DeSean Jackson News

Earlier this week, we heard from Mike Jenkins about his plans for the Eagles receivers, then we heard from Roy Williams with his thoughts on his family's experience in Philly last year.

Now the Dallas Cowboys can forget about last season's awful finish. Tony Romo threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Miles Austin midway through the fourth quarter and the Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles 20-16 Sunday night in the 100th meeting between the division rivals.

One week after the big two-part grudge match against New York - and just days after the Phillies' dismissal from the World Series - the Eagles face the NFL equivalent of those Damned Yankees.

If you haven't seen Three Sheets , I highly recommend it. It's a drinking show that used to be on a little-known cable station called Mojo but now appears on FLN, an even more obscure outlet.

Each week, Daily News football writer Paul Domowitch will tell you the things he will be keeping his eyes on during that week's game: 1. Make Romo be Romo: Tony Romo hasn't thrown an interception in the last three games and has been sacked just five times in those games.

Can it get much more exciting than this? It's Week 9, Sunday Night Football, and the Philadelphia Eagles are hosting their hated rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, for sole possession of first place in the NFC East.

As most Eagles opponents are learning on a weekly basis, DeSean Jackson is very fast and very hard to contain.

In the third week of the season against Carolina, the Cowboys assigned cornerback Terence Newman man-to-man coverage of Steve Smith all over the field.

The surprise with wide receiver DeSean Jackson is not that he's making such an enormous impact on the NFL in his first two seasons.

Excerpts of Paul Domowitch's Second Take, posted Mondays on the Daily News' Eagles blog, at www.eagletarian.com : Some day-after observations after reviewing the tape of Sunday's 40-17 win over the Giants: The left tackle It wasn't the best of games for left tackle Jason Peters.

Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb isn't worried about the Giants' being motivated over his sideline phone stunt during January's playoff game.

THE LITTLE GUY has an ego. He's smart enough not to go the Ochocinco, T.O. route, turning himself into a distracting sideshow.

Score the first round of the New York-Philly twinbill in favor of the Eagles by brutal knockout.

Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson was involved in a minor car accident this weekend, but he will be on the field when the Birds play this afternoon.

Brian Westbrook did not practice yesterday, but Eagles coach Andy Reid said that his running back, who is recovering from a concussion, would begin aerobic exercises today.

As busy as it normally is at Lincoln Financial Field in South Philadelphia for a Philadelphia Eagles home game, the town will be bopping to the extreme Sunday, on perhaps one of the most memorable sports days in the City of Brotherly Love's history.

During training camp, one of the most-watched position battles was at free safety.

Ten observations and opinions after Week 7 from two NFL scouts, one from an NFC team and the other from an AFC team: Rams RB Steven Jackson has rushed for 635 yards on 143 carries this season.

USUALLY, PRAISE from Eagles coach Andy Reid amounts to a declaration that a designated player is doing "a good job." Not too helpful, for those of us hoping to gain insight, which is pretty much how Reid likes it.

Five games into the season, it's hard to believe Eagles coach Andy Reid had envisioned such little production from his wildcat offense led by controversial signee Michael Vick.