IS TAKING DOC TO SEE THE DOC
The Eagles look to bounce back from last week's tough loss with a game in Cincinnati against the Bengals.
Check back throughout the day for Les Bowen's updates from Paul Brown Stadium.
STAFF PREDICTIONS
Les Bowen: Eagles, 27-20 (For Les' expanded prediction, click here)
Ed Barkowitz: Eagles, 28-10
Bill Conlin: Eagles, 34-10
Paul Domowitch: Bengals, 24-21
Marcus Hayes: Eagles, 27-21
John Smallwood: Eagles, 31-17
Vegas Vic: Eagles, 34-17 (For Vic's complete Week 11 selections, click here)
KEY MATCHUPS
1. Eagles CBs Asante Samuel and Sheldon Brown vs. Bengals WRs T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Chad Johnson. Houshmandzadeh is third in the league in receptions. Advantage: Bengals
2. Eagles RB Brian Westbrook vs. Bengals MLB Dhani Jones. Westbrook isn't completely healthy, but still wins this matchup against his former teammate. Advantage: Eagles
3. Eagles PR DeSean Jackson vs. Bengals punt coverage unit. Bengals are 28th in punt coverage, Jackson is ninth in punt returns. Advantage: Eagles
For Paul Domowitch's complete Eagles-Bengals scouting report, click here
ANOTHER VIEW
And if you are interested in what the keys are for the Bengals, there is this from Cincy Jungle. Interesting to note that the Bengals are fairly confident that they can get the deep passing game going against the Birds, assuming that Ryan Fitzpatrick stays upright.
Les
Bowen has covered the Eagles for the Daily News
since 2002.
Before that, he spent nearly 13 years covering the Flyers. It took Les
only a few seasons after the switch to figure out that there was no
penalty box at the Linc, and that the time really wasn't his, despite
what Andy Reid kept saying. Les came to Philadelphia and the Daily News
from Charlotte in 1983. In the intervening years, he has pretty much
lost track of NASCAR, and his accent. He, his wife Barbara, and their
two sons live in Haddon Township, New Jersey.
E-mail Les at bowenl@phillynews.com
and follow
him on Twitter.
Paul
Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982.
He has spent most of his nearly 3 decades with the paper covering the
Eagles and pro football. For the last 10 years, he’s been a
selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A native of Wilkes-Barre
and a graduate of Wilkes University, Domo started his career in Texas,
working first for the Midland Reporter-Telegram (1976-78), and then for
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas
Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually was
boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose 2 sports coats to
blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley,
a University of Oklahoma grad who still hasn’t gotten over
that Fiesta Bowl loss to Boise State 5 years ago, have 2 terrific
daughters -- Allison, 28, who is an attorney in South Jersey, and Amy,
25, who works in administration for a professional baseball team.
E-mail Domo at PDomo@aol.com and follow
him on Twitter.
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