EAGLES NEWS

Eagles 27 Redskins 3

It Was Over When....

Redskins star running back Clinton Portis broke his right hand in the 1st quarter. Portis would not return for the remainder of the game and whatever chance the Redskins might have had to win this game was lost with him.

The Game Ball Goes To....

Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg. Assuming the play calling duties for the first time this year,(usually head coach Andy Reid scripts and calls the plays) he made sure that the Eagles offense ran the ball more times than it passed it for the first time this season. In fact, the Eagles got the ball with just over 9:00 minutes left in the game and with their new found running game were able to completely run off the remaining time on the clock, without having to bring the defense back out on to the field.

The Stat Of the Game Is....

113, as in 113 rushing yards in the game for Eagles running back Brian Westbrook, and 139 as in 139 yards receiving for Eagles receiver Donte Stallworth. This is the first time all year the Eagles have had a 100 yard rusher and receiver in the same game, and just the second time all year that they have had a 100 yard rusher(it was Westbrook the other time too).

The Bottom Line Is....

All I can say is thank god the Eagles won this one and thank god for Marty Mornhinweg. The Eagles won this one because Mornhinweg was willing to run to the ball and balance out the offense with 3o runs and 29 passes. If they can keep up that kind of balance for the rest of the season, there is a good chance that they will make the playoffs. However it's not always going to be this easy so if the Eagles hope to make playoffs they're just going to have to keep at it. They just can't have anymore of the let downs they had in the 1st half of the season.