Meet Brian Westbrook

Marty, this is Brian. Brian Marty.

I'm still not convinced that Brian Westbrook has ever been formally introduced to Andy Reid and Marty Mornhinweg. I don't think they know how good he really is. Do they even know his number? If they do, then why don't they use him? Why does he not get the ball at the end of the game? Why does he only touch the ball 22 times? If he touches the ball 30 times yesterday, we win.

Just in case Andy and Marty read my blog, I'm going to show them how good Brian Westbrook is.

Yards Per Touch Among NFL Running Backs (2003-2006)

1. Brian Westbrook 938 touches, 6.0 avg.

2. Michael Pittman 725 touches, 5.6 avg.

3. Tiki Barber 1,517 touches, 5.5 avg.

4. Larry Johnson 989 touches, 5.3 avg.

Yards Per Touch among all NFL players (2006)

1. Brian Westbrook, 315 touches 6.0 avg.

2. Frank Gore 340 touches, 5.8 avg.

3. Ladainian Tomlinson, 386 touches, 5.8 avg.

Last year, Westbrook was amongst the league leaders in 8 critical offensive categories...

Brian Westbrook ranks #1 or #2 amongst all NFL running (2003-2006) in receiving yards, TDs and receptions.

Yards

1. Westbrook - 2,350

2 Ladainian Tomlinson - 2,044

TDs

1. Westbrook - 18

2 Tomlinson - 10

Receptions

1. Tomlinson - 260

2. Westbrook - 248

And what about Yards after the catch (YAC)?

YAC (2004-2006)

1. Westbrook - 1767

2. Tiki Barber - 1560

3. Ladainian Tomlinson - 1510

4. Steven Jackson - 1365

5. Steve Smith - 1319

Consider this also... Westbrook averages more yards per carry after the 21st carry then he does for his first 10.

And his statistics this year, far outshine those of last year.

Currently he has:

216 carries for 994 yards (avg of 90.1 yards/game) and 7 TDs.

69 receptions for 604 yards. (54.9 yards/game) and 4 TDs

He's currently averaging only 19.1 rushing attempts per game. And he's got only 1 fumble.

So why didn't we use him at the end of the game?

Here's what Andy had to say...

"We were trying to win the football game the best way we could. We were trying
to do what we needed to do to win the game at the time."

I don't know why we even have press conferences with Reid. Does he ever say anything?

Click here for more impressive Westbrook stats. He's quickly entrenching himself as one of the Eagles' All-Time Greats. They've done some pretty cool projections for season totals. It really is impressive.

I'm baffled... we were playing on a cold, rainy day with our backup Quarterback at the helm. Our receivers are less than stellar and we have one of the best running backs in the game. Why then did we throw the ball 46 times and run it 25 times?