Eagles Camp Notes: July 30th

The vets finally hit the field. Well, the five who weren’t sidelined with an injury did anyway. The pads are still collecting dust, but that didn’t stop the first full-squad practice from resembling a MASH unit. One name, conspicuous by his absence, was a guy who can’t afford any setbacks in ’09: The Big Kid — Shawn Andrews. He sat out due to back spasms. They are calling it minor. No such thing for a guy coming off back surgery.

In other boo boo news:

- Asante and Laws suffered hammy strains. Laws could be seen doing girlie style push-ups.

- Jason Peters got a spasm in his quad. I used to have a truck with the same problem.

- Macho sprained an ankle. Not very macho of him.

- Westy and Abiamiri rehabbed with Rick Burkholder. Brian flipped a really big tire. Is he training for the Tough Man?

Geesh. Must have been one tough morning conditioning session. All of the above were placed on the PUP list.

- In better news, I guess, Brandon Gibson returned to practice.

- Winston Justice lined up at right tackle. Let’s hope we never see that during the season.

- Reggie Brown made it through the morning without getting hurt. Amazing.

- First-round picks are beginning to ink deals, most notably Darrius Heyward-Bey of the Raiders; the first wide receiver drafted. Maybe, just maybe, this will restart the Maclin talks. Reid, rightfully so, seems perturbed.

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