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12-27-2007, 09:52 PM
http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10546470
With the Philadelphia Eagles out of playoff contention, Westbrook won't sit out Sunday's season finale against Buffalo to gear up for a Super Bowl run. Instead, the dynamic running back has a chance to pursue a few team records. Of course, he'd rather chase a championship.
Westbrook needs just 2 yards to break Wilbert Montgomery's club record of 2,005 total yards from scrimmage set in 1979. He also needs three receptions to break Irving Fryar's mark of 88 set in 1996.
Ricky Watters was the last Eagles player to lead the NFL in total yards with 1,855 in '96. Westbrook also has a chance to become the first Eagle to lead the conference in rushing since Steve Van Buren in 1949. He trails Minnesota's Adrian Peterson by 14 yards.
I have always liked Westbrook seeing him as this generation's Thurman Thomas (generation in NFL being as far apart as in mountains of Tennessee) but I hope the Bills deprive him of some of those records although I doubt Bills have a chance at stopping him from bettering Wilbert's record.
With the Philadelphia Eagles out of playoff contention, Westbrook won't sit out Sunday's season finale against Buffalo to gear up for a Super Bowl run. Instead, the dynamic running back has a chance to pursue a few team records. Of course, he'd rather chase a championship.
Westbrook needs just 2 yards to break Wilbert Montgomery's club record of 2,005 total yards from scrimmage set in 1979. He also needs three receptions to break Irving Fryar's mark of 88 set in 1996.
Ricky Watters was the last Eagles player to lead the NFL in total yards with 1,855 in '96. Westbrook also has a chance to become the first Eagle to lead the conference in rushing since Steve Van Buren in 1949. He trails Minnesota's Adrian Peterson by 14 yards.
I have always liked Westbrook seeing him as this generation's Thurman Thomas (generation in NFL being as far apart as in mountains of Tennessee) but I hope the Bills deprive him of some of those records although I doubt Bills have a chance at stopping him from bettering Wilbert's record.