After the morning practice yesterday as we were waiting to interview players, I looked through the glass facing of the Eagles training and exercise facility at Lehigh University and I saw Birds offensive tackle Shawn Andrews working out on a stepper.
This was the most physical exercise I’ve seen him do since his back tightened up after the team’s fitness run last Thursday when they first got in here to camp.
This is an improvement from Sunday, when we were waiting to talk to Jason Peters and I saw him walking very slowly through the training and gym facility with an ice bag on his back.
Those steppers at Lehigh must be the heavy duty type because Andrews was getting in the cardiovascular workout after the first practice with fellow 300 plus pound offensive linemen Max Jean-Gilles, Nick Cole, Winston Justice and Jamaal Jackson.
This means he’s trying to stay in shape cardio-wise so that when he does come back he won’t be out of gas the minute he does some work.
The big fella has been living at the training facility. I see his white SUV parked there when we get there in the morning and it’s parked there when we leave after the afternoon practice.
As much as people have talked about Andrews, Peters hasn’t practiced either. He did workout in shorts last Sunday but he hasn’t been practicing either.
As I see it with the recovery of Brian Westbrook, the emergence of DeSean Jackson and the progress of their young talent, the sky’s the limit for this offense if those two bookend tackles stay healthy and play the way they’re capable of playing.
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