Jul 31st 2008 9:29AM by Enrico Campitelli (author feed)
Filed under: Eagles, NFC East
Many Eagles fans didn’t think much of the draft day trade that sent an Eagles third round draft pick to Miami for Dolphins running back Lorenzo Booker. After just a few days in to training camp up in Lehigh, the versatile back is making a name for himself.

Obviously the Eagles have all world running back Brian Westbrook as the center piece of their offense but the decision as to which other backs will get to see the field is still up in the air. Correll Buckhalter has managed to stay healthy and contributed a solid effort in 2007. Booker appears to be giving him some stuff competition.

The Eagles tended to use Buckhalter when they wanted to pound the ball up the middle instead of using Westbrook’s speed to the outside while Booker’s game tends to resemble BWest. Last year’s rookie back Tony Hunt may be the odd man out.Continue Reading