McNabb and Westbrook practice; Trotter with first team
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McNabb and Westbrook practice; Trotter with first team
Jeff McLane and Bob Brookover
Donovan McNabb and Brian Westbrook returned to practice today, according to several of their Eagles teammates. The quarterback and running back had been out with injuries. The Eagles returned to practice today after the bye week off.
McNabb sat out the last two games with a fractured rib. He suffered the injury in the opener against the Panthers. It's fairly safe to say that his practicing today means he will be able to start Sunday's game against Tampa Bay. Backup Kevin Kolb performed admirably in McNabb's absence, losing to the Saints but coming back to beat Kansas City.
McNabb declined to comment. He is scheduled to meet with the media on Wednesday, as is coach Andy Reid.
Westbrook missed last week's game against the Chiefs because of an ankle sprain. He didn't practice the week leading up to the game and was listed as doubtful. LeSean McCoy filled in for Westbrook and ran for 85 yards and a TD. Even before the injury, Westbrook had gotten off to a slow start in the first two games.
He was unavailable for comment.
Kevin Curtis said he practiced today. The wide receiver didn't play against the Chiefs because of a knee sprain.
Todd Herremans was able to walk around today without the assistance of a scooter. The guard, who has been out all season with a stress facture in his foot, is scheduled to meet with doctors today. He said the doctor could give the OK to lose the boot that has been protecting his left foot. Herremans said that a return by the Washington game on Oct. 26 is still very much in the cards. He hopes to be back by the Oakland game the week prior.
Quintin Demps (hamstring) said that he's back practicing, too. The backup safety has been out since the opener.
Jeremiah Trotter, meanwhile, had his first practice with the team since returning to the Eagles last week. The linebacker said that he was splitting first team reps with Omar Gaither on run downs. Gaither was unavailable for comment.
Trotter has his old locker stall and his old number back. He got the No. 54 from Tracy White (who now wears No. 52) and the stall from J. Leman, a practice squad linebacker.
The players have off tomorrow and will resume preparations for the Bucs on Wednesday.
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The saints have one of the better defenses in the league.— dmanns- just stop already with the kolb bashing dude...you just sound stupid— fkd629
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- DonovawillwintheSB.....maybe you should change your name too...DonovanillintheSB....I think it's a more realistic name, based on historical fact and not a figment of your imagination. That being said, I hope he does win it.— bonnerlou
Yesterday, Dallas' defense seemed overwhelmed against Buckhalter and Broncs until Buck got hurt. Romo looked lost in second half, as usual. Eagles should be able to beat the Cowchokes, and beating them twice would be wonderful.- A shame that it is news that 5 & 36 practice.— JBP
- Yeah, kinda hard to make an argument about that "non-existant" (existEnt, btw)Saints defense after what they did to the Jets yesterday. If you wanted to argue that Kolb looked DECENT putting up a ton of garbage-time yardage against the Saints after his (and Hobbs') mistakes had put the Saints out in front by a wide margin, and followed it up with a great game against a truly lousy KC defense, I'd be with you. Not sure how well Donovan would've done against that Saints D, though - although I know he wouldn't have thrown that pick to Scott Shanle.— JLB
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- Way too many folks that are emotionally invested in Donovan. Suspect its not about football.— Harrylime
- The Giants are the best team in the East. Period. The Eagles must all get well from these nagging injuries. Then, getting the O out speedily with the Cat and other options, the team could be a great surprise. The D, as usual, is the key. If the D can stay fresh, they could still surprise the better teams. But, many sites have them ranked about 12 in power ratings and after the next two games, they should win and be up a bit. We shall see. It is always the easy games that Philly teams lose.— KGKoons
- Just get behind your freaking team. Theres plenty time to complain after the season ends. Its week 4. We wont know what this team is made of until they face the NFC east anyway.— MTust24
- "Seed" did you drop out of school in the 3rd or 4th grade?— K_Ball
- Whip up on the Bucs and the Raiders. Hopefully D-Mac will find a rhythm and everyone stays healthy heading into to meat of the schedule. Eli is havinga MRI on his leg. Might be trouble in Giant Land!— Sharpy24
