More Whining from Westbrook

[PhillyGirl]

He was booting 50-60 yard FGs on Friday, Saturday and felt no pain at all. He was also kicking practice KOs into the endzone consistently. That is why he was out there.

has anyone not employeed by the eagles confirmed any of this

Yes, the media saw him doing it all during pregame.  Reid even said in his PC..."You guys all saw him in practice and in pregame warmups". And on the way home after the game, they said on WYSP postgame show, that they had seen him before the game as well.

[MadMarchHare]

Inexcusable that France wasn't on the active roster.
One of Reid's all time blunders.

[PhillyGirl]

Inexcusable that France wasn't on the active roster.
One of Reid's all time blunders.

All time blunders?

Did it cost them the game? Even IF France was activated, Akers was FINE before the game. He tore the hammy on the kickoff. He didn't make it worse by his kicks later.

Had the Eagles lost due to missed FGs, or had Akers injured his leg WORSE (which yes, he did...but not as a result of staying out there longer...he felt it pop after the kickoff)...then it would have been an all time blunder.

Too bad it was the Raiders with the Kicker who lost them the game.

[JTrotter Fan]

Hahaha...Janikowski blows.  He's got distance...but he buckles under pressure.  And to think, they wasted a 1st rounder on that dumb farg.   

[JTrotter Fan]

Inexcusable that France wasn't on the active roster.
One of Reid's all time blunders.

At first, i thought that also.  Then, once i heard the post game stuff about how he was kicking during practice and in warm ups, it was justified for them to not have France active.  Akers at 85% is better than 3/4 of the kickers in the league right now.

[PhillyGirl]

Hahaha...Janikowski blows.  He's got distance...but he buckles under pressure.  And to think, they wasted a 1st rounder on that dumb farg.   

LOL...so funny. I know. Loved the closeups on highlights last night after his misses.

[JTrotter Fan]

I remember when i used to worry about Eagles kickers making FG's.  I hated it.  Since Akers though, it's just like you really don't have to worry.  He's a security blanket or sumthin.

I saw a little blurb on ESPNEWS last night.  Akers is the leader in points in the past 6 years for the NFC.  Now that is job security.

[MadMarchHare]

Hamstrings are notoriously finicky injuries.  Yeah, he looked fine for 4 days, and blew it ON THE OPENING KICKOFF!

We got damned lucky it didn't cost us the game.  No excuse for having Thonrburg in street clothes while a real kicker sat on the PS.  Where'd the Raiders have average field position from?  The D stepped up HUGE, especially against the run, and it still took the Raiders blowing up to squeak out a win.  Not all on the kicker obviously, but allowing the Raiders to start essentially from midfield all game, combined with an inability to kick any FGs long than 25 yds could have been disastrous, and easily planned for and remedied.

[General_Failure]

Akers warming up at halftime, and not looking good doing it.

[Cerevant]

I guess one big question is, when is the last day a player can sign a contract and have it count againt the 2005 cap?  Someone here mentioned October, but I couldn't find a specific date...

I'm thinking that if Westbrook signs before that date, he'll probably be paid more than was originally offered, but not as much as he wants.  If he doesn't, he won't be signed at all and will be franchised or cut.

C

[ice grillin you]

remember the good ole days when andy told him to sign the tender get in camp and well take care of you

[MadMarchHare]

If the numbers being bantered around here are accurate, he followed through on his promise.  Westbrook should've taken the offer.  He'll be disappointed on the free market (either in $$ or in quality of his new team).

[ice grillin you]

he absolutely will not be disappointed by the market....players like burgess and lamont jordan caked off hard last year...

on an open market westbrook will blow up like the world trade...like he knew he could...same number same hood...its all good....

[MadMarchHare]

And as I thought I clearly stated, he'll be less happy and used less efficiently anywhere else.
This offense is perfect for him, and no one else really uses it the same way.

[rjs246]

he absolutely will not be disappointed by the market....players like burgess and lamont jordan caked off hard last year...

on an open market westbrook will blow up like the world trade...like he knew he could...  same number same hood...its all good....

Probably not...