Shawn Andrews still hurting
Shawn Andrews has been out of the Eagles lineup since the first half of the week 2 game against the Dallas Cowboys. The injury was initially called back spasms and the assumption was that it would just get better on it's own.
Then it didn't.
So the Eagles finally decided to send him to a specialist to get it taken care of.
Still nothing...
Then he saw another specialist and another... with no results.
Now, the Eagles have sent Andrews to a fourth back specialist. One that the team is very familiar with.
Reid said all-pro guard Shawn Andrews, who hasn't played since experiencing back spasms in the first half of the Dallas game a month ago, was in Marina del Ray, Calif., yesterday visiting noted back specialist Robert Watkins, a spinal surgeon and co-director of the Marina Spine Center.
"He's not making a lot of progress," Reid said. "We'll see what this guy here says. He's worked on Tra (Thomas) and other big guys, and we'll just see how it works out. (Trainer) Rick (Burkholder) and I are going to try and exhaust every means to see what the problem is."
Overall, Coach Reid just didn't sound very positive.
"He's still hurting," the coach said. "He just isn't getting better. Maybe this specialist will be able to help."
There's no doubt that missing a guy most NFL observers name as arguably the best right guard in football has had an effect on the offense. It's hard to say whether a healthy Andrews would have changed the Eagles fortunes on short yardage plays this year, but he certainly couldn't have hurt.
The good news is that Andrews' replacement, Max Jean Gilles, turned in his best performance of the year this past weekend in San Fran. As with any player, but lineman especially, Max Jean is only likely to get better the more playing time he gets this year. The most encouraging thing we saw from Max Sunday was him getting out in front of plays and making some big blocks downfield, something Andrews has always excelled at.
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Due to his recent bouts with depression, you have to wonder if there are any residual psychological effects from the back issues. This has to be talking its toll mentally on him as well, and we can only hope that his depression does not take over sending him into a downward spiral.
by captain nodar on Oct 14, 2008 12:37 PM EDT 0 recs
You’ve got to hope that he’s getting all the support that he needs…
by cavortingEagle on
Oct 14, 2008 12:39 PM EDT
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for some reason Shawn Andrew’s tats (?) make me thing of Radio Raheem

by cavortingEagle on Oct 14, 2008 12:38 PM EDT 0 recs
Max
A lot of people thought he could beat out Herremans for the other starting Guard spot so I’m excited to see what he offers. Jason’s right that no one’s going to replace Andrews but it seems like Max is picking up some steam…
by ajay on Oct 14, 2008 12:51 PM EDT 0 recs
just another case ...
where training camp really is more important than people think. Hopefully the big kid can get back on the field, but MJG is starting to look like he did in pre-season.
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
by Whodie126 on Oct 14, 2008 1:16 PM EDT 0 recs
and the whiffed blocks on fg attempts
http://www.libertyballers.com
by Remis on
Oct 14, 2008 1:23 PM EDT
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if max jean can fill in well, shawn andrews will eventually end up at right tackle when tra is gone
by bula412 on Oct 15, 2008 2:52 AM EDT 0 recs











