A curious straggler to Pittsburgh
Why was Brian Westbrook on the 8 a.m. USAir flight from Philly to Pittsburgh with no other Eagles anywhere around?
After unexpectedly staying up all night (long story, too long) I staggered onto the plane this morning only to see the Eagles' starting running back settled into the right-rearmost seat in first class. He was wearing sunglasses and a cap pulled low, but he was still unmistakably Westbrook, trekking across Pennsylvania half a day behind the team.
There are a number of perfectly innocent explanations for BWest's tardiness. For example, he could have been excused for personal reasons, as he was for a few consecutive practices during training camp. But the non-innocewnt reasons he might have been there are more fun to speculate about.
Maybe he missed yesterday's plane, and is due for punishment for violating team rules. That would be fun.
Or how about this: Maybe Westbrook's not playing in tonight's game. It seems unlikely, given the problems the running game has suffered, that the coaches wouldn't want him in there against the Steelers, but this regime is notoriously wary about it's oft-injured players during the preseason.
I'd like to report some actual conversation, but as he was in first class and I was in Row 19, he was very likely off the plane, into a limo and to the team hotel before I got my carry-on bag out of the overhead bin.
By the way, I thought I spotted Jasper Harvey too, but it was probably just another huge dude flying coach.
After unexpectedly staying up all night (long story, too long) I staggered onto the plane this morning only to see the Eagles' starting running back settled into the right-rearmost seat in first class. He was wearing sunglasses and a cap pulled low, but he was still unmistakably Westbrook, trekking across Pennsylvania half a day behind the team.
There are a number of perfectly innocent explanations for BWest's tardiness. For example, he could have been excused for personal reasons, as he was for a few consecutive practices during training camp. But the non-innocewnt reasons he might have been there are more fun to speculate about.
Maybe he missed yesterday's plane, and is due for punishment for violating team rules. That would be fun.
Or how about this: Maybe Westbrook's not playing in tonight's game. It seems unlikely, given the problems the running game has suffered, that the coaches wouldn't want him in there against the Steelers, but this regime is notoriously wary about it's oft-injured players during the preseason.
I'd like to report some actual conversation, but as he was in first class and I was in Row 19, he was very likely off the plane, into a limo and to the team hotel before I got my carry-on bag out of the overhead bin.
By the way, I thought I spotted Jasper Harvey too, but it was probably just another huge dude flying coach.
posted by SMc. at 10:15 AM
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