Oct 2nd 2008 2:22AM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Eagles, Redskins, NFC East, NFL Injuries
For those who don’t know, Byron Westbrook is a cornerback on the Washington Redskins’ practice squad. He is also the younger brother of Philadelphia Eagles superstar Brian Westbrook.

Brian missed the Eagles game against the Bears last week but, according to many sources, is expected to play against the Redskins this week.

Or not, according to Byron:Byron Westbrook said he speaks to his brother, whose presence completely changes the effectiveness and productivity of the Philly offense, nearly every day.

“I don’t think he’ll play,” Byron Westbrook said. “The ankle injury is more serious than what the Eagles put out. You know how Andy Reid is about injuries and giving out information. Just watching him on the sidelines after he turned his ankle [against Pittsburgh two weeks ago], it didn’t look good.
I’m a very interested party to this since I am a Redskins fan (and hope he doesn’t play) who also has Westbrook on his fantasy team (and hope he does play). Even though Byron says he chats it up with Brian, I still don’t believe him.

I mean, Brian is telling everyone else that he is optimistic that he’ll play.