That comment makes it sound like LT is saying “their team would suck completely if they didnt have him.” Westbrook is a weapon and he does sholder most of the offense but to say he carries our team is degrading McNabb and the rest of our team.

when mcnabb got hurt, we had garcia & feely to fill his shoes and performed admirably. however, when b-west went down, we had no plan b that performed consistently. b-west’s absence puts additional pressure on the qb and eagles usually lose. that’s one of the pitfalls of not having a star wr. let’s face it, without b-west, this offense is going nowhere.

The numbers are the numbers. A lot of fans like to say that we were a few breaks away from being 10-6 or 11-5 last year. But we were also one Brian Westbrook injury away from being 4-12 or 3-13. He was 50% of our offense last year. If that’s not carrying a team I don’t know what is.

It’s true. I can’t think of any team that was more reliant one one player, but I think that is changing this year. We’re getting LJ Smith back, and we’ll have Lorenzo Booker as a mini-Westbrook, so I think Westbrook won’t have to shoulder so much (not that he can’t).