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The Philadelphia Eagles whipped the Detroit Lions 56-21, no thanks to a career day for Donovan McNabb. McNabb threw for 381 yards including 4 touchdown passes, 3 of those going to Kevin Curtis. Curtis had 221 yards receiving and 3 touchdowns. And finally, Brian Westbrook looked like Marshall Faulk in racking up 100 yards on the ground and 111 yards receiving.

The Eagles who came into the game 0-2, had no offensive identity. McNabb had only 1 touchdown pass to go with a 68.8 QB rating until he posted a perfect 158.3 rating this afternoon. Today though McNabb looked as sharp as ever. Marty Mornhinweg did an excellent job today of balancing the offensive attack that took some pressure off McNabb to make plays and allow guys like Kevin Curtis to step up.

On the opposite side of the ball, the Eagles defense played well considering that Brian Dawkins and Lito Sheppard were unavailable. The front 4 were responsible for 7 of the Eagles 9 sacks. Trent Cole led the way with 3 sacks while Broderick Bunkley lived up to his 16th overall selection with 2.

The Eagles play the New York Giants in the Meadowlands next Sunday which would give them a chance to get to .500 before their 5th week bye. The Giants will be coming off a close win over the Washington Redskins that improved their record to 1-2. Someone will be coming out of that game with a .500 record and if the Eagles offense is still clicking like today, the Giants are going to be in a world of hurt.


Look forward to tomorrow's podcast in which me and Jason will rundown NFL and NCAA football scores along with another top new stories.

The Eagles Fall To 0-2

After a lackluster performance on opening day against the Green Bay Packers, the Philadelphia Eagles lost to their home opener to division rival Washington Redskins 20-12 last night on Monday Night Football.

Donovan McNabb once again looked rusty in the first half while completing on half of his passes. Entering the second half McNabb looked much better but still overthrew receivers and beyond his receivers. For the second straight game he averaged less than 6 yard per attempt.

What was probably the most obvious display of McNabb's inaccuracy came on 3rd down when the Eagles were driving to tie the game in the 4th quarter. Kevin Curtis lined up right of McNabb and was in single coverage. Curtis ran a flag pattern and broke for the right sideline and was wide open but McNabb threw at least 2 yards ahead of him.

Not all the blame can be put on McNabb though as Ron Jaworski pointed out during last night's game. The Eagles receivers are not getting separation from DB's. They are getting held up at the line of scrimmage and by the time Donovan makes his 3 step drop the receivers are only 5 yards down field.

Once again the defense played well but didn't seem to get that much pressure on 2nd year starter Jason Campbell. The Eagles defense finished with only once sack against a team in which had 2 reserves on the offensive line.

Third down conversions were hard to come by as well. The Eagles finished the game converting only 4 of 16 3rd down conversions while the Redskins converted 8 of 15.

These were 2 games in which I thought the Eagles were going to sleepwalk through and maybe the team had the same attitude. The last time the Eagles were 0-2 was in 2003 when they went to the NFC championship game. For some reason though I don't think that the Eagles will be so lucky to make it in 2007. The season is young but the future looks bleak.

East Coast Bias- September 17, 2007

JASON MISH IS BACK!!

Today's Headlines

- NFL Rundown - Week 2

- College Football Rundown

- MLB Awards Predictions

- The Weekly Phil


On tap for the September 17th podcast of East Coast Bias we start with a rundown of all the NFL games on Sunday plus the preview of the Monday Night game, Eagles vs. Redskins. We then review the week that was in College Football with a roundup of the action in the Top 25. We hand out the hardware as we predict baseball regular season awards in our third segment and end the show with the crowd-pleaser, The Weekly Phil.

Eli Manning Sidelined For A Month

A slightly separated shoulder will keep New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning on the sidelines for at least one month. Some people feared Eli had torn his labrum and would require season ending surgery. Giants fans were quick to exhale when an MRI showed no such damage.

In addition to Manning the injury bug also hit top defensive end Osi Umenyiora, and the Giants' new starting running back, Brandon Jacobs. Both players suffered knee injuries and are day to day.

Jared Lorenzen, aka Big Country (6'4" 285 lbs.), will start in place of Eli when the Giants host the Green Bay Packers. Fourth year starter Derrick Ward will start for Jacobs with Reuben Droughns getting more time as his backup.

Other Injuries Around The NFL

• Kevin Everett- Buffalo Bills / Suffered a severe spinal injury. Prayers and wishes that he makes a speedy recovery.
  

• Ko Simpson- Buffalo Bills / Broke his left ankle and is out indefinitely.

• Jason Webster- Buffalo Bills / Broke his forearm and is out indefintely.

• Mike Brown- Chicago Bears / Suffers a season-ending knee injury and placed on IR for the 3rd time in 4 years.

• Dusty Dvoracek- Chicago Bears / Suffered a season-ending knee injury.

• Orlando Pace- St. Louis Rams / Will miss the rest of the season with a torn right rotator cuff.

• Carnell "Cadillac" Williams- Tampa Bay Buccaneers / Bruised ribs and is questionable for next Sunday.

• Jason Ferguson- Dallas Cowboys / Tore his right biceps tendon and will miss the rest of the season.

• Lito Sheppard- Philadelphia Eagles / Out at least one game with a sprained knee ligament.

• Chester Taylor- Minnesota Vikings / Bruised hip and is day to day.
  

• Jon Jansen- Washington Redskins / Dislocated his right ankle and is out for the rest of the season.

The Philadelphia Eagles Release Jeremiah Trotter

After meeting with head coach Andy Reid, Trotter learned that the Eagles would be doing a youth movement at the linebacker position. The 9 year veteran and 4 time pro bowler will be seeking work elsewhere and probably will find a home due to his affordable salary ($2.6 million). With the drafting of Stewart Bradley this offseason, the improving health of Chris Gocong, and the emergence of Omar Gaither last season it was time for the Eagles to move on. In 131 games with the Eagles (1998-2001, 2004-2006) and Redskins (2002-2003), Trotter has 1,184 tackles, 12½ sacks and nine interceptions. He has notched 100 or more tackles in seven seasons, and 150+ tackles five times, and had 202 tackles in 1999.

Your intangibles will be missed and every Eagles fan loved you Trot.