Westbrook's contract could be an issue

""I feel as a player -- and I'm sure a lot of other players feel like they should be compensated for the things that they do -- and of course I feel the same way." Back in 2005, after one season as a full-time starter, Westbrook signed a six-year, $25.5 million contract that was on par with his status as one of the top 10 or 15 backs in the league. In the three seasons since, he has elevated his status into the top five, with a serious top-three argument. The durability concerns that always took the edge off his value have been largely disproven. In 2007, Westbrook put together arguably the best individual season in Eagles history."

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26 Comments On: "Westbrook's contract could be an issue"

 
PAY HIM!!!

eagles are a good organization, they do the right thing...or atleast i hope for phili fan's sake.

Hopefully the Eagles pay him. Joe banner is an idiot. I love Westbrook and he is the last player the Eagles should make unhappy. Who knows how many great years he has left in him though, 2 maybe?

ill give him 3 because he was not used as a primary back until 05.

they will get him signed by the middle of the year

Pay The man yapaid McNabb and our D is high paid ya aint gettin a high paid wide reciever PAY THE MAN

Sign Him To A 5 year or six year deal.PAY BRIAN WESTBROOK!

Westbrook will get paid one day. But if its with the Eagles, only time will tell

If there stupid enough to let him get close to free agency he will be gone

i wouldnt wait, i'd give him an extension now or sometime in the near future.

knowing how cheap our team is they'll give him a hard way to go!!! they better pay him!!!

If they let westbrook go, no longer will I be an Eagles fan

give him the money for when you cut the useless backs like moats and hunt when they dont make the team

westbrook is the best runningback and reciever on the team and should get paid like it.

The Eagles better pay Westbrook and stop trippin, I mean everyone knows Westbrook is the best runningback and reciever in the league and if we lose him we can hang up the towels b/c our chances of making it to the Super Bowl will be very slim!

im sorry to say but you wont make the playoffs without westbrook. hes that good.

Westbrook needs to threaten to get more vocal with his discontent. The Eagles will not give him money if they feel they do not need to, and as it currently stands, they do not need to. He has no leverage unless he starts to go T.O. on them.

Westbrook has been nothing but consistency and class his whole carreer. I don't see him going TO on anyone. However, if he doesn't get paid, I wouldn't hold it against him if he asked to be traded or something like that. There's no one on the team who deserves his money like BWest.

he's our franchise rb and wr!!!! i can see banner being cheap and givin him a hard way to go!!!!

I think Brian Westbrook is the most dynamic Eagle since Randall. hes to much of a first class guy to act like a total psycopath like TO. I think he knows that he has the support of the team, fans and players around the league on gettn paid. I think if the Eagles do not pay him, the Front Office will loose a lot of respect from the players who are on the team, players around the league. Nobady want to work for an employer who is dubed as cheap

Westbrook sure would look good with a star on his helmet LOL

If that happened i wouldnt hate the 'boys, I wouldnt feel negative like with T.O. Westbrook is a class act. Not that it will happen, just speaking in terms of Love4daStar's comment.

ya it won't happen, I was just playin around...u would assume that philly would take care of this situation

think about it.... hez close to 30 years old.... Eagles don like players who climb over the 30 hill.... and if he does get payed... which i hope he does its going to be a fucking rediculous amount becuz letz be honest... Westbrook isnt the most humble back in the league... i say atleast 12 mil per season.....and knowing this league he will never play out that entire contract...... I love having the best player on my team but im hoping the eagles dont let him grab them by the balls....

It is logical for the birds to pay him. He has earned it. The shelf life of Halfbacks isn't very long so hopefully he will get his money. TO, despite his craziness, was right in wanting more money because of him out playing his contract. This was especially true in the superbowl. He just went about getting more money in the wrong way. Westbrook isn't like that at all. He will continue to be very classy. While some consider the Eagles brass as being cheap, they forget two important things.
1) They are just smart. They lock up players who are young and have potential for years.
2) The players don't have to sign these deals. They could wait, but they don't.
So basically he should get more but HE signed the contract.

westbrook is one player who EARNS his money. he should retire (a long time from now) an eagle. pay the man!

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