Kyle Eckel News

Since the Phils game ended at about 7:45, I thought I'd take some time to pass along some Eagles links this evening.

The Eagles have made some room on their roster. They can only carry 80 players into training camp and had 82 signed, with Jeremy Maclin and LeSean McCoy still to go... by Leo Pizzini 4 103 reads Breaking News The Eagles have made some room on their roster.

OK, take a deep breath and relax. Not only is this Brian Westbrook situation nothing to panic about .

Right now, all of Philadelphia is holding their breath to find out the true extent of Westbrook's injury, how the surgery goes, and what the Eagles plan to do about it.

By Bob Brookover The Eagles' running attack is in limbo as the team awaits word on Brian Westbrook's ankle surgery this morning in Baltimore.

With Westbrook heading in for surgery, the picture in the Philadelphia Eagles backfield becomes a whole lot murkier.

Things learned and discerned while following the Eagles this offseason: Playing it safety -- The Eagles are giving 2008 fourth-round pick Quintin Demps every opportunity to impress and retain the starting free safety role in the wake of Brian Dawkins' departure.

When it comes to football, the Eagles like to recognize high school athletes on and off the field.

The Philadelphia Eagle's have locked in Brian Westbrook, LeSean McCoy, and Leonard Weaver as backfield players.

Training Camp is still about two months away, but everyone is talking about who will make the 53-man roster for the start of the season.

Leonard Weaver is the knuckleball pitcher, the serve-and-volley tennis player, and the vinyl record all rolled into the prototypical fullback.

THE CONTRACT that Jeremy Maclin will soon receive from the Eagles as the 19th overall pick in last week's draft and the one that LeSean McCoy will get as the 53rd pick are going to be very different.

NFL COMMISSIONER Roger Goodell made a rather stunning admission last week at the league owners meetings.

Dan Klecko is again a defensive tackle. That's the upshot from the Philadelphia Eagles' addition Friday of Leonard Weaver, a true fullback who agreed to a one-year, incentive-laden deal after nearly boarding a plane to sign with another team.

There were indications yesterday that free-agent fullback Leonard Weaver will be playing somewhere other than Philadelphia next season.

The only problem with this argument is that Leonard Weaver is better than those other recent Eagles fullbacks.

An Eagles source confirmed yesterday that the team is interested in signing free-agent fullback Leonard Weaver.

Navy fullback Eric Kettani has been denied an opportunity to participate in the NFL Combine, being held next weekend in Indianapolis.

There are times in every man's life when he questions how exactly he got to a certain point.

Today's conference championship games - Eagles at Cardinals, and Ravens at Steelers - include the following players with Patriots ties: Eagles Kyle Eckel -- Fullback appeared in 12 games for the Patriots in the ...