Westbrook says concussions aren’t being taken as seriously as they should be

Mon, Feb 8, 2010

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Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook says he wasn’t completely healed from his first concussion when he suffered his second one.

When he came out of Villanova, pundits said Brian Westbrook was too small to be an every down back in the NFL. He set out to prove them wrong and worked his way to the Pro Bowl. But after surpassing 1,000 all-purpose yards each year since 2004, this past season presented Westbrook with, perhaps, his greatest challenge.

In late October, he was knocked unconscious, suffering a concussion. Westbrook sat out the next three weeks. When he returned to the field, he received his second concussion in twenty days. This second concussion led to talk of early retirement, but he still managed to come back and play in the playoffs.

Westbrook joined WGFX in Nashville with former teammate Blaine Bishop to talk about whether Donovan McNabb will be the Eagles’ quarterback next season, how much fun it is to play with McNabb, and what he learned about concussions this past season.

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Whether Donovan McNabb will be the Eagles’ quarterback next season:
I think there is no question in my mind if Donovan will be back… Everybody measures, a lot of fans measure, by Super Bowls. Realistically, there is only going to be one team out of thirty-two to win the Super Bowl every year, and it is hard to do that. I don’t think that you can measure whether a quarterback can be successful or not by whether he wins a Super Bowl or not.

If you look at this football team with Donovan and without Donovan, I think you would be hard-pressed to say that there was better quarterback in the league than Donovan McNabb for the Philadelphia Eagles.

On how much fun it is to play with McNabb:
A whole lot. Donovan, he brings that added layer, added attractiveness, to the game that he could …