"A day after Eagles coach Andy Reid and quarterback A.J. Feeley assured reporters that Brian Westbrook wouldn't boycott training camp, quarterback Donovan McNabb weighed in with a similar sentiment.

"Westbrook will be here," McNabb said Tuesday.

Westbrook, the team's All-Pro running back, and the Eagles have been trying to rework the five-year, $25 million deal Westbrook signed in 2005.

One newspaper report last week quoted Westbrook as saying he hadn't made up his mind about reporting to Lehigh University by 5 p.m. Thursday, when veterans are due.

After the team's first practice, McNabb said he hadn't spoken to Westbrook, which means his statement was based more on opinion than fact."