Eagles Depth Chart Predictions: Offense

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Training camp at Lehigh University is still a little more than two months away, but for Eagles fans it is never too late to contemplate the position battles that will be had in the hot summer days ahead.  To whet your appetite for why not take a look at my predictions for the depth chart when the team makes their finals cuts?

The following depth chart is very unofficial of course and I will provide the defensive side of the ball later in the week.  This depth chart will go two deep, providing you my guess for the starter as well as the primary back up.  When discussing the offensive side of the ball with the Eagles there is a lot less rotating in and out so more of these predictions will be locks, highlighted in bold.

QUARTERBACK

Donovan McNabb/Kevin Kolb: There is no doubt that McNabb will be the full time starter for the Eagles in 2009.  Despite his benching incident and coming up short in the NFC Championship game in Arizona, McNabb had a decent 2008 season.  There is no reason McNabb will not be the starter.

As for Kolb, that is a different story.  Kolb received some mildly unfair criticism last year in regards to his brief time taking snaps.  Thrown in to replace McNabb in a close game in Baltimore the Ravens, who possess some of the best defensive players in the league, Kolb could do little to inspire the offense.  Was that his fault?  Not totally.

Yes, Kolb needs to be smart with the football.  The second year quarterback threw four interceptions and zero touchdowns in his parts of six games.  Andy Reid though is a quarterback coach at heart and I believe he will make some significant strides forward to be a formidable backup.

RUNNING BACK

Brian Westbrook/LeSean McCoy: Westbrook may be the bets running back in the history of the Eagles franchise.  If he is not the best then he is certainly the most versatile.  Westbrook will take hand-offs and catch passes out of the back field all season, as well as line up in a slot receiver's position from time to time.  Whenever Westbrook is on the field, good things are about to happen.

Drafted in the second round McCoy, out of Pittsburgh, could wind up seeing some play time with Westbrook.  McCoy is similar in size to Westbrook and can make some of the same plays as the eight year veteran.

With some hard work in training camp McCoy should be able to beat out Lorenzo Booker, who failed to live up to some expectations last season.

FULL BACK

Leonard Weaver/Kyle Eckel: Having Eckel in the back field helped the Eagles offense in the final stretch of the 2008 season, but having Davis as a starter this year figures to add more to the running game. When Weaver was signed by the Eagles this off-season he was automatically mentioned as the starter at fullback.

While not a threat to score a lot Weaver does bring some blocking abilities that hurt the Eagles with guys like Tony Hunt, who was cut from the team last year. Last year Weaver also averaged 4.3 yards per rush.

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