Philadelphia Eagles have released running back Brian Westbrook.
The team made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon through its web site.
A web-streamed press conference by the team was scheduled for 4:00pm but Andy Reid (right) began speaking at 3:15pm. Said the team's head coach:"Anytime you have to release a player like Brian Westbrook, that's not an easy thing to do -- neither for us nor for Brian." Reid says Westbrook handled the news well:
"I had an opportunity to talk to Brian this morning about the situation and inform him that we were going to go in a different direction, and Brian was tremendous with it -- very professional with it.And Reid added that Westbrook is one of the all-time great Eagles:
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