Eagles may be fed up with Andrews
WIP's Anthony Gargano reported Friday the Eagles discussed the possibility of trading disgruntled guard Shawn Andrews.
Andrews, who is signed through 2015, is an unexcused absence from training camp.
"Shawn Andrews has been put on the reserve/did not report list," coach Andy Reid said at camp today. "I don’t have any update for you. It is what it is, there. Again, I mentioned that he was not excused and that’s as far as I’m going with it."
When pressed if he knew Andrews would not arrive at camp Reid said: "No. He’s not here and he wasn’t excused and that’s as far as I’m going with it."
Andrews will be fined for his absence. The NFL CBA permits daily fines in excess of $15,000.
By placing Andrews on the resrve/did nor report list, it opened up a roster spot and the Eagles filled it by signing guard Cameron Stephenson.
Stephenson (6-3, 314) was originally drafted by Pittsburgh in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL draft with the 156th overall selection. He went on to spend the 2007 season on Green Bay’s practice squad, only to be released earlier this week.
The Hawthorne, CA, native starred collegiately at Rutgers after spending two seasons at Los Angeles Harbor College. Stephenson earned all-conference honors as a defensive tackle at Harbor College, and played both offense and defense at Rutgers before settling in on the offensive line in 2006. He went on to earned second-team All Big East at guard that year. The 25-year-old was born in Sydney, Australia.
