It may not be a big deal to you but the Birds are practicing again today and Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook and DeSean Jackson aren’t practicing. Arguably the team’s three best players could miss this football game.
I feel confident that Westbrook and Jackson are going to play but I don’t know how effective they will be.
I’ve heard some close to the team say that Westbrook’s ankle has gone down a great deal but I know that there’s a major problem if a player with an ankle that has been recently been surgically-repaired has it swell up a lot. I’m concerned and I think the Eagles should be.
With Jackson’s groin injury, he can reinjure it with every stride he takes on the field. They’re trying to give it as much rest as possible but it’s much like a hamstring, once a player starts having problem with it, it never goes away until he takes an extended amount of time letting it rest.
Unfortunately during the season, a player isn’t able to let it rest.
This is what you get from asking a 170 pound receiver to runs sweeps around end.
McNabb has started to throw but I don’t see the Birds playing him unless they’re sure he won’t reinjure himself.
