Brian Westbrook out of camp (Eye on the Eagles)

Brian Westbrook out of camp

So there I was, standing behind the video camera, and then Andy Reid says this:

"Westbrook I let go for personal reasons, and it's not due to injury."

A few seconds later there was this exchange between a reporter (I forget who) and Reid:

Reporter: Did Westbrook go, leave Lehigh?

Reid: Yes.

Reporter: Will he be back?

Reid: No.

Big pause.

As an old friend of mine likes to say, guh-wha? Here I was getting ready to do a video about a very good day for Donovan McNabb (though let it be said that none of the sideline cameras filmed his 60-yard touchdown bomb to Kevin Curtis), and Reid decides to take matters into his own hands.

So Westbrook was the first thing I asked Inquirer Eagles beat writer Bob Brookover about in today's video report. I also asked about McNabb and the latest news on Shawn Andrews' ankle injury.

Oh, and it was really hot out. If not for the breeze, I might have lost enough weight in sweat to make up for dinner at Waffle House last night. The TV cameras put a thermometer on the ground and you can see below what it registered.

The quote of the day, though, goes to the fan who called out the TV cameramen for the lack of journalistic value in filming a thermometer that may or may not have been fixed for theatrical purposes. One of the cameramen replied that they weren't going to let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Again, that's the TV cameramen. Not yours truly.

I didn't do anything until they moved away.

Click on the photo below to watch today's video.

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Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald on August 8, 2007 5:20 PM | Permalink

Comments (3)

Spencer:

I don't get it. He won't be back before camp breaks? What about after that?

Posted by Spencer | August 8, 2007 7:15 PM

Posted on August 8, 2007 19:15

Cheesesteak Hoagie:

Why isn't there anything about this on the Birds' site? The fact that there isn't leads me to believe that it might be something uncool (and thus requires some sort of PR meeting before they publish something)?

Am I just being paranoid here? Talk to me.

Posted by Cheesesteak Hoagie | August 8, 2007 10:01 PM

Posted on August 8, 2007 22:01

RJ Marrela:

The absence of Brian Westbrook might be reason for concern. Like so many other situations with the Philadelphia Eagles, there is a volley of misinformation and conflicting reports. The Eagles, and Andy Reid in particular, have never given us reason to believe them at face value. This makes the story a little more suspicous.
Perhaps, I am being paranoid, but something is amiss. I hope for Westbrook and the Eagles sake it is nothing bad.

Posted by RJ Marrela | August 9, 2007 2:57 PM

Posted on August 9, 2007 14:57

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