Westbrook hints he wants a raise

by JasonB on Jun 10, 2008 12:00 PM EDT in Philadelphia Eagles News

Now, I may not be the most perceptive person on earth... but I think we can pretty easily read between the lines on this one.

"You see guys that are the best players in the league, traditionally they're rewarded for their play.

"I feel as a player -- and I'm sure a lot of other players feel like they should be compensated for the things that they do -- and of course I feel the same way."

Earlier this offseason you may remember Westbrook made it abundantly clear he had no plans to hold out or cause a problem, but I think we can tell from his words even then that he'd like to get a new deal.

"I'm paid," said Westbrook, who led the NFL with 2,104 yards from scrimmage last season. "I signed a contract that was fair at that (time), so there's no sense in me crying about it now."

I understand the way the Eagles deal with contracts. I understand that if you give in to one guy's demands you could create a whole new set for other guys... but there has to be situations where the philosophy doesn't apply and this has to be one. Brian Westbrook is quite obviously the best player on this team. He's probably one of the top couple offensive threats in the entire league. He's also handled his business and himself in the way an organization can seemingly only dream of in this day of modern athletes.

If any other player thinks they've done as much as Brian Westbrook and earned a new deal like he has.. let him him stand up say it.

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if theres one guy on the eagles who deserves to get paid

its that guy! I know this has been mentioned before but last year when he took a knee in the dallas game, he forever landed himself in the “non-selfish” player category. Plain and simple, he does deserve to be paid more than he is. Take him out of our offense and we win three games last year.

If the eagles ever let him go because he wants more money, i’ll be absolutely unconsolable.

on another note, gotta wonder what happens with Dawk after 08. As much as i’m not ready to see him retire, the thought of him suiting up for another team KILLS me. I know the eagles way with older guys like Trott, but I hope they keep Dawkins in some role until he hangs them up

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by 700 Level on Jun 10, 2008 12:55 PM EDT reply actions

You can't find

a person on this earth who knows what football is that will say Westy doesn’t deserve to be paid.

I have friends that are die hard giants and cowboys fans and every time we talk shit there is one player constantly left out. Not a single one of them will speak poorly of B-West. its always the same “the eagles suck, if the [insert team name here] had Westbrook we would have 4 rings by now” et al.

If you can earn the respect of rival fans specially in the NFC East well IMO you should be the highest paid player in football.

by Whodie126 on Jun 10, 2008 1:08 PM EDT reply actions

Show him the money.

"He’s in trouble. Whatever he throws me, I’m going to hit it."
-- Alex Cintron

by BrianS on Jun 10, 2008 2:01 PM EDT reply actions

Um...

I remember at the end of last season there were reports that the Eagles had reached out to Westbrook’s agent…the assumption at the time was that it was to restructure his deal. What happened with those talks? I remember thinking it was only a matter of time, but this was many moons ago…

by ajay on Jun 10, 2008 4:01 PM EDT reply actions