Eagles lose westbrook for a few games

chicago JK

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too bad, the kid looks like a good player. Although not sure if he will be able to take the pounding of being a lead back. I think he is the type of back that Julius will end up being. Maybe high end being a Tiki Barber or Travis Henry type.
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Eagles running back Brian Westbrook has a broken rib and could miss up to two games, an NFL source said Tuesday night.


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Westbrook, Philadelphia's leading rusher, could miss Sunday's game against Baltimore and the team's Nov. 7 game at the Pittsburgh Steelers, the source told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.



The Eagles refused to comment. Coach Andy Reid is expected to address the injury on Wednesday.



Westbrook was hurt in the fourth quarter of the Eagles' 34-31 overtime victory against Cleveland. He was replaced against the Browns by Dorsey Levens, who had 48 yards on seven carries as Philadelphia won it sixth straight game.



Westbrook leads the Eagles with 458 yards rushing. He also 31 catches for 249 yards.



A dangerous special teams player who returned two punts for TDs last year, Westbrook isn't being used as a returner to avoid risking an injury. He missed one regular-season game last year with an ankle injury and sat out the playoffs with a torn triceps. He also missed his sophomore season at Villanova with a knee injury, but still set an NCAA record with 9,885 all-purpose yards.



The extent of Westbrook's injury was first reported on the Philadelphia Inquirer's Web site Tuesday night.
 

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Yeah, he's on my FFL team. Time to pick up Levans.
 

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So Philly and Baltimore will both be without their leading rusher.

Unfortunately . . . Baltimore relies considerably more heavily on Lewis, and thus will be affected much more by his absence.
 

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Midswat said:
So Philly and Baltimore will both be without their leading rusher.

Unfortunately . . . Baltimore relies considerably more heavily on Lewis, and thus will be affected much more by his absence.
Baltimore also has better backups.
This could hurt Philly a bit for the next two weeks.
They have ben having to socre alot to win games.
Its alot easier to double TO with little fear of a RB breaking one on you.

BMore and the Steelers are both tough teams to face without any running attack. Steelers will just blitz every down and Ray Lewis can go headhunt TO.
 

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jterrell said:
Baltimore also has better backups.
This could hurt Philly a bit for the next two weeks.
They have ben having to socre alot to win games.
Its alot easier to double TO with little fear of a RB breaking one on you.

BMore and the Steelers are both tough teams to face without any running attack. Steelers will just blitz every down and Ray Lewis can go headhunt TO.


Besides, with all the talk about TO, really, Westbrook is the Offensive MVP for that team, no doubt. I bet their offense really takes hit because of his injury, at it had last year, especially against good teams.

True that Westbrook's gets injured too often, but man that guy makes way too many plays for Eagles.
 

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Too bad? Bah. I'd never wish an injury on a player, but he'll be fine... It's not like his career is over. :)
 
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