Two important veterans were missing from today's Eagles OTA workout. Sheldon Brown was missing because of his unhappiness with his contract and Brian Westbrook has an injured ankle.
Head coach Andy Reid wasn't all that thrilled about talking about Brown's absence but he didn't have much of a choice.
He said that he would have liked the veteran cornerback to be here but it meant somebody would have a chance to step in while he was out.
Nobody knows where this is headed. Brown could wind up holding out of camp but we'll have to wait and see.
It was reported that the Birds have already tried to trade him, so there's a good chance Sheldon could wind up playing for somebody else this year.
Veteran Ellis Hobbs played with the first team at the left corner in Brown's place. He said he looks at this situation as a opportunity for him.
Remember that the reason Hobbs is with the Eagles is because he wanted a new contract from the Patriots.
According to head coach Reid, Westbrook injured his ankle last week and had it treated by the team's training staff.
Rookie running back LeSean McCoy took most of the snaps in place of Westbrook. Lorenzo Booker took the snaps behind McCoy.
McCoy had quite a challenge with all of the formations and plays that they were running. They happened to be working on a lot of formations, where the running back was lined up out wide.
McCoy told me previously that he had never walked outside and played at a wide receiver position. You can see that it's going to take some time for him to get used to all of these formations.
