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Michael Vick was still unable to practice Christmas Day, as the Eagles wrapped up their week of preparation for Brian Dawkins and the Denver Broncos.
Vick, who suffered a quad bruise on a tackle by former Eagle Michael Lewis last Sunday against the 49ers, is unlikely to have much of a role in the Birds' offense this week. But the Eagles obviously want to have him available at least as an emergency third quarterback, behind Donovan McNabb and Kevin Kolb.
"That's what we're trying to work toward," Vick said.
"He’s sore," Eagles coach Andy Reid said." If he can work in there, we’ll have that option of having three quarterbacks"
Reid said Vick will be available if “he can function without getting hurt. I don’t want to put him out there if he’s going to hurt himself.”
Brian Westbrook completed his practice week of work with no setbacks and is scheduled to return to action against the Broncos after two concussions.
“He’s done well this week. We’ve been (indoors) on turf for the three days. There’s certain things we’re going to do with him both in the run game and in the pass game so we’ll see how he does. We’re not going to expect him to play every play, the whole game. That’s not what we’re doing going into this,” Reid said.
Eagles practice squad linebacker/safety Rashard Langford, who had been the scout team guy mimicking NFL sacks leader Elvis Dumervil this week, got an unexpected Christmas present Thursday night when he was signed by the Chiefs. Eagles practice squadders have been in high demand this season -- Langford was the last member of the season-opening practice squad group still with the team.
Finally, in the spirit of Holiday season inclusiveness:
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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