PHILADELPHIA -- Eldra Buckley figures his mentor is just as good as LeSean McCoy's

McCoy, the Eagles' vaunted rookie running back and second-round pick, is serving an apprenticeship to All-Pro running back Brian Westbrook, even as McCoy replaces Westbrook on the first-team offense.

Buckley, a second-year pro merely trying to crack the roster, spent his only NFL season on the Chargers, studying and digesting the greatness of LaDainian Tomlinson.

"I learned how to be a pro (from Tomlinson), that's the biggest thing,"' Buckley said, "How to control the game, how to take it and go get it, let it be to your advantage."

The biggest lesson Tomlinson imparted on Buckley?

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