"Time will tell. We'll see," Reid said of Runyan. "They're all different. I've seen ones that have worked and some that haven't."
That's what Andy Reid said to Ray Parillo of Philly.com yesterday in Indianapolis about his thinking concerning the microfracture surgery that soon to be free agent Runyan had done a couple of weeks ago.
Reid was just pointing out that microfracture surgery isn't that consistent. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. You know Joe Banner doesn't believe in gambling with the Eagles money.
The Birds aren't going to be willing to put their hope in Runyan until he shows them he can line up and play that right tackle position again in the 2009 campaign.
Reid is in Indy looking for Runyan's replacement so he won't have to trust in "the open door", Winston Justice at the right tackle position next year.
Of course Reid was letting everybody know that he's got a few more cards in his hand with guards Shawn Andrews and Todd Herremans, who he can slide out to play tackle.
"I'm not saying I'm going to do that," Reid said. "A lot of guards that started for me have been outside guys I moved inside. And when the time comes, I can move them back out. I've got two guards who are real good tackles."
