Update on Baskett

Some added color for the Baskett ruminations below come in today's Daily News:

[I]t also seemed the Eagles and Baskett got the wrong idea when he broke loose for some long catches as a rookie - that he was a greyhound, and not a possession receiver.

"You fall into a little rut," he said. "Last year . . . I wasn't going up and attacking the ball like I was the year before. That's one thing I've tried to come back and do. Coach Reid got on me a couple of times in the offseason about not going up and getting the ball. That's what I've been focusing on this camp.

"Like he told me today, there was a catch in the red zone - he's like, 'That's what you do, you use your body' . . . make the defender go through me. I've just got to go back to using my strengths. Every receiver's different; I'm not going to be the quick, shaky guy. I tried to do that somewhat last year, and it set me back a step, trying to change my game instead of using what got me here.

"This year, I've lost the weight, I feel quicker, I feel healthier. I've just been focusing on the few little things I sort of overlooked last year in camp."