Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook’s admitted to The Intelligencer that the consussion he suffered a couple of weeks ago.
Even with Westbrook being a prominent player you have to wonder if most players will listen.
It has been recently discivered that the long term effects of concussions later in life in life brings mental diseases.
This has been a big issue with retired players as many of them have become disabled fron injuries they have suffered while paying.
However, the current players have pretty much have ignored it as several players like Baltimore Ravens center Matt Birk has come up with event to help the retired player, which had minimal success.
In the end with Congress also having hearings on the situation of retired players, along with Wesdtbrook’s comment, current players will realize that if they do not take injuries more seriously their health will deteriorate more quickly later in life.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Mike Vick lost a ton of deals after the news of his dog fighting ring coming out.
With Nike announcing that they have signed a endorsement deal with Vick it is obvious they are gambling on his street credibility.
Sneakers are a big thing in the urban community as it is a part of making one look cool with his peers.
Working at a shoe store in the Galleria Mall everytime a big name player’s shoes come out, like Michael Jordan’s shoes, by the end of the week the shoe would be gone.
Street credibility, or a simply a player getting arrestted, goes a long way in the urban community.
Yes, we live in a free country where businesses are free to do business with whoever they want.
In the end if you don’t like what Vick did then simply don’t let your kid buy it, because after all you are the parent.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb’s time with the team is coming to a close.
The reason is that backup quarterback Kevin Kolb is ready to take over.
The Eagles used a second round pick on Kolb in the 2007 National Football League Draft.
Kolb thoroughly knows the Eagles system after sitting two years on the bench behind quarterback Donovan McNabb.
Quarterbacks that sit on the bench for two years usually turnout to be successful NFL quarterbacks.
According to Philly.com, Kolb is the first in NFL history to throw for 300 yards passing in each of his first two starts.
Many people may write off the performance against the Kansas City Chiefs as the Chiefs are a bad football team.
However, people cannot write off Kolb’s performance against the New Orleans Saints as the Saints are proving to be solid on defense as well.
If Kolb perform well against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers it will mean the end of McNabb as a Eagle as they can move onto Kolb as a start, not miss a beat offensively, and get a high draft pick for McNabb.
In the end as the saying goes all good things must come to an end.
A clip of Michael Vick’s interview on 6o Minutes has been released by CBS.
After reviewing the clip Vick is genuinely remorseful.
As the saying goes a person’s eyes is the window to his soul and in Vicks you see remorse.
Vick went on to state that after he started the dog fighting ring he realized what he was doing was wrong, but due to anxiety and fear he couldn’t muster up the courage to stop it.
Vick has a legitament case there when it comes to fear as his partners being criminals could have turned on Vick and killed him.
Simply, Vick got sucked in by old friends and when he realized what he was doing it was too late
Vick did get lucky as the Surry County district attorney Gerald L. Poindexter could have levied more charges on him.
Still Vick has a long way to climb to get back to his status as one of the most hyped quarterbacks in the National Football League.
No matter how you look at it the courts had their final say and Vick has done what he has been asked of.
He now has a second chance that he can use to reshape his legacy.
In the end unlike other players that have had more chances Vick will not get a third as what he did is one of the worst things that any past or present NFL player has ever done.
The Philadelphia Eagles announce Tuesday that former defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away. Johnson’s death is a huge loss that will be felt by the Eagles this year.
Johnson lost his battle to melanoma cancer, which he was previously treated for in 2001.
Johnson was up until this year has been the only defensive coordinator that Eagles head coach Andy Reid has ever had.
So, what does it mean for the Eagles defense?
New defensive coordiantor Sean McDermott mentored under Johnson and in his first press conference stated that he will continue to use Johnson’s system as he put in countless hours of research to find things that will work.
The only thing that will change is that McDermott stated he will add wrinkles to the system.
The thing is McDermott is not Johnson, which means there will be some kind of dropp off as this is his first ever time being a defensive coordinator.
As any position in the National Football League there is a learning curve as there are little things a person must learn.
In the end with the Eagles being in a tough division in the NFC East they will be lucky if they make the playoffs.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook has been the main weapon for them for as he has 1,200 total yards or more the past five years. However, it is the beginning of the end for Westbrook as an Eagle.
Even though Westbrook has been a critical asset to the Eagles offense he has one big problem in being able to play a whole year as he has never done that yet.
To help shoulder the load with Westbrook the Eagles drafted running back LeSean McCoy in the second round of this past year’s National Football League Draft.
The Eagles had no choice as they had to find some solution to keep Westbrook healthy as he will be 30 years old this September, which for running backs it means that their skill will start diminishing.
Also, the Eagles lost backup Correll Buckhalter to free agency as he signed with the Denver Broncos.
A precedent of this very exact situation has been set as the Jacksonville Jaguars went through the same thing, because running back Fred Taylor could not stay healthy.
The Jaguars drafted running back Maurice Jones-Drew in 2006 to help shoulder the load as well and then after the 2008 season the Jaguars cut Taylor.
With Westbrook’s contract having voidable years after the 2011 season, and Taylor being cut after three years from when Jones-Drew was drafted, he has at the most three years left with the team.
In the end as much as Eagles fans love Westbrook if he is still missing games to injury then the front office will eventually have no choice and will have to cut him.