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Injuries Updated: Gocong has pair of leg issues; Westbrook improving


Following the Eagles’ sweet blowout victory over the formerly division-leading Giants, head coach Andy Reid updated the team’s injuries and barring a few players that continue to work on surgical recoveries and extensive injuries, there appears to be primarily improvement on the club, health-wise.

Starting RB Brian Westbrook, who missed the Giants matchup with a concussion and has also been tending to a twisted ankle that has bothered him since early in the season, is expected to be in full participation with the team in practice by Wednesday, and has already been taken through minor exercises. He still has some slight aches in different regions of his head and upper neck, but is supposedly making great strides toward returning to action in Week 9 versus the Dallas Cowboys.

A few of the other players that were held out of Sunday’s game remain in fierce rehabilitation to make their way back onto the field. Such Eagles include WR Kevin Curtis and DE Victor Abiamiri; Curtis has missed the last five games while dealing with a knee sprain and recovering from surgery he underwent on it, while Abiamiri has been sidelined for two games with a similar sprain in his knee. Both players aren’t expected to be available for this week’s showdown with the Cowboys, but because of Curtis’ medical procedures, it is likely Abiamiri will be the first of the two back in the lineup.

There were a few nicks and bruises sustained in this past week’s game, but only one significant injury came out of it in the form of OLB Chris Gocong’s several leg issues. The starter (pictured)was examined and determined to have a quad muscle contusion as well as a hamstring strain. Of course, two injuries in the same leg for a leading Linebacker isn’t ever promising, but Gocong hasn’t been ruled out of Week 9, and is currently classified as “day-to-day” for practice.

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Hate it or love it

I can’t decide right now.

by macjack09 on Nov 2, 2009 10:09 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

uhh, bad i guess

eff you we winning anyway

by eagleswin on Nov 2, 2009 10:48 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

if it means fokou gets some time on the field...

good. i can’t see him being any worse against the pass then gocong. let’s see what we have.

"it's like i tell my ex-wife, i never drive faster than i can see, and besides it's all in the reflexes." -Jack Burton, Big trouble in little China

by snowhill82 on Nov 3, 2009 2:37 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

But a Division game isn’t always a good time to “see what we have”
That’s what pre-season is for now.
This game is against our Division Rival for the Division lead.

Astra Inclinant, Non Necessitant

by EagleGreeninMD on Nov 3, 2009 8:01 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

i understand that...

but i can’t think of someone else on our D who’s absence could hurt us less…..it’s not like mikell or cole is missing time.

"it's like i tell my ex-wife, i never drive faster than i can see, and besides it's all in the reflexes." -Jack Burton, Big trouble in little China

by snowhill82 on Nov 3, 2009 6:27 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

wow

best news of theseason ..we got better on D

An inconsistent coach is far worse than an inconsistent quarterback.(Route 36)

by jack is better than asante on Nov 3, 2009 10:38 AM EST reply actions   0 recs


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