Predict The Date/Time That Westbrook Receives His Contract Extension.

[MURP]

Jim Brown now > Mahe.

captain obvious strikes!

[WEST is GOD]

Westbrook is Barry Sanders, but better.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Walter Payton now > Mahe

[rjs246]

Walter Payton now > Mahe

Zing!

[Rome]

Jessica Alba's Ass Now > Westbrook.

[MDS]

Will anyone care after we win the superbowl this year? Or after we beat Atlanta?

[Rome]

I stopped caring August 19th @ 2:01 PM.

[PhillyGirl]

WESTBROOK BREAKS OFF CONTRACT TALKS
After weeks of silence, Eagles running back Brian Westbrook has sounded off on the team's failure to provide him with a long-term contract that he deems to be suitable, according to ComcastSportsNet.com.

"At this point," Westbrook said, "my agent and I have told the Eagles' management that we're no longer interested in talking to them as far as the contract situation goes because we don't feel as though we've received a proposal from them that really represents the value that I bring to this team."

"In the last 2½-3 years that I've been here, I've brought a lot to this team. I do a lot of things – I run the ball and I catch the ball.  For this team, I am very valuable. You can talk to any of the [opposing] defensive coordinators or players, one of the players that they have to stop when the come play the Philadelphia Eagles is Brian Westbrook."

Surely adding to Westbrook's frustration is the fact that the team had more than $12 million in 2005 cap room as of September 1.  Westbrook, a fourth-year veteran, is playing under a one-year, $1.43 million restricted free agent tender.

Westbrook unexpectedly signed his tender offer in June, but then was a no show for the start of training camp.  He reported on August 8; if he had shown up a day later, he would not have earned a year of credit toward free agency, delaying his entry onto the open market until 2007.

Under the current system, the reality for running backs is that it makes more sense for teams to pay the one-year franchise tender than to invest a huge signing bonus in a guy who is one hit away from joining Mo-Clo on the sandwich line at Subway.    And the older a guy gets, the less likely it is that he'll command the big money.

The going rate for a high-end running back currently is in the neighborhood of $25 million over five years.  Our guess is that Westbrook wants more than the market will bear -- which undoubtedly will prompt the team to use the franchise tag in 2006 while at the same time developing a young guy who can take Westbrook's place in 2007 and beyond. 

[Rome]

Huge contracts being given to running backs is the exception now rather than the rule.

If the Eagles offered the money they're reported to have offered and Westbrook didn't sign, he's a farging idiot.

Whatever, though.  Jessica Alba rulez.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Jessica Alba rulez.

Adrienne sez, "What am I, chopped liver?"

[Rome]

Jessica Alba rulez.

Adrienne sez, "What am I, chopped liver?"

I'd smear her taint with liverwurst and lick her a lot.  Does that count?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Updated portion of the article on PE.com (Banner responds):

Eagles President Joe Banner responded by saying the team remains confident a long-term deal will be worked out with Westbrook.

"He still wants to be here, we still want him to be here," said Banner, who also said that the two sides stopped talks last week. "So at some point we'll resume those conversations.

"It's not unusual. It's not a big deal. We remain optimistic in the end everything will work out."

Though Westbrook said his camp is "no longer interested in talking to them (Eagles' front office) as far as the contract situation goes," Westbrook said that doesn't mean this is his last season in Philadelphia.

"I'm not saying that," said Westbrook, in his first remarks to the media since June. "At this point, until the Eagles feel as though they can give me a proposal that really shows that they want me to stay here, our contract talks are no longer."

Basically, Westbrook's saying that the talks are over...


...until the Eagles up their offer.

[Eagles_Legendz]

My prediction:

He'll sign the first day of free agency next year.

The taterskins will give him a 4 year 73 million dollar deal with a 15 million dollar signing bonus and a new jet.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

From the FWIW department-- from Spadaro:

the deal will get done. Don't know when, but it will get done. Trust me. Relax.

Also, a funny pic:

[rjs246]

Adrienne is kicking a little bit of a muffin top... just sayin'.