Andy Reid Speaks!

Funny, the mumbles don’t come through in the transcript.

 

Basically, the interview boiled down to explaining how and why Brian Dawkins left, the relationship with Donovan McNabb, and the status of Brian Westbrook post-surgery.

 

Here, I think is the most relevant question and answer of the interview, where Spadaro asks a surprisingly pointed question about why the Eagles didn’t just pay Dawkins some extra money to stay given how much room they have under the cap. Reid’s answer: the Eagles don’t overpay and “it’s just business.”

 

DS: Some fans wonder, though, why the Eagles, who have so much room under the salary cap, would not just do anything it takes to keep a player like Dawkins here. Why not go the extra mile and keep him here?

AR: "I understand that and we're obviously in a business where change takes place. You set the money aside and we did what we thought was fair and Denver did what they thought was fair and they did a great job with it. And we move on. That's how these things work. There is no animosity towards Brian. That's just business. I think Brian understands that, we understand that and you just go on."