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Les Bowen: Eagles should beat Bucs easily

FROM NOW ON, I'm resolving not to hand-wring over what should be easy wins. So even though the 15-point spread is an awful lot against a team that probably should have beaten the Redskins Sunday, I'm going to assume the Birds are good for it. Donovan McNabb will have to be extremely rusty for this game to be competitive. Matt Bryant is no longer the Bucs' kicker, though they do still have Ronde Barber.

FROM NOW ON, I'm resolving not to hand-wring over what should be easy wins. So even though the 15-point spread is an awful lot against a team that probably should have beaten the Redskins Sunday, I'm going to assume the Birds are good for it. Donovan McNabb will have to be extremely rusty for this game to be competitive. Matt Bryant is no longer the Bucs' kicker, though they do still have Ronde Barber.

I don't think the Eagles go overboard with Michael Vick Sunday, or with Jeremiah Trotter. I don't think they'll need to do that to win. Andy Reid - who can gain his 100th regular-season victory this weekend, by the way - has a 17-6 record against rookie head coaches, 11-1 at home. And you might have heard, he's pretty good the week after the bye.

The prediction:

- Les Bowen

Eagles 27, Bucs 10.