Reid continued to talk of easing Westbrook back in - but it's hard to say whether that means six touches this week, or twice that many.
"I don't think it's fair to him to throw him in and have him take every snap," Reid said. "He'll have his role and he'll do that part of it, and we'll go from there."
So, will Westbrook start?
"We'll see. There are different packages that they have, so both of them are going to get practice time and we're doing it a little bit different than we did before, sort of a rotational deal," Reid said. "I would probably tell you that LeSean has a little bit bigger package. I can't tell you who's going to be the guy that is on the field first."
Neither Reid nor anyone else can say what concussion repercussions Westbrook might face down the road, whether any long-term damage has already been done, or if he will make his long-term situation worse by returning to the field this season.
"I worry about him not as a football player, I worry about him just as a person, as a human being, a very good friend," Donovan McNabb said yesterday, when asked if he had any concerns. "I just want things to work out for the better, and he stays prayerful and understands that sometimes God puts us in positions at times to learn from our mistakes or to learn from the situations that we are in, so I think he'll be fine."
McNabb said Westbrook's return is "great timing for us because he'll get an opportunity to get two games under his belt, to get his legs back up under him [before the playoffs]. It's a different thing when you have that leadership back there in the backfield."
Reid does not seem to view Westbrook's return as a big risk.
