Big Ernie McCracken Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/sports/15570112.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepinmofo Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 After reading the headline, this makes me happy as I dont own him, but I play him this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Is Buckhalter (sp?) worth picking up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTed46 Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Is Buckhalter (sp?) worth picking up? As a handcuff I think so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepinmofo Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Is Buckhalter (sp?) worth picking up? Id say yes, unless his knee snaps again. If Westbrook misses any time, I think Buck will fill in nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Is Buckhalter (sp?) worth picking up? yes. if not for this week than for the future as Westy's guaranteed to miss at least a week at some point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 he was fine in the offseason...now he's only proving that he is what the critics said he was......and that's injury prone and I am starting to believe it... I am happy as my opponent has him and Manning who plays the Jags... but I'd try to move Westy...especially if he plays this week and puts up some good numbers....I'd definately try to move him now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Thank god I've got the ever-reliable Fred Taylor backing up BWB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8tiff Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Thank god I've got the ever-reliable Fred Taylor backing up BWB. "Forces" me to play Chester Taylor agin' the Bears... Maybe all that beef up front will help him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 "Forces" me to play Chester Taylor agin' the Bears... Maybe all that beef up front will help him. Eh, I'm not even sold on the idea of benching BWB. I stuck with him last week and he did great. Sure, I wish I knew more about what was ailing the man. But everything I've read so far is that his knee gets better with rest, he doesn't need to practice to be good on game day, and (unlike Portis) the coaches aren't going make him "practice to play." If the knee continues to respond well to R&R, I see no reason to bench him against the Niners. If it doesn't, well, I'll blow up that bridge when I cross it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Is Buckhalter (sp?) worth picking up? Uh, I have posted this on other threads, but I will reiterate aain: Buckhalter's role WILL NOT change if Westbrook is hurt. Moats would start and get the same snaps Westbrook gets now. The Eagles will NOT allow Buck to get 15-20 carries a game....he is strictly a change-of-pace back, and due to back-to-back knee surgeries, the Eagles will not risk losing him again by increasing his workload. Reid has stated this many times. The correct handcuff for Westbrook is Moats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Uh, I have posted this on other threads, but I will reiterate aain: Buckhalter's role WILL NOT change if Westbrook is hurt. Moats would start and get the same snaps Westbrook gets now. The Eagles will NOT allow Buck to get 15-20 carries a game....he is strictly a change-of-pace back, and due to back-to-back knee surgeries, the Eagles will not risk losing him again by increasing his workload. Reid has stated this many times. The correct handcuff for Westbrook is Moats. Great. I just dropped Colsten to pick up Buckhalter. With LT on bye this week I'm desperate for RB help. So is Moats worth a pick up? Hell I might just drop Buckhalter and pick Colsten back up and forget about the Philly situation all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Uh, I have posted this on other threads, but I will reiterate aain: Buckhalter's role WILL NOT change if Westbrook is hurt. Moats would start and get the same snaps Westbrook gets now. The Eagles will NOT allow Buck to get 15-20 carries a game....he is strictly a change-of-pace back, and due to back-to-back knee surgeries, the Eagles will not risk losing him again by increasing his workload. Reid has stated this many times. The correct handcuff for Westbrook is Moats. Do you have any solid information to back that up or is this just your opinion? I'm serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonorator Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Do you have any solid information to back that up or is this just your opinion? I'm serious. really serious, or just kind of serious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Any other Philly homers have an opinion on who will see most of the action if Westbrook is out? Or if Moats and Buckhalter will split and neither one is worth a pick up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 really serious, or just kind of serious? Probably somewhere in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 really serious, or just kind of serious? From his tone, I would say he's really serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 I'm guessing this is just an opinion then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 right now, his knee right now is bone on bone and he'll play this week pretty much, but he won't practice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepinmofo Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 right now, his knee right now is bone on bone and he'll play this week pretty much, but he won't practice... The same bone on bone as CuMar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 (edited) The correct handcuff for Westbrook is Moats. From what I have read this isn't the case. Where did you get that from? Like this- "Correll Buckhalter is Westbrook's primary backup. He gained 6 yards on six carries Sunday, caught one pass for 9 yards, and was stopped on an important fourth-and-less-than-1. "I don't have a clue," whether Westbrook will play, Buckhalter said yesterday. "Since preseason, my approach to practice has been as if I were a starter. That's the way I'm going to approach it this week." Buckhalter has missed three of the last four seasons with knee injuries. He definitely would like an opportunity to show he can do more than spot work, but he's happy to have any role after all he's been through. "It's been a long time coming for me. I'm going to continue to take all the steps to stay out on the field, making plays. Whatever they have for me, whether I'm starting, or whether Westbrook's starting and I'm coming in subbing, it doesn't matter." Edited September 21, 2006 by Randall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 right now, his knee right now is bone on bone and he'll play this week pretty much, but he won't practice... That's what I have which means he has no meniscus. If this is true, I don't see how he can play until he gets surgery. Can you provide more info Av? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 From what I have read this isn't the case. Where did you get that from? Like this- "Correll Buckhalter is Westbrook's primary backup. He gained 6 yards on six carries Sunday, caught one pass for 9 yards, and was stopped on an important fourth-and-less-than-1. "I don't have a clue," whether Westbrook will play, Buckhalter said yesterday. "Since preseason, my approach to practice has been as if I were a starter. That's the way I'm going to approach it this week." Buckhalter has missed three of the last four seasons with knee injuries. He definitely would like an opportunity to show he can do more than spot work, but he's happy to have any role after all he's been through. "It's been a long time coming for me. I'm going to continue to take all the steps to stay out on the field, making plays. Whatever they have for me, whether I'm starting, or whether Westbrook's starting and I'm coming in subbing, it doesn't matter." You are reading the quote from Buckhalter. Of course he'd like to start...what did you expect him to say? That he'd like to play less?? Problem is, for an offense like the Eagles run, an every-down power RB is not ideal. Plus, and most important in trying to decipher who the better Eagles RB play might be, it's not the same story Reid has been saying, or the local Philly papers, or 610WIP, the local chat station. Moats has proven he can be a mini-Westbrook, and carry the rock 15-20 times per game. Buckhalter hasn't done that in four years, and I doubt Reid would risk losing what he currently brings as a change-of-pace. Is it definite? No. But as a Philly homer who reads and listens to Eagles banter daily, my guess is 90% certain that Moats gets the bulk of the work should Westbrook be absent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubdaddy Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 right now, his knee right now is bone on bone and he'll play this week pretty much, but he won't practice... Where did you hear it was bone on bone???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Where did you hear it was bone on bone???? the same guy as mentioned in the Caddy thread...... I hope he's wrong about all this...but then again...he could be pulling a used diaper over my face... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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