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Linebacker Chris Gocong is listed as doubtful after missing his third consecutive day of practice with quadriceps and hamstring injuries suffered against the Giants.
Rookie Moise Fokou would start in his place.
“He’ll be ready,” coach Andy Reid said of Fokou. “He’s worked hard at that. Even when Chris was healthy, he took a couple of reps in practice and stayed on top of things.”
Brian Westbrook did not practice today after practicing the last two days, but coach Andy Reid was unconcerned. He is listed as questionable. Westbrook has not played since a concussion suffered against Washington.
" He has had two hard days of work and really the young kid (LeSean McCoy) hasn’t gotten a ton of reps so like I’ve done on other Fridays I kept Brian out and limited," said Reid, who added that Westbrook has not had any headaches.
As for Westbrook’s role against Dallas, Reid said, “I think he can contribute a bunch here. We’ve been rotating (Westbrook and LeSean McCoy), so that’s what we will continue to do.”
Defensive linemen Victor Abiamiri and Brodrick Bunkley returned to practice after being limited Thursday with knee issues. Reid said he is confident that Bunkley and Chris Clemons, who has been hampered by a shoulder and elbow injury, will play.
Abiamiri is listed as doubtful, Bunkley as questionable and Clemons as probable.
“Abiamiri is further away than the other two,” Reid said.
Nick Cole is expected to start at right guard.
Safety Macho Harris (ankle) is also listed as questionable.
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.
