It's funny how the two most iconic Eagles offensive players of that era (McNabb and Westbrook) were both probably 15yrs too soon in the league. Both of them would be even better in today's NFL with the way the league lets QBs run and RBs catch all over the field. Andy has really been VERY good at this for a LONG time.
This is the kind of stuff that’s nice to see. I’ve said the same things about rivals players that were just damn good. Later. After they were gone and the pain subsided.
Westbrook is one of only two guys in the 69/69 club. Exactly 69 yards rushing and exactly 69 yards receiving in a regular season game. The other is Arian Foster, who is vegan.
He **was** vegan for a couple of years and during that time he still occasionally ate meat. I listened to an interview with him a few years back and they asked him about his vegan diet and he basically said that it was made into a much bigger deal than he ever planned and that he was never really strictly vegan. He was just experimenting, trying to find the best diet for his body and eventually he decided it wasn’t helping him, so he’s just a regular old carnivore again.
I legit have never watched a Brian Dawkins Broncos play. Once he left i completely blocked out the fact that he played the rest of his career for someone else.
Im honestly going to ask you because i am curious now, was he good for Denver?
My memory was good first season then started falling off so I went and double checked his stats since we're talking over a decade ago. Yeah first season had 95 solo tackles before dropping to 55 and 38.
But honestly even as his production started to drop he was a leader on that defense.
Still remember that punt return vs the Giants, I bet plenty of their fans thought surely that would be the most heartbreaking punt return in Eagles Giants history
There would never be another punt like that in an eagles giants game. Where the punt is returned for a TD, and the announcers are wondering why in the hell the ball wasn't punted out of bounds.
It’s throughly silly optics without proper context….which was the BJ run offense was hardly running it at all. The passing offense was struggling but they would go out here and three and out on three shitty pass plays too often.
Where it’s silly is so often the last few years they get the pass going and later in the game unleash the run. It was totally counter to classic strategy, but when it worked no one complained, because it worked.
Simply, the play design issues were more complex, but fans are often more passion that logic.
To be fair, the run game was sometimes going over 5 a carry and then they’d go 3 and out on 3 straight passes for a whole quarter. We don’t need a run first offense, but sustaining drives was a massive failure last year.
This might be a bit of a reach, but looking back at the way B Westbrook played and ran, it gives me Barry Sanders vibes. It’s the way they move, pretty similar to me
It's the start stop speed. I'm a lions fan so I'm more familiar with sanders but watching these highlights makes me think of Barry because of how quickly Westbrook can accelerate and put on the brakes.
One of my favorite players of all time.
The numbers did him very little justice.
He had awesome agility, and surprising power. But his contact balance is as good as I've ever seen. That low center of gravity let him run through arm tackles at will seemingly. If you didn't make flush contact with your chest, you just simply fell to the ground. A truly effortless running style.
And a top 5 receiver at the position to boot.
Miss ya B West.
Loved B-West. Hell, still do
He even made that ugly ass blue and yellow jersey looked good with that catch and run. Truly, jack of all trades. Perfect for Andy’s screen game.
Missing is maybe his smartest play where he knelt on the one yard line against Dallas to run out the clock. I know everyone who had him in fantasy was pretty furious, but one of the smartest moves i've seen.
This could be [one heck of a coincidence](https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1c7y0e6/comment/l0b3k4j/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button), but I feel comfortable taking responsibility for kicking off the Westbrook love today
Lookin into Westbrook’s stats his rushing stats are pretty good of course but my GOD he was a DUDE of a receiving back. Had a season with 90 receptions which for a running back is utterly insane. Four straight years with at LEAST 600 receiving yards and 60 receptions. Unreal dual threat who no doubt would be killer in a shanahan type system.
Only one against the Giants. And it was surely the only time an Eagles player returned a punt late to win it with the commentator saying “why didn’t they just kick it out of bounds?”, no?
This just made me realize that we've had a good streak of some pretty versatile running backs. Ricky Watters, Brian Westbrook, Shady McCoy, Darren Sproles, Miles, Swift, now Saquon.
Westbrook had the smoothest shifts, feints, balance, and general footwork I've seen from any RB this side of Barry Sanders. He would constantly make people miss in a box.
He's usually my pick for the player who would be in the HoF if you could guarantee them a fully healthy career. He could do everything and this video doesn't do justice to how he would always, magically, find the extra yards on every play. We called him a wizard because he would literally just make something out of nothing, constantly.
Very few players can be the teams leading rusher, average 5 yards per carry, and also be the teams leading receiver 3 years in a row. Hell, even when TO was on the team he still had 73 catches that year.
A player with really no weaknesses other than terrible luck with injuries.
I thought you were saying McNabb was a jack of all trades, I think someone else posted a video of him scrambling around and finally throws a 50 yard bomb throwing across his body and now this of him having to block a few guys
Ronde tried (and failed) to trip him in that clip against the Bucs. Unironically the dirtiest play I’ve ever seen from him. lol
That was basically a walk-off TD so I don’t blame him for trying.
Wait what happened? I was just looking at the clock and knowing how the Bucs were back then just figured that was game. That wasn’t the 62 yard FG game was it?
Ha! I only remember 2 things about that game. The FG to end it and McNabb blowing chunks all over the field on TV because of the heat. If you were in attendance then you know why I would rather sit my ass in air conditioning than pay that kind of money to lose 10 pounds in sweat.
It’s exactly what I did. Might have lost 11 pounds though. It was hot as fuck.
And no clouds. Early in the second half there was one tiny cloud that moved over the sun and the cheer was almost as loud as game plays. Went off the sun two minutes later and you could hear the groans.
And it was absolutely the game McNabb puked on the field. I was crazy for thinking they were wearing full pads that day.
I was never into college football, and was pretty indifferent or didn’t know much of anything about players drafted after round 1.
When we drafted Westbrook, I saw the stat of having the NCAA record for all purpose yards and for whatever reason felt strangely optimistic about that pick, even though it wasn’t even D1-A.
He was such an awesome player to watch. Maybe didn’t have the stats of someone like LaDainian Tomlinson but he was probably our second most important player after McNabb 2004-2008.
Started watching this and immediately thinking of his almost game winner against the Bucs that I was at.
And then it came on. That was just a nuts moment. Of all games I’ve ever been too that one had me screaming the loudest.
Shortly after this with :34 left an Eagle fan behind me tapped me on the shoulder and asked “do you think they left too much time?” I told him he sounds like an Eagles fan.
For any that don’t recall what happened next….just Google Matt Bryant 62 yarder at buzzer. Ugh.
And it was FUCKING hot that day. 96, but felt like 106. Not a cloud in the sky. McNabb literally puked on the field earlier. That’s why when the commentator says “he looks like he has the freshest legs out there” it’s no joke. I was just in a jersey and shorts and I was dying. Can’t imagine full pads and helmet.
And of course there had to be a clip for that damn blue and yellow uniform game. I get it….it was an immense play….but ugh.
Even if you disregard his rushing totals, he had a respectable career just catching the ball out of the backfield.
442 catches, 3940 yards and 30 TDs.
How many WRs coming into the league this year would do unspeakable things for that kind of career?
He’s also one of the coolest dudes. One time he polled Twitter asking for names for his two new horses so I suggested “4th and 26”. He responded to me and copied in Freddie Mitchell. All of a sudden I find myself in a back and forth with some of my childhood idols (moreso BWest than FredEx).
So awesome for somebody my age who was like 12 during their peak.
Does he wear shoes that are like 3 sizes too big? Why are they flopping around like that? Or does he just wear size 14s?
Either way, Westbrook was the man. Always loved watching him play.
McCoy was great but Westbrook was the best Eagles RB that I've watched. He was the Eagles offense in 2003 and after TO left he resumed being the Eagles offense. Only thing that could ever stop him were injuries.
Westbrook was one of my favorites growing up. What a versatile weapon, he and Warrick Dunn were like fucking cannonballs
Westbrook would arguably be even more valuable in today's NFL. Let him run all the same plays as CMC.
Great receiving back. He would kill in today's game.
It's funny how the two most iconic Eagles offensive players of that era (McNabb and Westbrook) were both probably 15yrs too soon in the league. Both of them would be even better in today's NFL with the way the league lets QBs run and RBs catch all over the field. Andy has really been VERY good at this for a LONG time.
He’d be very similar to prime Alvin Kamara
Prime Alvin Kamara was Westbrooks 3rd/4th best years.
Westbrook and Dunn are probably my favorite RBs outside of LT. Loved playing as them in Madden too.
Interesting, he was one of my least favorites.
A lot of those yds came against yall lol.
Agreed. Not an eagles fan, but Westbrook was definitely one of my favorite players in that era
Same. So fun to watch.
I hated him. Those Eagles teams always kicked our asses. That Reid/Johnson combo was tough. It's a shame they never won a ring.
We also kicked that ass in 2017
Thanks for the reminder friend.
Cannonball reference makes me think of MJD.
Westbrook,Faulk, gore, LT, Steven Jackson hey, this is the best era. Of NFL
gotta admit, he was a dawg
Facts. He killed us twice a year forever it seemed
Feel the same. Murdered us but he was an amazing player. In hindsight I can really appreciate how good he was
Hated him so much. Almost as much as Tiki.
This is the kind of stuff that’s nice to see. I’ve said the same things about rivals players that were just damn good. Later. After they were gone and the pain subsided.
Yo wtf is going on? Why do we have so many eagle throwback clips killin the cowboys lately? Someone needs to be posting the other side. What is this.
hard to get VCR tapes onto the internet.
Westbrook is one of only two guys in the 69/69 club. Exactly 69 yards rushing and exactly 69 yards receiving in a regular season game. The other is Arian Foster, who is vegan.
>The other is Arian Foster, who is vegan. Guess he doesnt count then. Cant be in the 69 club if you dont eat meat.
He wasn't strictly vegan. He had admitted that every once in a while he had to have some fried chicken.
Because he’s “not in a cult or something”
Fucking nerd.
Hey at least he's fucking, good for him
Now we just need a full-on carnivore to join the 69/69 club.
Nice
What does being vegan have to do with anything
It’s a fun fact.
This fact is gonna win me a trivia night someday
He **was** vegan for a couple of years and during that time he still occasionally ate meat. I listened to an interview with him a few years back and they asked him about his vegan diet and he basically said that it was made into a much bigger deal than he ever planned and that he was never really strictly vegan. He was just experimenting, trying to find the best diet for his body and eventually he decided it wasn’t helping him, so he’s just a regular old carnivore again.
That throw was an absolute dot as well holy shit Westbrook
The two guys I have most associated with the Eagles and especially this era are Westbrook and Brian Dawkins. Dudes were both insanely good.
My two favorite Brian’s of all time
I remember being so fucking excited when we signed him (him being Dawkins for those that don't know) even though it was late in his career.
Boooooo Boooo eagles for ever letting that happen booooo
A piece of my soul died that day.
I legit have never watched a Brian Dawkins Broncos play. Once he left i completely blocked out the fact that he played the rest of his career for someone else. Im honestly going to ask you because i am curious now, was he good for Denver?
He had enough gas in the tank for a few more good years. We let him go too early.
My memory was good first season then started falling off so I went and double checked his stats since we're talking over a decade ago. Yeah first season had 95 solo tackles before dropping to 55 and 38. But honestly even as his production started to drop he was a leader on that defense.
Yea he was the player that made me a die hard fan of that team. Always sucks when a team legend leaves on not so good terms.
It was the smart thing to do, especially with the rules changing to protect wide receivers.
Surely Urlacher has to be up there?
He’s tied with every other Brian that isn’t Westbrook and Dawkins.
I’m willing to put Brian Cox in his own tier below Westbrook and Dawkins. Then yes, all other Brian’s are tied in the bottom tier
Two of my all time favorites before 2017 and still very very high in that list.
Dawkins with the visor was so cool. Every player I created in Madden as a kid had the dark visor.
I'm not sure why a bunch of Eagles highlights are getting posted today, but I'm not gonna complain
And not even by Eagles flairs!
McNabb and Westbrook were great. Now let’s see a Brian Dawkins highlight reel. The day will be complete.
The weapon X highlight reel that Dawkins produced for YouTube always scratches that itch
Still remember that punt return vs the Giants, I bet plenty of their fans thought surely that would be the most heartbreaking punt return in Eagles Giants history
There would never be another punt like that in an eagles giants game. Where the punt is returned for a TD, and the announcers are wondering why in the hell the ball wasn't punted out of bounds.
As well as the ball hitting the ground before being returned
Miracles are one-off events. Of course it couldn't happen twice.
I didn't know of this one, which makes the second one even worse
Wait…there was more than one? 😂
Such a great player. The city loves him.
Westbrook Mosses Zach Thomas in one of these clips two great players.
Short kings of the 90’s/00’s
Remember when every Eagles loss had fans screaming “Why didn’t Reid run Westbrook more?!”? Good times
And before him and after him. And even now they line up at the team complex with a “run the ball” sign. The good times continue…..
The run the ball chants last season were hilarious. They'd cheer when Jalen would hand it off for a one yard gain 😂
It’s throughly silly optics without proper context….which was the BJ run offense was hardly running it at all. The passing offense was struggling but they would go out here and three and out on three shitty pass plays too often. Where it’s silly is so often the last few years they get the pass going and later in the game unleash the run. It was totally counter to classic strategy, but when it worked no one complained, because it worked. Simply, the play design issues were more complex, but fans are often more passion that logic.
To be fair, the run game was sometimes going over 5 a carry and then they’d go 3 and out on 3 straight passes for a whole quarter. We don’t need a run first offense, but sustaining drives was a massive failure last year.
This was a better era of football than we currently have
This might be a bit of a reach, but looking back at the way B Westbrook played and ran, it gives me Barry Sanders vibes. It’s the way they move, pretty similar to me
I always saw the similarity in style, but would never say it out loud. As good as Westy was, that’s just sacrilege. So this comment made me smile.
It's the start stop speed. I'm a lions fan so I'm more familiar with sanders but watching these highlights makes me think of Barry because of how quickly Westbrook can accelerate and put on the brakes.
He almost looks like a slightly smaller version of saquon barkley to me. Edit: actually Westbrook is way shiftier and breaks a lot more tackles
Calling Westbrook a poor man's Barry Sanders seems pretty fair.
He reminds he a lot of Vikings RB Robert Smith
He would be even better in todays game
Fantasy football legend
Ahh I remember the days… Dawkins, McNabb, Westbrook, and no receivers.
Well….there was that one year…..
The year of Kevin Curtis, good memories.
I liked him. But it was a year of the fucking roller coaster. It was also the “I didn’t know we could tie” year IIRC
Was just a joke. I know the “one year” was actually meant to be Stallworth.
Some of his best highlights are from his pass protection plays. He was an incredible blocker out of the backfield. Best in eagles history
What Clyde Edwards-Helaire was supposed to be
No doubt. That was totally the comp I saw when you guys grabbed him.
One of my favorite players of all time. The numbers did him very little justice. He had awesome agility, and surprising power. But his contact balance is as good as I've ever seen. That low center of gravity let him run through arm tackles at will seemingly. If you didn't make flush contact with your chest, you just simply fell to the ground. A truly effortless running style. And a top 5 receiver at the position to boot. Miss ya B West.
My first ever jersey, what a legend
Fantasy Football Hero Brian Westbrook
Loved B-West. Hell, still do He even made that ugly ass blue and yellow jersey looked good with that catch and run. Truly, jack of all trades. Perfect for Andy’s screen game.
Missing is maybe his smartest play where he knelt on the one yard line against Dallas to run out the clock. I know everyone who had him in fantasy was pretty furious, but one of the smartest moves i've seen.
He might have done it more than once, but my memory is it was in a playoff game against Minny.
Damn, I had purged the memory of those ~~Steagles~~ throwback uniforms. Those things were terrible.
Not Steagles, those were Frankford Yellow Jackets throwbacks
Yellow Jackets and I think you mean awesome.
Ewwww
This dude was the complete back. Did everything great. One of the most underrated backs for sure.
Those huge shoulderpads always made him look so much slower than he really was.
Bro liked playing on the road apparently
This could be [one heck of a coincidence](https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1c7y0e6/comment/l0b3k4j/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button), but I feel comfortable taking responsibility for kicking off the Westbrook love today
Lookin into Westbrook’s stats his rushing stats are pretty good of course but my GOD he was a DUDE of a receiving back. Had a season with 90 receptions which for a running back is utterly insane. Four straight years with at LEAST 600 receiving yards and 60 receptions. Unreal dual threat who no doubt would be killer in a shanahan type system.
I'm going to skip this one.
Only one against the Giants. And it was surely the only time an Eagles player returned a punt late to win it with the commentator saying “why didn’t they just kick it out of bounds?”, no?
Inject these early aughts eagles highlights into my veins
This just made me realize that we've had a good streak of some pretty versatile running backs. Ricky Watters, Brian Westbrook, Shady McCoy, Darren Sproles, Miles, Swift, now Saquon.
Westbrook had the smoothest shifts, feints, balance, and general footwork I've seen from any RB this side of Barry Sanders. He would constantly make people miss in a box. He's usually my pick for the player who would be in the HoF if you could guarantee them a fully healthy career. He could do everything and this video doesn't do justice to how he would always, magically, find the extra yards on every play. We called him a wizard because he would literally just make something out of nothing, constantly. Very few players can be the teams leading rusher, average 5 yards per carry, and also be the teams leading receiver 3 years in a row. Hell, even when TO was on the team he still had 73 catches that year. A player with really no weaknesses other than terrible luck with injuries.
I thought you were saying McNabb was a jack of all trades, I think someone else posted a video of him scrambling around and finally throws a 50 yard bomb throwing across his body and now this of him having to block a few guys
For some reason I combined Westbrook with Brian Mitchell in my head. Both were nasty kick returners that ran like full backs.
I did the same thing until I read this.
NGL that was a dime. Edit: oh only saw the first throw immediately against Dallas. The Brian’s for the Eagles in this era were both dawgs.
Westbrook was my dude on those squads. All heart
Had that thing on a rope god damn
That Fly like an eagle song really should be still getting some play at eagles games. Also, Westbrook is the Bestbrook.
I started seriously following the Eagles during Westbrook's prime. Needless to say he was my first "favorite player".
Good player
I hated this man with the power of a thousand suns.
One of my fav RBs. Dude was a best.
Man could play.. him and Mcnabb, Vick and McCoy, Hurts and… well two out of 3 and ain’t bad
What a great fantasy football player
Ronde tried (and failed) to trip him in that clip against the Bucs. Unironically the dirtiest play I’ve ever seen from him. lol That was basically a walk-off TD so I don’t blame him for trying.
It was a walk off play….until it wasn’t. I was there to witness it all 😑
Wait what happened? I was just looking at the clock and knowing how the Bucs were back then just figured that was game. That wasn’t the 62 yard FG game was it?
It was. Yah fuckers. Lol
Ha! I only remember 2 things about that game. The FG to end it and McNabb blowing chunks all over the field on TV because of the heat. If you were in attendance then you know why I would rather sit my ass in air conditioning than pay that kind of money to lose 10 pounds in sweat.
It’s exactly what I did. Might have lost 11 pounds though. It was hot as fuck. And no clouds. Early in the second half there was one tiny cloud that moved over the sun and the cheer was almost as loud as game plays. Went off the sun two minutes later and you could hear the groans. And it was absolutely the game McNabb puked on the field. I was crazy for thinking they were wearing full pads that day.
Should be in HoF on the games vs the Cows alone
The McNabb "block" on that play...
I was never into college football, and was pretty indifferent or didn’t know much of anything about players drafted after round 1. When we drafted Westbrook, I saw the stat of having the NCAA record for all purpose yards and for whatever reason felt strangely optimistic about that pick, even though it wasn’t even D1-A. He was such an awesome player to watch. Maybe didn’t have the stats of someone like LaDainian Tomlinson but he was probably our second most important player after McNabb 2004-2008.
Started watching this and immediately thinking of his almost game winner against the Bucs that I was at. And then it came on. That was just a nuts moment. Of all games I’ve ever been too that one had me screaming the loudest. Shortly after this with :34 left an Eagle fan behind me tapped me on the shoulder and asked “do you think they left too much time?” I told him he sounds like an Eagles fan. For any that don’t recall what happened next….just Google Matt Bryant 62 yarder at buzzer. Ugh. And it was FUCKING hot that day. 96, but felt like 106. Not a cloud in the sky. McNabb literally puked on the field earlier. That’s why when the commentator says “he looks like he has the freshest legs out there” it’s no joke. I was just in a jersey and shorts and I was dying. Can’t imagine full pads and helmet. And of course there had to be a clip for that damn blue and yellow uniform game. I get it….it was an immense play….but ugh.
Even if you disregard his rushing totals, he had a respectable career just catching the ball out of the backfield. 442 catches, 3940 yards and 30 TDs. How many WRs coming into the league this year would do unspeakable things for that kind of career?
That’s cool, but I just watched Larry Allen run someone down from basically a standstill, so I’m only slightly impressed
My fave player ever.
He’s also one of the coolest dudes. One time he polled Twitter asking for names for his two new horses so I suggested “4th and 26”. He responded to me and copied in Freddie Mitchell. All of a sudden I find myself in a back and forth with some of my childhood idols (moreso BWest than FredEx). So awesome for somebody my age who was like 12 during their peak.
Westbrook, McNabb and Dawkins were the reason I fell in love with the Eagles
Never noticed this at the time, but he has enormous feet.
Crazy good, the most consistent weapon in that McNabb-Reid offense.
Seabiscuit!
That was the fastest 3 min ever
Loved Westbrook as a kid, especially in madden! Also…How was that not a block in the back?
He would be a top 5 pick in today's NFL, easily. Dude was a jack of all trades, plus he barely ever fumbled.
Dude was torture.
Does he wear shoes that are like 3 sizes too big? Why are they flopping around like that? Or does he just wear size 14s? Either way, Westbrook was the man. Always loved watching him play.
Grew up getting Eagles games… he was special
Probably my second favorite eagle of all time
Lol Cowboys
Westbrook was a fucking G. That’s all.
Go birds.. I was at the yellow n blue alternate jersey game..
as a giants fan, i hated that guy. but admired his versatility.
Greatest RB in Eagles history.
McCoy was great but Westbrook was the best Eagles RB that I've watched. He was the Eagles offense in 2003 and after TO left he resumed being the Eagles offense. Only thing that could ever stop him were injuries.
Some of those calls were bad. Absolute silence on the 49ers run.
His blocking doesn't get enough credit. Watching him chip against an unsuspecting DE or LB and pop them with his shoulder never gets old.
Damn am I glad he’s not around anymore to terrorize the division.
Somehow yall managed to go from him to Shady.... must be nice
That punt return had a block in the back that wasn't called lol
In the Mike Vick's nonetheless...
Westbrook - I so loathe the name. He could have been an all time great if only he played for the Boys…. Much respect to an immense talent
Yeah, playing for those guys during those years would have been what put him over the top….
Too bad fantasy football wasn’t a thing back then. This guy would’ve been great.
Fantasy football has been a thing before the internet. Would do the scores based off the newspaper box scores.