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Shawn Andrews is back in town

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Shawn Andrews has spent the last several weeks in California on the advice of his doctors after having back surgery out there. He'd been waiting to get the green light from the specialist out there who did the surgery to make the cross country flight back to Philadelphia. He got that green light and his back in town.

"(Trainer) Rick Burkholder and I will meet with him today and see exactly where he is at," Reid said Monday. "I know that the flight was a bit painful for him coming back. That's a long flight from (California) and he did feel a little bit of that. I'm not sure exactly how far or how close he is to being in football shape so we'll talk to him, communicate with him, and just see how he's doing and then continue to rehab him there."

It's interesting that the Eagles have still not put Andrews on IR, meaning that he an come back at any time. Clearly Reid is hoping that in a few weeks Andrews will be able to return to the lineup in place of the "backup backup" Nick Cole.

Reid also talked about the progress of rookie OL Mike McGlynn, who will now become the primary backup for all inside OL positions.

"McGlynn has been consistently improving," Reid said. "The thing that he does is he gives you a guy who can play all three positions. We feel very comfortable with him at any of those spots. He will work in and he'll get an opportunity to be active."

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Reid must have never had back surgery

Does it seem an unreasonable expectation to anyone else to expect Andrews might be able to play this season? I’ve never heard of anyone recovering from having their back operated on that was capable of doing any kind of lifting, let alone playing football, weeks later

by JJinPA on Nov 29, 2008 11:13 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Agreed

I don’t understand the point of keeping Andrews on the active roster at this point. First off, it’s unlikely that he’ll be able to come back and play this year. Second, to steal a line from Rickey Watters, for who, for what? It’s very, very unlikely that the Eagles will make the playoffs at this point. So why try to force an injured player back. Why not see what someone else can do with that roster spot?

The only reason I can think to keep him on the active roster is to help his mental state. Maybe Reid thinks he will totally lose Andrews mentally if he IR’s him. If Reid is keeping him on the active roster and treating him like he is part of the team and still able to play this season to help Andrews from a psychological standpoint, then I give Andy kudos and a lot of credit.

by Baron Dainer Von Tresvant on Nov 29, 2008 3:45 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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