You Should Probably Do Something About This

Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee is reporting that Brian Westbrook (still officially under contract with the 49ers) talks with Andy Reid regularly and wants to play for the Eagles again.

I doubt many of these will be sold for the 2011 season...

Uh, that's called tampering. And the Niners, who have been busted by the league for "tampering" in the past, should be sending out a press release right now calling out Reid and the Eagles organization for speaking with one of their players. Without any type of response or outrage, the 49ers organization will once again be perceived as pushovers by the league.

Imagine if Jerry Jones heard that anybody on his roster was speaking with another coach about playing for another team - all hell would break lose and Ed Werder would be filing hourly reports for ESPN from Cowboys headquarters. I doubt that will be the case with the pencil-pushing geeks in the Niner front office and instead we'll hear about Lil' Jed or Paraag filing a "formal complaint" to the commissioner's office three months from now that will likely result in nothing more than a slap on the wrist to the Eagles organization.

My unsolicited advice to the Niners as a fan: Just once, act like you care about something other than the new stadium, grow a pair and tell the Philadelphia Eagles they can shove it and demand compensation from the league office. Even if you don't receive a draft pick, at least demonstrate to your fanbase that you won't be pushed around and that you have passion for your team.

Who knows? It might help with your single-game ticket sales this summer.