Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News dissects the spin coming out of the Eagles’ front office regarding injured offensive tackle Shawn Andrews. From the Daily News’ Eagletarian blog:
Shawn Andrews Placed on IR Despite Being Medically Cleared
The story on the team Web site contains the following assessment: “Despite receiving medical clearance from back specialist Dr. Robert Watkins late in the summer, Andrews was unable to overcome back pain to get on the field in the days leading up to the opening game of the regular season in Carolina. Andrews missed the entire training camp and the preseason after tweaking his surgically-repaired back during the conditioning tests upon reporting to Lehigh University and didn’t start practicing again until just before the final preseason game against the Jets.”
Wow. “Despite getting medical clearance …” — that’s as close as you’ll ever see to a team saying “this guy does not want to play and we’re tired of his act.”
Andrews battled depression last year, so who knows what problems are really plaguing him. It seems that this could be more than just a physical issue, clearly. The Eagles needed to get someone off the roster to make room for Jeff Garcia, but if Andrews was medically cleared, cutting one of their seven WRs would be the more obvious route.
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