Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook will be out of action until the beginning of the 2009 regular season. Brian was not participating in the team’s minicamp this week because of a sore ankle. As it turns out, he has a high ankle sprain. And it apparently needs some work so it’s “prognosis negative” for arguably the Eagles’ best player (remember, he’s also returning from a knee operation this off-season).
Well, there’s good news and bad news with this injury. While Brian is scheduled to miss all of training camp and the preseason (the bad news), he should be ready for …read more

National Football League Blogcast, NFL Blogcast
The National Football League announced today the names of 46 players who have been granted special eligibility for the 2009 NFL Draft on April 25-26. Each of the 46 players has met the league’s three-year eligibility rule and each has submitted a written application in which he renounced his remaining college football eligibility. The deadline for receiving applications was January 15. In alphabetical order, those players are:
Asher Allen DB Georgia Kenny; Britt WR Rutgers; Eben Britton OT Arizona; Donald Brown RB Connecticut; Everette Brown DE Florida St.; Carson Butler TE Michigan; Jairus Byrd DB Oregon; …read more