EAGLES NEWS

The Birds kept on rolling today with a solid if not spectacular victory over the injury depleted Seattle Seahawks in Seattle. Despite a slow start Donovan Mcnabb still completed 28 of 43 passes for 349 yards and 2 TDs. Most of those yards went to Brent Celek, playing in place of the once again injured L.J Smith, who hauled in 6 passes for 131 yards. So it was a solid evening for the Eagle offense that is just finally starting to get healthy, although they still seemed to settle for field goals far too often. However, it was the defense that really earned the glory on this day, sacking Seneca Wallace 4 times and holding him to just 169 yds passing and one embarrassing 90 yard TD. From that point on though Seattle would not score again and at one point punted on 11 consecutive possessions, including 7 three and outs. So yes the Eagles defense appears ready for primetime. Early on due to the aforementioned embarrassment Seattle actually led 7-0 after one quarter of play. In the 2nd quarter the Birds finally got going. First with just over 6 and half minutes to play in the half Mcnabb hit Reggie Brown for a 22 yd TD pass to tie it at 7. Then with just under a minute to play in the half Mcnabb capped off another long drive with a 1 yd TD pass to Todd Heremans, yes Heremans the offensive lineman of all people for a 14-7 halftime lead. From there it became the David Akers show, as he drilled 2 field goals in 3rd quarter and 2 more in the 4th quarter to finish off a 26-7 Eagles victory. So the Birds move to 5-3 overall and past the sinking Cowboys to 3rd in the NFC East, and just a half a game out of the last NFC wild card spot. So the stage is set for next weeks sunday night showdown, a statement the Eagles will have to make as they welcome the New York Giants to Linc.