's first preseason game at Pittsburgh.
Reid said the first and second units will each play 1 1/2 quarters and that the third unit would play the fourth quarter.
The coach also announced that newly acquired cornerback Asante Samuel will not play. Samuel has been battling a sore hamstring. That means the starting defensive backs will be Sheldon Brown and Lito Sheppard.
Other notables who won't see action are defensive end Victor Abiamiri, and defensive tackles Kimo von Oelhoffen and Montae Reagor.
Wide receiver Reggie Brown has a strained Achilles' tendon and probably will not see action. Reid said Greg Lewis would probably be the No. 2 receiver with the first team alongside other starter Kevin Curtis.
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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