IS GLAD SPRING TRAINING IS FINALLY HERE
Unless he bumps his head on an overhead bin during the flight to San Diego today, Eagles running back Brian 
Westbrook will play Sunday against the Chargers, Westbrook's first action since suffering a scary concussion Oct. 26 at Washington.
Eagles coach Andy Reid, asked how Westbrook was listed after Friday's practice, said: "Playing. Probable."
Will Westbrook carry a normal workload?
"He'll continue to rotate (with rookie LeSean McCoy) and we'll just see how he does," Reid said. "I'm not going to just throw him in for the whole game. LeSean has done a nice job when he's been called on, so that gives us some flexibility."
Westbrook declined to speak with reporters. He left the locker room wearing a large ice bag on his battle-scarred left knee, a usual precaution after two days of indoor practice, with a long flight looming. Apparently, the ankle swelling that bothered Westbrook last week has not returned.
Reid reported that left tackle Jason Peters did not practice today and is listed as "questionable" with an ankle sprain. Reid wanted to keep his options open, as to whether Todd Herremans would slide over from left guard, or Herremans would stay put and King Dunlap would play for Peters. It would seem to be a moot point, though, since Peters looked affronted when a reporter informed him he was "questionable."
"I'm playing," Peters said.
Reid said Quintin Demps (ankle) practiced for the first time this week and is on schedule to return kicks at San Diego. Demps, the Eagles' regular kick returner last season, will replace Ellis Hobbs, out for the season after suffering a neck injury last Sunday against Dallas.
On the San Diego side of things, linebacker Shawne Merriman missed his second consecutive day of practice with a sore foot and is listed as questionable. Linebacker Shaun Phillips (ankle) practiced for the first time this week and is also questionable, although he is expected to play. Tight end Antonio Gates (foot) and running back LaDainian Tomlinson (hip) both practiced and are listed as probable.
To see our earlier post comparing the two starting quarterbacks, click here.
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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