Should Brian Westbrook Have Shown Up at the Philadelphia Eagles' Training Camp?

2,100 total yards, 12 total touchdowns, and 90 receptions out of the backfield doesn’t often walk through the door. Luckily enough for the Philadelphia Eagles, it did. Brian Westbrook showed up to training camp on Thursday, ending speculation that he would hold out as he and his newly-minted agent Todd France look for an upgrade on the contract he signed four years ago. Westbrook said that “there was definitely” a possibility of waiting this thing out.  However, he realized the likely frenzy that would occur if he was not present, and decided it was best to let his agent handle the negotiations. Rather than instigate a potentially ugly situation, Westbrook handled things professionally by joining his teammates on the campus of Lehigh University for yet another training camp. And that’s what makes a guy like Brian Westbrook so valuable. In this day and age, so many players hold out, looking for leverage in the business that football has become. Westbrook let his ... (link)