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Andy Reid sees no difference in his team whether it's playing a close game or enjoying a blowout.

Hobbs was placed on injured reserve Wednesday and will require surgery. Eagles coach Andy Reid says the surgery should allow Hobbs to play again.

The secondary has been decimated. The linebackers keep getting hurt. Guys are starting in positions they've never played, and guys who've never played find themselves in key roles.

Still feeling the effects of a concussion, Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis was hardly his vivacious, loquacious self when he met with coach Jim Zorn on Wednesday and probably will miss this weekend's game against the Denver Broncos.

Ellis Hobbs averaged 24.1 yards on 20 kickoff returns this season. Ellis Hobbs, the Philadelphia Eagles cornerback and kick returner, is done for the season with a neck injury suffered in Sunday night's loss to Dallas.

The Eagles had just failed once again to stage the kind of fourth-quarter rally that defines great teams and great quarterbacks.

IF YOU'RE still looking for a good explanation for that fourth-down spot that turned Sunday night's game around, an explanation beyond the silly stuff like official blindness, bias or some sort of massive conspiracy involving Freemasonry and Tom Hanks, I got nothing for ya.

The Dallas Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles 20-16 in their divisional showdown on Sunday to claim the NFC East lead.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley PHILADELPHIA -- Asante Samuel took a pretty good knock to the head on that Felix Jones run during the Cowboys' last possession.

The Eagles quarterback had his mojo back, and when he plays the way he did yesterday, he's as good as anybody in the NFL and superior to yesterday's opposing QB.

There were two interesting moments on either side of the Eagles ' winning locker room yesterday at Lincoln Financial Field.

Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson celebrates TD by doing the bump with Andy Reid. PHILADELPHIA - After spending his first four years in the NFL with the Patriots, current Eagle cornerback Ellis Hobbs has seen a lot of pregame trash talk blow up in opponents' faces.

Leonard Weaver gets the Eagles off and running with a 41-yard touchdown run less than two minutes into the game.

All right leta s do a unit by unit comparison of the Giants and Eagles to see who has the advantage this weekend.

New York Giants receivers Steve Smith and Mario Manningham think they can have success against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.

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.

Asante Samuel has become one of the most prolific interception artists in the NFL over the last several years.

Now that Todd Herremans is back from injury, the Eagles have some decisions to make at their two guard spots.

It wasn't rust or age or a balky knee, Jeremiah Trotter said. Just a well-designed, well-executed play fake.

With a blitzing defense that pressured Donovan McNabb all game, a physical running game and a rare big play in the passing game, the Oakland Raiders looked nothing like what the Philadelphia Eagles saw on film.