Westbrook.. "knee strain" (1 Viewer)

[Tong Po]

Be prepared fellas. Knee problems Week 2.5 is not a good thing for a 70/30 run first team.

The Eagles aren't even close to a 70/30 Run First Team.In fact, I believe they threw up a stat on Monday Night Football stating that Andy Reid has the highest Pass to Run disparity out of any coach in the history of the NFL (minimum of 100 games coached).They are a PASS FIRST team. Unfortunately they SUCK at passing right now. McNabb is terribly off the mark. The receivers are struggling to get open. If Westbrook goes out for any significant stretch of time, this team is in deep trouble.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

yeah you guys are prolly right. i hate having gametime decisions that put up 150 total yards and 5 catches on a weekly basis. id much rather have a 3.2 ypc government bond that is never on the injury report.

its been detailed here before...the guy spends a lot of time on the injury report, but has missed fewer than the average number of games by NFL backs over the last 5 or 6 years.

 

[Gopher State]

Be prepared fellas. Knee problems Week 2.5 is not a good thing for a 70/30 run first team.

If you have ever owed Westbrook you know what "game time decision" is. I'm sooo glad I didn't have the opportunity to take him....

Good advice pass on the high risk/high reward players like Westbrook, R. Moss, F. Gore, go with the safe ones R. Brown, R. Johnson the safe guys with get you 3rd place in most FF leagues.

 

[AcousticNut]

Be prepared fellas. Knee problems Week 2.5 is not a good thing for a 70/30 run first team.

If you have ever owed Westbrook you know what "game time decision" is. I'm sooo glad I didn't have the opportunity to take him....

Keeping an eye on this one. I owned him last year and planned on keeping away from him this season.... until he slipped to the middle of the 2nd round based on the fact that no one else in my league wanted to touch him due to injury concerns. Couldn't pass him up considering what he did for me last year even though he missed two games.It's always the headache of seeing if he's going to play and then the exhileration of having him put up 150 combined yards and 2 touchdowns in a game in which he was "questionable"..... It's definitely a love/hate relationship, and I'd love for him to be able to play this week in a great matchup.

 

[Crusaderfan]

If you are going to own Westbrook, many times you need to be able to be available on Sunday mornings to see if he's going to play. Last season in our PPR league the Westbrook owner offered him to me for Kevin Jones because his son had soccer on Sunday and he needed to know Westbrook's status before he left in the morning. About three weeks after our trade, KJ went down with the foot injury.

Andy Reid tells the media nothing in his press conferences. They are so repetitive that sometimes you don't know if it was this weeks press conference or one from last year. It's so bad that I heard one media guy say after yesterdays press conference "Everybody rips Charlie Manuel but we get more from him than we do Reid".

I think you will see Westbrook miss many of the Wednesday practices just because they want to help him stay fresh. That means all of us have to try to figure out if his injuries are serious or just the normal wear and tear of a 200lb RB in the NFL. Right now, there is not much talk/concern about his status for this weeks game.

 

[DoubleG]

If you are going to own Westbrook, many times you need to be able to be available on Sunday mornings to see if he's going to play. Last season in our PPR league the Westbrook owner offered him to me for Kevin Jones because his son had soccer on Sunday and he needed to know Westbrook's status before he left in the morning. About three weeks after our trade, KJ went down with the foot injury.Andy Reid tells the media nothing in his press conferences. They are so repetitive that sometimes you don't know if it was this weeks press conference or one from last year. It's so bad that I heard one media guy say after yesterdays press conference "Everybody rips Charlie Manuel but we get more from him than we do Reid". I think you will see Westbrook miss many of the Wednesday practices just because they want to help him stay fresh. That means all of us have to try to figure out if his injuries are serious or just the normal wear and tear of a 200lb RB in the NFL. Right now, there is not much talk/concern about his status for this weeks game.

You may be right, but people typically don't get MRI's for the fun of lying still for 3 hours. They're checking for something because something aint right to him - could be nothing, as you said, but one of these times it could be Glenn-like.

 

[Max Power]

it really says a lot for a guy who has a knee injury and is still the most dominate guy on the field all night

 

[JMJ]

This is my 3rd year owning Westbrook and this does not concern me 0.01%. The guy simply does not need practice during the week to dominate on Sundays. And believe me this ...... he will dominate again this coming Sunday.

He is that good.

 

[BigTex]

The guy is an absolute stud when healthy, but I think his knees are about done. Getting an MRI is never a good thing for this guy. IIRC the term 'microfracture surgery' was mentioned and comtemplated last year. I owned him last year and the production was awesome, but the weekly GTDs were not. I think he has too many things working against him to make it through the year as a stud. Now they've added even more with McNabb looking bad early on.

This guy scares the hell out of me.

It's my aim to trade him bye mid-season (Dynasty).

 

[Mungo Burrows]

Brian Westbrook: The Steve McNair of Running Backs

 

[Dolfan34]

why is nobody mentioning the degenerative knee that westbrook has? this guy has been on the injury report for 2 years straight with this. the clock is definately ticking on westbrook imo.

 

[JAMMIN]

This is my 3rd year owning Westbrook and this does not concern me 0.01%. The guy simply does not need practice during the week to dominate on Sundays. And believe me this ...... he will dominate again this coming Sunday.He is that good.

Agreed.This is a waste of a post. Anyone who has played FF for a while knows this is a joke and the guy is going to play. Its like drafting the Colts you know they are not going to play much in your fantasy championship get over it. Westy will be questionable all year but he will play and put up top 5-10 numbers.

 

[thatguythere]

Be prepared fellas. Knee problems Week 2.5 is not a good thing for a 70/30 run first team.

If you have ever owed Westbrook you know what "game time decision" is. I'm sooo glad I didn't have the opportunity to take him....

Keeping an eye on this one. I owned him last year and planned on keeping away from him this season.... until he slipped to the middle of the 2nd round based on the fact that no one else in my league wanted to touch him due to injury concerns. Couldn't pass him up considering what he did for me last year even though he missed two games.It's always the headache of seeing if he's going to play and then the exhileration of having him put up 150 combined yards and 2 touchdowns in a game in which he was "questionable"..... It's definitely a love/hate relationship, and I'd love for him to be able to play this week in a great matchup.

Here's what I was getting at....I drafted #9 in a 10 team. Henry, Parker, Bush, Westy are all still on the board in the first round. I know the guy drafting after me has a hard on for Reggie Bush and I'm thinking he might take Henry coming back down. I take Travis Henry at 9.......he takes Reggie Bush and Westy at 10 and 11....leaving me Willie Parker at 12. That was beautiful. He's 0-2 and I'm 2-0.I don't understand why everyone thinks Detroit is such a great matchup. They rank higher than 18 other teams in terms of rushing yds against. Their front four are not a pushovers.

 

[duaneok66]

Westy is a hybrid - he gets his through the air and on the ground . . .

 

[thatguythere]

IMO doesn't score enough TD's to make him a first round pick in a TD + yardage performance league. Although Henry doesn't have a TD for me yet either, but has two solid games.

 

[Keys Myaths]

IMO doesn't score enough TD's to make him a first round pick in a TD + yardage performance league. Although Henry doesn't have a TD for me yet either, but has two solid games.

In those kinds of leagues last year, he was the #6 RB. Why is he not worth a first round pick?

 

[Texican]

 

[brindrod]

Unless you're a rookie at this game, you know what baggage comes along in drafting Westbrook. If you can't stomach the possibility of the injury factor, then go with a Rudi Johnson. If you're playing to win, you know that even 12 Westbrook performances gives you a better chance at the championship over 16 of Edgerrin James, Ronnie Brown or Reggie Bush.

Grab Westbrook, grab a case of Pepto Bismol..... But he will make you win week after week.

 

[thatguythere]

IMO doesn't score enough TD's to make him a first round pick in a TD + yardage performance league. Although Henry doesn't have a TD for me yet either, but has two solid games.

In those kinds of leagues last year, he was the #6 RB. Why is he not worth a first round pick?

I didn't feel he was worth a first round pick with Willie Parker and Travis Henry still there......I guess if you wanted to take him at #6 that's your problem. I had him last year and wasn't touching him with a ten footer for the very reason that he is on the injury report today.

 

[C-Bound]

This is my 3rd year owning Westbrook and this does not concern me 0.01%. The guy simply does not need practice during the week to dominate on Sundays. And believe me this ...... he will dominate again this coming Sunday.He is that good.

So you don't remember when he was a pre-game scratch not too long ago?

 

[MG345]

IMO doesn't score enough TD's to make him a first round pick in a TD + yardage performance league. Although Henry doesn't have a TD for me yet either, but has two solid games.

In those kinds of leagues last year, he was the #6 RB. Why is he not worth a first round pick?

I didn't feel he was worth a first round pick with Willie Parker and Travis Henry still there......I guess if you wanted to take him at #6 that's your problem. I had him last year and wasn't touching him with a ten footer for the very reason that he is on the injury report today.

High Risk, High Reward. I have owned Westbrook the past two years. Despite the fact that he is always on the injury report, he always puts up good to great numbers when he plays. In PPR leagues he is a monster, and almost single handedly carried my team to the championship last year.My game plan was if I drafted Westbrook, I would temper the rest of my RBs with real steady guys, not known for missing games. Rudi and Edge complete my starting RBs, with Barber and Norwood on my bench. I don't have a complaint yet.

 

[thatguythere]

IMO doesn't score enough TD's to make him a first round pick in a TD + yardage performance league. Although Henry doesn't have a TD for me yet either, but has two solid games.

In those kinds of leagues last year, he was the #6 RB. Why is he not worth a first round pick?

I didn't feel he was worth a first round pick with Willie Parker and Travis Henry still there......I guess if you wanted to take him at #6 that's your problem. I had him last year and wasn't touching him with a ten footer for the very reason that he is on the injury report today.

High Risk, High Reward. I have owned Westbrook the past two years. Despite the fact that he is always on the injury report, he always puts up good to great numbers when he plays. In PPR leagues he is a monster, and almost single handedly carried my team to the championship last year.My game plan was if I drafted Westbrook, I would temper the rest of my RBs with real steady guys, not known for missing games. Rudi and Edge complete my starting RBs, with Barber and Norwood on my bench. I don't have a complaint yet.

Nice. I can see how he would a great PPR back. Unfortunately the two leagues I'm in can't get enough votes to start playing that way. Bunch of old school fantasy guys that don't want to change anything. He didn't have a TD in over half the games he played last year, and with 1 pt per 25 rec/rush that makes for a lot of 3's, 4's, and 5's for the week.

 

[MG345]

IMO doesn't score enough TD's to make him a first round pick in a TD + yardage performance league. Although Henry doesn't have a TD for me yet either, but has two solid games.

In those kinds of leagues last year, he was the #6 RB. Why is he not worth a first round pick?

I didn't feel he was worth a first round pick with Willie Parker and Travis Henry still there......I guess if you wanted to take him at #6 that's your problem. I had him last year and wasn't touching him with a ten footer for the very reason that he is on the injury report today.

High Risk, High Reward. I have owned Westbrook the past two years. Despite the fact that he is always on the injury report, he always puts up good to great numbers when he plays. In PPR leagues he is a monster, and almost single handedly carried my team to the championship last year.My game plan was if I drafted Westbrook, I would temper the rest of my RBs with real steady guys, not known for missing games. Rudi and Edge complete my starting RBs, with Barber and Norwood on my bench. I don't have a complaint yet.

Nice. I can see how he would a great PPR back. Unfortunately the two leagues I'm in can't get enough votes to start playing that way. Bunch of old school fantasy guys that don't want to change anything. He didn't have a TD in over half the games he played last year, and with 1 pt per 25 rec/rush that makes for a lot of 3's, 4's, and 5's for the week.

His value does take a dip with no PPR, so I can understand the concern. But the positive is, he is arguably the best option the Eagles have in the Red Zone. He is arguably the best receiving back in the game, and that shows in his Receiving TDs (4+ TDs the last 4 years with a high of 6). So the fact that the Eagles want to have a more balanced attack this year can only mean good things for Westbrook.

 

[killercrossover]

any more updates on westbrook's knee?

someone in my league offered buckhalter for my #1 WR, roy williams. i was like, are you kidding? a backup running back for my # 1 WR? i counter offered him ronald curry for buckhalter as insurance for myself.

my league starts only 2 WRs, and i already have joey galloway, deion branch, and ronald curry, so i'm solid there. giving away roy williams might earn me the "stupidest trade" award.

 

[Texican]

Have they said when the knee would be examined? Is he actually getting an MRI or anything?

 

[KingEl]

Sirius NFL said he did not practice, but all indications were that he was being held out as a precaution and would be good to go Sunday. More speculation than anything from the announcers, but they got into a talk about how he was the type of player who could miss practice and still explode on any given week.

 

[Texican]

Sirius NFL said he did not practice, but all indications were that he was being held out as a precaution and would be good to go Sunday. More speculation than anything from the announcers, but they got into a talk about how he was the type of player who could miss practice and still explode on any given week.

I understand being held out, but I thought Reid stated his knee would be examined. I was just wondering what kind of examination. The trainer pushes here and pulls there and see how it feels? Or an MRI? etc....

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Brian Westbrook - RB - Eagles Brian Westbrook missed practice again Thursday after having his strained knee re-examined on Wednesday afternoon. The NFL Network's Adam Schefter reported that the injury isn't believed to be serious, but Westbrook was not in pads Thursday. If he doesn't practice Friday, Westbrook could be in danger of missing Week 3. "That's a day to day situation," offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said. "We'll see."Sep. 20 - 4:41 p.m. ET Source: philadelphiaeagles.com

 

[thatguythere]

Brian Westbrook - RB - Eagles Brian Westbrook missed practice again Thursday after having his strained knee re-examined on Wednesday afternoon. The NFL Network's Adam Schefter reported that the injury isn't believed to be serious, but Westbrook was not in pads Thursday. If he doesn't practice Friday, Westbrook could be in danger of missing Week 3. "That's a day to day situation," offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg said. "We'll see."Sep. 20 - 4:41 p.m. ET Source: philadelphiaeagles.com

I smell game time decision?

 

[Crusaderfan]

Action news showed him walking around on the practice field with what looked like an ace bandage around his left knee. I'm hoping that they are just giving him another days rest. I would think that if it's too serious, he wouldn't be walking around like he was.

 

[bc0312]

 

[Finatic]

 

[Mik789fl]

Have they said when the knee would be examined? Is he actually getting an MRI or anything?

Naw,they're gonna let Andy's kids take a look at it,after they get home from a party..."Looks good to me dad,all those pretty colors and all"

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Brian Westbrook - RB - Eagles The Philadelphia Inquirer believes Brian Westbrook will start for the Eagles this week. The paper points out that Westbrook had his knee drained after Week 2 last season, but wound up playing that week and all season. It was his right knee, then. Now it's his left. Andy Reid said he thinks Westbrook is "going to be all right." Sep. 21 - 9:01 a.m. ET

pretty much have to check on him sunday morning, but my gut, which means nothing other than ive had him for 2 years straight, says he plays this week.fyi gametime is 1EST...

 

[Gopher State]

Brian Westbrook - RB - Eagles The Philadelphia Inquirer believes Brian Westbrook will start for the Eagles this week. The paper points out that Westbrook had his knee drained after Week 2 last season, but wound up playing that week and all season. It was his right knee, then. Now it's his left. Andy Reid said he thinks Westbrook is "going to be all right." Sep. 21 - 9:01 a.m. ET

pretty much have to check on him sunday morning, but my gut, which means nothing other than ive had him for 2 years straight, says he plays this week.fyi gametime is 1EST...

Very I agree he plays this week

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

i did find it a little interesting that last year was his right knee and this is his left

 

[Addai's Adidas]

If Westbrook sits, the Lions are 3-0.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

If Westbrook sits, the Lions are 3-0.

Pretty sturdy limb there.

 

[JerseyPaul]

Eagles RB Westbrook Should Be Ready

Rueben Frank, phillyBurbs.com - [Full Article]

Philadelphia Eagles HC Andy Reid said after practice yesterday that Brian Westbrook's sore left knee is improving and Westbrook, who hasn't practiced this week and saw an orthopedic specialist on Wednesday, should be able to play against the Lions on Sunday. "He's getting better," Reid said on his way off the practice field. "I think he's going to be all right." Westbrook, who battled soreness in his right knee throughout most of last year, got hurt in the Eagles' loss to the Redskins on Sunday, although nobody is quite sure how or when. He walked around the locker room yesterday without a noticeable limp.

 

[turleyfan]

This is why Westbrook is not a top five pick. If you could count on him, you wouldn't be able to get him in the late first / early second round pick.

I would gather there are a lot of Veteran Westbrook owners (you're posting in this thread, so I know you're out there) who also have LaMont, Portis, Ahman Green, or some other mid-round back on their team they knew they could count on as RB 2.5. And those folks will be fine. If you are a Westbrook owner, and his uncertainty is a problem for you, well, lesson learned.

(Don't own him this year, FWIW.)

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

This thread has me all . Some people need to look at his numbers.

 

[underdog223]

NO GUTS....NO GLORY !!! ENOUGH SAID.....

 

[Addai's Adidas]

If Westbrook sits, the Lions are 3-0.

Pretty sturdy limb there.

Not when we're talking about my Lions

 

[Crusaderfan]

Eagles RB Westbrook Should Be Ready

Rueben Frank, phillyBurbs.com - [Full Article]

Philadelphia Eagles HC Andy Reid said after practice yesterday that Brian Westbrook's sore left knee is improving and Westbrook, who hasn't practiced this week and saw an orthopedic specialist on Wednesday, should be able to play against the Lions on Sunday. "He's getting better," Reid said on his way off the practice field. "I think he's going to be all right." Westbrook, who battled soreness in his right knee throughout most of last year, got hurt in the Eagles' loss to the Redskins on Sunday, although nobody is quite sure how or when. He walked around the locker room yesterday without a noticeable limp.

Also from Philly.com:Westbrook did not get an MRI exam, contrary to reports Wednesday that seemed to have stemmed from name confusion at Reid's news conference. The other "Brian," safety Brian Dawkins, got an MRI on his neck, for the stinger he suffered against Washington. Westbrook was examined by a doctor Wednesday but did not get an MRI, an Eagles spokesman said.

 

[Wu-banger]

Brian Westbrook (knee) practiced without restrictions Friday.

It appears Westbrook's re-examination by the Eagles' doctors revealed no structural damage to his knee. Westbrook will start against the Lions Sunday.

Source: philadelphiaeagles.com

 

[JerseyPaul]

!st round ADP and 1st 2 weeks results (ppr)

LT 35.25

S. Jackson 19.7

LJ 27.4

Gore 37.1

Addai 40

Alexander 35.2

Westbrook 43.3

Bush 21.5

FWP 33.2

Rudi 37.7

Maroney 14.9

Henry 36.9

I was very, very happy when Westbrook fell to me at 1.8 in WCOFF. I'll take my Pepto and enjoy my results. If I have to play CBuck for 1 or 2 weeks, I can accept that as my penance.

 

[thatguythere]

Sounds like good news for the Westbrook owners. I see the Lions holding him to about 120 yds total and maybe a TD. Rogers, Redding, White and (I can't believe I'm typing it,but) Edwards are going to put a lot of pressure on McNabb and the LB's (Sims and Bailey) are going to need to keep Westy in check on dumps and screens...they are fast enough to do it. Otherwise he might break off a long one.

Congrats on not having to sit and wait till Sunday gametime. Now you can focus on another part of your lineup.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

 

[j3r3m3y]

Sounds like good news for the Westbrook owners. I see the Lions holding him to about 120 yds total and maybe a TD.

 

[JAMMIN]

Too bad he got hurt...