Donovan McNabb News

Seems the good news is always tempered with something negative for the Eagles , who finally expect to have almost all of their offensive pieces in place on a night when they'll likely be without two defensive starters.

Tony Dungy, as Tampa Bay's coach, was there for Donovan McNabb's debut as an NFL quarterback in 1999.

Seems that QB Donovan McNabb's rib isn't going to be 100 percent for some time, and because of it, Fox Sports reports that the QB will wear a flak jacket for protection for the rest of the season.

Share + Nov 1, 2009 2:46 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 Eagles running back Brian Westbrook was inactive for Sunday's game against the Giants after suffering a concussion in last week's win.

If you can't judge the Eagles ' defense, as the players say, based on its shaky outing against the Saints ' top-ranked offense in Week 2, then you can't gauge the success of the unit off five victories over lesser teams.

PHILADELPHIA - There's nothing in his locker to suggest the horrors of the past two years for Michael Vick , no reminders of his fall from grace.

EVERYWHERE you saw LeSean McCoy yesterday, you saw running-backs coach Ted Williams - Velcroed to the rookie's side, explaining and advising on the way to the NovaCare cafeteria, going over something one more time during a break in practice.

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.

ONE RECENT Eagles trend really seemed to blossom in last Sunday's victory over the Giants.

For several reasons, it seems like head coach Wade Phillips is overly anxious about playing this game in Philadelphia.

While Eli Manning struggled, Donovan McNabb enjoyed one of his best games of the season.

CBSSports.com pro football writers Pete Prisco and Clark Judge face off weekly throughout the season.

Three years ago, the thought of Brett Favre wearing the purple and gold of the Minnesota Vikings was a thought so far off in the minds of the Lambeau faithful, so outrageous, it could hardly be considered loathsome.

This isn't Game 4 of the World Series for the Giants . It is Game 1 against the Eagles .

OK, so we've made it past the glowing phrases on the dust jacket, past the acknowledgments and the thank-yous. Here, at last, is where the story of Eagles 2009 really begins.

It's over here at Lincoln Financial Field, and the carnage has been devastating.

Leonard Weaver races towards the end zone to score the Eagle's first touchdown. 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.

The quarterback was already an analyst when Andy Reid called in 2002, but the Cowboys' icon declined.

The Philadelphia Eagles got back in the win column with a 27 to 17 victory over the division rival Washington Redskins during Monday Night Football.

In 2007, Osi Umenyiora went through Winston Justice . The Giants defensive end had the rookie tackle's head spinning in an early-October game against the Eagles, brushing past his feeble attempts at one-on-one pass protection six times for sacks.