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Wide receiver DeSean Jackson will “continue to test him and go through the process,” coach Andy Reid said Monday, a day after Jackson suffered a concussion in the third quarter against Washington.
Reid described Jackson as "OK. He doesn't feel bad today."
“We’ll just see how he does over the next few days,” Reid said, adding that the Eagles will do everything that the league wants them to do in terms of concussion treatment or diagnosis.
Also, running back Brian Westbrook will be re-examined this week in Pittsburgh, Reid said. He said he trainer Rick Burkholder was arranging the appointment. The concussion specialists in Pittsburgh had wanted to see Westbrook 2-3 weeks after their previous exam. The doctors said they expected him to make a “full recovery.”
“I know a lot is being said about concussions,” Reid said. “We are as conscious as they come with concussions. We are going to do everything within our power to get [Jackson] the proper treatment and diagnosis. To compare to Brian’s, are we going to be more cautious? No. We’re always cautious. We’re going to do what we do.”
Reid said the team will not do anything to hinder Jackson’s future.
Jackson left Sunday's game in the third quarter with what the team initially called head and neck injuries. Jackson was hit by Redskins linebacker London Fletcher as Jackson was coming across the field.
“That hit was more of the shoulder,” Reid said. “It really wasn’t on the head."
Wide receiver Kevin Curtis remains out, but Reid said the Eagles are not considering placing him on injured reserve at this point, even with Jackson possibly being sidelined.
As for Westbrook, Reid said, “I’m not sure exactly what step the doctor will take with him. I don’t know that. We’ll see what phase the doctor feels he’s at and the doctor will determine what he will do. If that’s going back on the field, we’ll do that. If that’s more conditioning work in the weight room with Rick, we’ll do that.”
Westbrook had a mild headache last week after a workout.
The Eagles have a lengthy list of other injuries: Brodrick Bunkley has an ankle sprain, Brent Celek has a thumb sprain, Todd Herrmans has a shoulder sprain, Tracy White has a chest contusion, Will Witherspoon has a foot sprain, Jason Peters is recovering from his sprained ankle but played.
Of Celek, Reid said the injury is “something he can function with” and that he did not think Celek would need surgery.
Linebacker Akeem Jordan missed his second consecutive game with a hyperextended knee. Jordan "is making progress, there is a chance to possibly get back this week. We’ll see how that works out."
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
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