IS BUYING CROSS-COUNTRY SKIS
What we're talking about after the Eagles' 27-17 win over the Redskins:
* Westbrook's health. Brian Westbrook suffered a concussion in the first quarter when he was kneed in the head by Redskins middle linebacker London Fletcher. There's a good chance he won't be able to play Sunday against the Giants.
* Big-play DJ. The Eagles had just 262 yards in total offense against Washington, but wide receiver DeSean Jackson had 124 on two touchdown plays - a 67-yard run on an end-around and a 57-yard scoring catch after beating Redskins cornerback Carlos Rogers with a double move.
* Struggling McNabb. For the second straight game, Donovan McNabb didn't play very well. Completed only 15 of 25 passes for 156 yards and a touchdown, and was off-target on several passes.
* Witherspoon's impressive debut. Will Witherspoon, the Eagles' new middle linebacker, didn't waste any time making an impact. He had an interception return for a touchdown, a forced fumble and a sack.
* Not much from Vick again. Michael Vick completed his first pass as an Eagle, hitting tight end Brent Celek with a 5-yard gain. His three rushing attempts gained only 9 yards.
5 NUMBERS TO PONDER
* McNabb's TD pass to Jackson came on a third-and-22 play. The Eagles had been 0-for-16 on third-and-10 or more this season before converting that one.
* With their three takeaways against the Redskins, the Eagles have forced 17 turnovers in their first six games. Through six games last year, they had 12. The Eagles have scored 53 points off of those 17 turnovers, including 13 against the Redskins.
* The Eagles committed a season-high 12 penalties in last night's win. They've got 45 in their first six games.
* The Eagles have held five of their six opponents to 17 points or less.
* The Eagles haven't allowed a rushing touchdown in their last four games and have given up just three all season
UP NEXT
The Eagles host the New York Giants in a game moved to 1 p.m. to accommodate Game 4 of the World Series. The Giants come in off consecutive losses.
In many ways, the questions about the Giants and the questions about the Eagles are quite similar. Who are these teams -- the team that has looked quite good or the team that looked really bad?
Here is more on where the Giants stand.
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.
Paul Domowitch has been with the Daily News since 1982. He has spent most of his 27 years at 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 came to the Daily News from the Fort Worth (Tx.) Star-Telegram, where he covered some god-awful Texas Ranger baseball teams. His first beat at the Daily News actually wa s boxing, which he covered just long enough to lose two sports coats to blood spatter before moving on to football. Domo and his wife Shelley, a University of Oklahoma grad and very dangerous to be around following a Sooner loss, have been married 29 years and have raised 2 terrific daughters – Allison, 26, a lawyer and graduate of Boston University School of Law; and Amy, 23, who graduated from Clemson and works in marketing and sales for a professional baseball team.
