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Friday, October 10, 2008
WESTBROOK AND BROWN OUT

Neither running back Brian Westbrook (fractured ribs) nor wide receiver Reggie Brown (strained groin) will be on the Eagles' charter flight to San Francisco for Sunday's game against the 49ers.

Westbrook will miss his second game in three weeks and Brown will miss his third game of the season after suffering his groin injury Wednesday during practice.

That leaves Correll Buckhalter starting again at tailback while Hank Baskett and DeSean Jackson figure to be the top two receivers. Wide receiver Kevin Curtis, who is recovering from surgery to repair a sports hernia, has practiced this week and did make the West Coast trip, but even if he plays it figures to be in a limited role.

Defensive end Juqua Parker (sprained knee) did not practice again today, but said Thursday he expects to play. The Eagles will have Victor Abiamiri back for the first time this season against the 49ers.

Reserve safety J.R. Reed also will not make the trip because of hamstring and ankle injuries, while guard Shawn Andrews will miss his fourth straight game with a lower back injury.

A FINE CELEBRATION

Apparently the NFL really is the No Fun League.

That's what Eagles rookies DeSean Jackson and Quintin Demps discovered this week when they were each fined $10,000 for celebrating Jackson's 68-yard punt return for a touchdown Sunday against the Washington Redskins.

Bob Grotz from the Delaware County Times first reported the fines, which were confirmed by a league source today.

Jackson and Demps have a routine where they look at each other and fold their arms while bobbing their heads after a big play. The league source said the two were fined for "specifically participating in a prohibited celebration along with another player."

Linebacker Tank Daniels was fined $5,000 "for unneccesary roughness" when he was penalized on a punt return by the Redskins' Antwaan Randle El in the second half. "Specifically, striking his opponent late and out of bounds," the league source said.

 

Posted by Bob Brookover @ 12:46 PM  Permalink | 16 comments
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Posted by bobmc 02:16 PM, 10/10/2008
Why is Tank Daniels still even on the team?
Posted by JoeC 02:32 PM, 10/10/2008
Is Chris Clemons still on the team? Maybe he should stay home too. What a bust.
Posted by starman 02:44 PM, 10/10/2008
who cares, this team is designed to sell parking spaces, beer, hotdogs, nachos, and team shirts. It really doesn't matter who plays as long as the seats at the Linc are full.
Posted by Big Ragu 03:29 PM, 10/10/2008
Tank - Sucks Chris - Sucks Eagles '09' - Suck ...time to start fresh
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Posted by justatc1 05:30 PM, 10/10/2008
here's a question- why is j.r. reed still on the team- he was above average like 3 years ago- andy is the king of letting guys hang around based on past "success"
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Posted by The Kid 07:39 PM, 10/10/2008
Hocus: Get a freakin life dude, i'm sick of seeing the same pointless comment of urs on every single Birds article it isn't like he is Kottite or Rhodes here, the guy took us to 4 str8 Championship games w not a real good O in 3 of the 4. If U wanna place the blame it rest squarely on the shoulders of TO, so U need to start up a SEND TO TO DETROIT petition or something and give this junk a rest he is only human just like U.
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Posted by BADMOTHERUPPER 02:57 AM, 10/11/2008
Cut R. Brown, he brings nothing! Hurt AGAIN, WTF??? These guys all need a talking to, and mandatory sprints! No heart, no discipline, NO FIRE! I am sick of being pumped up for mediocrity. They don't care so why should I? Whats up with Andy? All his teams = No Fire, No Intensity, No fear of being average. No Fear . Blocking and Tackling = Fundamental football. Bench them and tell us we are in a rebuilding mode!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by almar169 10:07 AM, 10/11/2008
WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR-WE'LL GET THEM THEN!!!!
Posted by essell 11:54 AM, 10/11/2008
BADMOTHERUPPER-Andy's teams are all soft like this tub of lard.He displays No emotion. No fire. No passion. Teams watch the coach and take their cue from him. He appears to make no in-game corrections and sends them back on the field to make the very same mistakes over and over. I don't detect any coaching-up whatsoever. The offense sit quietly on the bench with no guidance being provided. Andy Reid is a "great" coach. I hate it when posters overuse that word.
Posted by essell 11:56 AM, 10/11/2008
BADMOTHERUPPER-Andy's teams are all soft like this tub of lard.He displays No emotion. No fire. No passion. Teams watch the coach and take their cue from him. He appears to make no in-game corrections and sends them back on the field to make the very same mistakes over and over. I don't detect any coaching-up whatsoever. The offense sit quietly on the bench with no guidance being provided. Andy Reid is a "great" coach? I hate it when posters overuse that word.
Posted by libertyof76 03:10 PM, 10/12/2008
I hate the NFL's stupid prohibition on celebration. He scores his first TD on a punt, and gets fined for celebrated? That's dumb. NFL- let these men enjoy their spotlight.
Posted by rockinrob 03:19 PM, 10/12/2008
Kid I have to agree, Hocus has gotten so bad with this fire Andy mission, that they even mentioned in the newspaper. He is as bad as that Rockinrob dude.
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Bob Brookover, left, is in his seventh year of covering the Philadelphia Eagles after spending 15 years covering the Philadelphia Phillies for the Inquirer and two other newspapers. The 45-year-old Brookover lives in Delran with his wife Francine and roots for Notre Dame and Michigan State, the two schools attended by his children, Justine and Ryan. When Notre Dame plays Michigan State, he cheers for the school of the child he likes more at that particular moment.

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