IS GETTING ITS DRAFT BOARD READY
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.
Paul Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982. He has spent most of his 27 years at 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 came to the Daily News from the Fort Worth (Tx.) Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually wa s boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose two sports coats to blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley, a University of Oklahoma grad and very dangerous to be around following a Sooner loss, have been married 29 years and have raised 2 terrific daughters – Allison, 26, a lawyer and graduate of Boston University School of Law; and Amy, 23, who graduated from Clemson and works in marketing and sales for a professional baseball team.
