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Terrell Owens was looking for someone to play Santa Claus at his Catch-A-Dream Foundation 81 Family Fun Day this holiday season.

If this looks and feels at all familiar, well, it should. Very familiar, in fact, because the Eagles are exactly where they were a year ago, at 5-3 and trailing someone else in the NFC East.

Jason Babin: Tony Romo would have had nightmares of the Eagles' defensive end in his sleep this morning if he still wasn't having nightmares about T.O. Babin was a big key behind the Eagles' defensive effort, which overall, wasn't too shabby.

Eagle's defensive end Jason Babin gets an arm on Dallas quarterback Tony Romo in the first quarter.

HAPPY Eagles run the ball effectively, as they have the past few weeks, their offensive players are eager to tell you how much of a difference balance makes, how it pushes defenses back on their heels.

How many times have you heard that Trent Cole's motor never stops running? That seems to be the stock quote about the Eagles' fifth-year defensive end.

Philadelphia's Jason Babin was charged with a 15-yard penalty on this tackle against Giants quarterback Eli Manning at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Eagles' Chris Clemons and Jason Babin sack New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning during the first quarter of an NFL football game in Philadelphia, Sunday, Nov.

Eagles defensive end Trent Cole plays every game the same way with a singular ferocity.

Will Witherspoon is an aberration. Over the course of the last decade, it has been rare for Eagles defensive newcomers to step right in and make a difference.

An informal poll of Eagles on Wednesday confirmed what everyone believed to be the case about their game Sunday against the New York Giants : It will be their most complete test since New Orleans and most important game of the season to date.

The late Jim Johnson loved turnovers. "This game," he once said, "is a game of turnovers." The Eagles defensive coordinatorknew how giveaways could deflate an offense.

Not a good showing on the penalty front for the Eagles Monday night. They were penalized 12 times for 66 yards and are now seventh in the NFL in penalties and penalty yards .

One week after laying an egg in Oakland, the Eagles finally located the henhouse.

"I'm not going to make any moves here right now," Reid said. "I'm just going to evaluate a little bit at a time.

THIS IS a problem you don't confront every week, the opposing team taking play-calling duties away from its head coach, who has an offensive background, and giving the job to a guy recently hired from the outside.

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

By all accounts, new Eagles linebacker Will Witherspoon is well-equipped to handle all that will be thrown at him leading into Monday night's game at Washington.

With 7 minutes and 20 seconds left in the first quarter of the Eagles' unsightly 13-9 loss to the Oakland Raiders yesterday, quarterback Donovan McNabb stepped up in the pocket to avoid pressure and flipped a pass to Brian Westbrook .

Not a great start. Jason Peters has left the field on a cart with a left knee injury.