Westbrook setting sights on opener

Aug 20, 2009

The goal for Brian Westbrook isn't the Colts on Thursday and it's not the Jaguars on Aug. 27 and it's not the Jets in the last preseason game.

There's only one goal.

"Working toward that Panthers game," Brian Westbrook said.

Westbrook met with the media after practice Tuesday for the first time since undergoing ankle surgery in June and said he's on schedule to play in the Eagles' regular-season opener on Sept. 13 against the Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.

"I think I'm right on time, right where I wanted to be," said Westbrook, who began practicing on Saturday. "I think that everybody here knows that you heal a little bit faster when you're younger, no question. I definitely feel good about how my rehab has come. I definitely feel good about how I am right now and the place I am right now."

Fantasy Impact:

yesterday

Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson officially Out for Week 12

Adam Schefter

yesterday · 4:12 PM EST

Cowboys list TE Jake Ferguson as out for Sunday’s game vs. Washington due to his concussion.

Related Players: Luke Schoonmaker

Fantasy Impact:

This puts Schoonmaker more or less in TE streaming consideration, but there are far better options this week, which puts him low on the totem pole.

Eagles WR DeVonta Smith officially Out for Week 12

Mike Garafolo

yesterday · 4:04 PM EST

Eagles ruled out WR DeVonta Smith (hamstring) for Sunday against the Rams.

Related Players: A.J. Brown, Jahan Dotson, Johnny Wilson, Dallas Goedert

Fantasy Impact:

It's a bit of a crapshoot as to who the "WR2" on the offense will be, but now that he's ruled out, Brown and Goedert should get a nice boost to their bottom line. That would lock Goedert into a no-doubt TE1 role in Week 12.