IS TAKING DOC TO SEE THE DOC
With veterans Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook and Kevin Curtis sitting out with injuries, the Eagles’ 34-14 victory over Kansas City was one for the young players.
The offensive starters featured Kevin Kolb at quarterback, DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin at wide receiver and LeSean McCoy at running back. Rookies Maclin and McCoy were making their first career starts.
“I’m glad to see that,” Reid said. “You got a lot of young faces in that huddle … That’s a plus.”
As the Eagles head to the bye week, Reid said he expects McNabb and Westbrook to back when the schedule resumes against Tampa Bay.
Westbrook was listed as questionable with an ankle injury, but ended up not playing.
“It just never got better,” Reid said of Westbrook’s injury. “There was soreness in the ankle, not swelling. There was inflammation in the tendon. We couldn’t get the soreness out of there. I don’t think it’s a long-lasting thing. This week will be good week for him to recover and he’ll be back out there.”
Reid also made it clear that there will be no decision if McNabb is healthy.
“Donovan is the quarterback of the team,” he said. “I don’t think it’s a problem for Kevin. I don’t think it’s a problem for the team. And I don’t think it’s a problem for me.”
On Kolb, Reid said. “I thought he had a good day. That’s a compliment to the kid. It’s always tougher your second game.”
On McCoy: “I thought he protected well. He ran the ball well. I thought he played well all the way around, a complete game. He was aggressive in carrying the football. He held the football a little tighter this week.”
On Maclin: “I thought Jeremy Maclin did well for his first game.”
The biggest story line going into the game was Michael Vick, who finished 0-for-2 passing and one carry for 7 yards. Reid said he did not set a percentage of plays for Vick’s debut. Vick was on the field for 11 plays.
“We wanted to get him in and just get him gradually back in with the speed of the game,” Reid said. “We wanted to knock some of the rust off. We accomplished that.”
Reid also lauded the defensive effort.
“The defense played exceptionally well,” Reid said. “They were flying around. I just thought as a group they swarmed to the football, they did a heck of a job.”
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
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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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