Everybody practices... except Dawk
Just came from the bubble at the NovaCare Complex, where the Eagles practiced today. Brian Westbrook was in there practicing fully, which is at most a mild surprise. William Thomas was also doing just about everything, whihc is a slightly bigger surprise given the fact that he could not work at all just 24 hours ago.
L.J. Smith was involved to a limited extent. Todd Herremans worked a little at the beginning, but spent most of the time watching. And Lito Sheppard ran with the scout team, which is pobably a pretty decent sign, since that means he was working against the starting receivers.
The lonely guy chucking footballs against the wall was Brian Dawkins, who did not practice at all. It's been half assumed by a lot of us that "neck stinger" is actually code for "concussion," but speculation is not starting to boil that his injury is actually career-threatening. I remember the play where he got hurt, tackling Washington tight end Todd Yoder on th Eagles' six-yard line at the start of the fourth quarter. He went limp right after impact, and stayed down a while. Some have said they saw him twitch, which would be an awful sign, but I was way too far away to see that, and I didn;t notice it watching the TV coverage.
The thing that has triggered this latest round of speculation is the fact that he didn't talk to the media yesterday (Wednesday). I wouldn't have known this since this is my first season with the Birds, but others have said that Dawkins is a guy who will talk and answer questions even in weeks that he has no chance of playing. So the fact that he isn't talking now is a bright red flag.
The longer this thing goes on, the more thoughts like this are going to pop into people's heads. The fact that no one really inderstands what a neck stinger actually entails, that makes it worse. Now there is some talk that his Achilles injury from back in training camp might have been less than sincere on the part of the team. It's not uncommon for NFL teams to throw up a smoke screen to veil what's really going on, both from the media and from opponents. That's fine, I guess, right up until the moment the cover no longer makes sense. A month of recovery seems like it ought to be enough for a stinger.
L.J. Smith was involved to a limited extent. Todd Herremans worked a little at the beginning, but spent most of the time watching. And Lito Sheppard ran with the scout team, which is pobably a pretty decent sign, since that means he was working against the starting receivers.
The lonely guy chucking footballs against the wall was Brian Dawkins, who did not practice at all. It's been half assumed by a lot of us that "neck stinger" is actually code for "concussion," but speculation is not starting to boil that his injury is actually career-threatening. I remember the play where he got hurt, tackling Washington tight end Todd Yoder on th Eagles' six-yard line at the start of the fourth quarter. He went limp right after impact, and stayed down a while. Some have said they saw him twitch, which would be an awful sign, but I was way too far away to see that, and I didn;t notice it watching the TV coverage.
The thing that has triggered this latest round of speculation is the fact that he didn't talk to the media yesterday (Wednesday). I wouldn't have known this since this is my first season with the Birds, but others have said that Dawkins is a guy who will talk and answer questions even in weeks that he has no chance of playing. So the fact that he isn't talking now is a bright red flag.
The longer this thing goes on, the more thoughts like this are going to pop into people's heads. The fact that no one really inderstands what a neck stinger actually entails, that makes it worse. Now there is some talk that his Achilles injury from back in training camp might have been less than sincere on the part of the team. It's not uncommon for NFL teams to throw up a smoke screen to veil what's really going on, both from the media and from opponents. That's fine, I guess, right up until the moment the cover no longer makes sense. A month of recovery seems like it ought to be enough for a stinger.
posted by SMc. at 3:08 PM
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Many are still amazed that you do not "inderstand" how to use spell check.
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