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Brian Westbrook's mild headache wasn't the running back's only setback over the weekend.

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

BY JON MARCKS PHILADELPHIA - It's like old times in the NFC East, as the NFL season reaches the midway point.In other words, the Philadelphia Eagles are again looking up at the Dallas Cowboys.In a city where they're still feeling the sting of the Phillies' near miss in winning back-to-back World Championships, folks here at Lincoln Financial ...

Some of the worst games of his life have come against the Philadelphia Eagles. Tony Romo was picked off twice and completed just 48 percent of his passes in a 23-7 loss at Lincoln Financial Field in 2006.

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

"He always did a good job, but he just took it up another notch," Eagles coach Andy Reid said of the leadership of Donovan McNabb, celebrating a touchdown pass against the Giants.

The first time Steve Spagnuolo faced his former team, his defense sacked Donovan McNabb 12 times and held the Eagles' offense to one field goal.

Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook returned to practice Wednesday after missing all of last week's sessions and Sunday's game against the Giants.

Brian Westbrook's status for Sunday's showdown with the Giants will probably be a game-time decision, coach Andy Reid said.

The big play is back. After struggling to find a rhythm or an identity offensively through the first part of the season, the Eagles have become a more lethal offensive outfit of late - look no further than their three scoring plays of more than 40 yards in Week Eight.

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Eagles running back Brian Westbrook was ruled out Sunday against the Giants because of a concussion he suffered last week.

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

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

Wide receivers Greg Lewis, Hank Baskett, Danny Amendola and Brandon Gibson have combined for 10 receptions for 108 yards this season, and nine of those catches and 76 of those yards belong to Amendola.

The Eagles ' version of the Wildcat offense has not been wildly successful in recent weeks, but quarterback Michael Vick thinks that will change.

"We'll see how he does this week," Eagles head coach Andy Reid said Wednesday. Westbrook was knocked unconscious in the Eagles 27-17 win over Washington on Monday night when he took a knee to his head in the first quarter.

Now the 11th-hour trade for Will Witherspoon makes much more sense. No longer a desperate move by a team trying to improve its play at the position, the Philadelphia Eagles' deadline deal for the veteran linebacker Tuesday has become a move born of necessity, with the news Thursday that starter Omar Gaither's season is almost certainly over.

LANDOVER, Md. Eagles running back Brian Westbrook's evening came to an abrupt end in the first quarter last night when he took a knee to the helmet from Washington Redskins linebacker London Fletcher and appeared to be knocked unconscious by the blow.

Philadelphia Eagles' quarterbacks Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb warm up before the NFL "Monday Night Football" game against the Washington Redskins.