Andy Reid said he expects Brian Westbrook to show up to camp on Thursday.
On how concerned he is about RB Brian Westbrook not being happy with his contract:
“We’ve always done a good job with those things, so I’m not worried about that. We’ve always been very fair and understanding to the players that we’ve approached about contracts. Other than that, I’m not going to get into that. It’s not our policy to get into these things, so I’ll leave it at that.”
On whether he expects Westbrook to be in camp:
“I’m sure he would be. Brian is obviously one of the leaders of the football team, so I would expect that he would be here.”
On whether he would be disappointed if he didn’t show up:
“I’m not going to get into all that. I’m just anticipating him being here; I’m not looking at it the other way.”
On whether the number of QB Donovan McNabb’s throws will be monitored:
“We’ll monitor it. He has been throwing out in Arizona and seems to be feeling pretty good. We’ll have to keep a close eye on that and make sure that we limit his throws to see exactly where he is.”
On whether he has talked to CB Lito Sheppard:
“No, I haven’t talked to Lito, but he will be here. I will meet with Lito once he is here.”
On whether he thinks Drew Rosenhaus being Sheppard’s agent will have any effect on anything:
“No, I don’t think so. Lito seems to be in a good place right now, Drew seems to be in a good place about the situation, so I think Lito will come in here and have a great year.”
On whether he thinks there are any unresolved issues with Sheppard:
“I don’t know if there are or not, but I am going to make sure there’s nothing there.”
On how long Laws will be out:
“The foot, we’ll just have to see how he does. I would anticipate he would be out for a couple of days, this rookie camp here.”
On whether he plans to speak with Westbrook:
“I’m sure I’ll talk to him. I don’t have anything planned right now to do that, but I talk with him quite a bit anyway, so I’ll check in with him I’m sure.”
On whether he is worried about Westbrook’s contract situation:
“I’m not that worried about that. If you study the history of sports, you can look at every year and every sport, and things happen over contracts. We’ll work through this. Like I said, we’ve always been fair about those kinds of things.”
On whether he understands where Westbrook is coming from:
“I don’t want to get into all of that.”
On whether FS Brian Dawkins, T Tra Thomas and T Jon Runyan continue to be productive on the field:
“Yeah, they are. That brings up a point that I might as well say now so I don’t have to tell you later. What I’ve done this year that’s a little different than years past and because of those players, is I started a 30+ club. With this 30+ club, they’re going to work two days and then they’ll have the morning practice off on the third day. We’ll do that throughout camp.”
On what prompted that decision:
“(Jokingly) Well, they’re old. Thirty is the cut-off. Now you take into consideration that I have two quarterbacks that are 30 and a punter and a kicker that are 30, so the rule will be bent a little bit with those guys. But, for the other crew there will be a little different schedule. This was my idea, but they didn’t argue though.”
