Eagles Notes: DeSean Jackson: Renaissance man

"That was like country dancing," Jackson said. "We're just out there having fun, honestly. My ankle was kind of hurting . . . so it affected my dancing."

Jackson suffered a foot sprain during the game and left after his second touchdown to get examined. He returned in the second half. His status for Sunday's game against the Giants, however, remains unclear.

Despite only touching the ball three times on offense, Jackson will be named NFC offensive player of the week today, according to the Eagles. Two of those three touches resulted in scores. On the Eagles' fourth play from scrimmage, the speedster took an end around and dashed 67 yards for a touchdown. And just before the half, Jackson hauled in a 57-yard pass from Donovan McNabb to give the Birds a 27-7 cushion.

"The biggest thing I can say is they put me in great positions to expose the defenses," Jackson said of his coaches. "Anytime you have the coaches and the other 10 players helping you and doing everything they can to go out there and have success . . . just keep putting it together."

Jackson had one other reception for 12 yards and returned three punts for a 10.3-yard average. All five of his touchdowns this season - three receiving, one running, and one a punt return - have covered more than 57 yards. Jackson also averages an NFL second-best 20.1 yards a catch (21 receptions for 423 yards).

Asked if he's ever coached a player as electrifying, Eagles coach Andy Reid cited running back Brian Westbrook and former receiver Terrell Owens.

"I won't take anything away from [Jackson]," Reid said. "That kid's explosive. He's exciting to watch, and most of all he loves to play the game. He loves to play."

Getting better

Todd Herremans was back at left guard after missing the first five games of the season, and Jason Peters was at left guard after leaving last week's game at Oakland early with a knee sprain. Both had lulls in the game. Herremans was called for two holding penalties and gave up a late sack, and Peters was burned on a play that resulted in McNabb getting blindsided.

"We won't get any worse," Reid said. "We will keep getting better as we go. Stacey [Andrews] had some good downs in there [at guard], so I'm optimistic about that crew. It comes at a good time as we hit the NFC East here."

Herremans, who was returning from a stress fracture in his left foot, said that he wore down as the game progressed. "I didn't really feel that tired, but I know that my legs weren't moving like they should have done," Herremans said. "That's just something that will work out as I keep playing."

Meow

"We had a couple good downs," Reid said. "Some of the Wildcat plays, they put a lot of guys in the box. We're going to go back and look at that."

In the first half, the Eagles ran five plays out of its Wildcat formation. LeSean McCoy took three of the snaps with Brian Westbrook and Michael Vick splitting the other two. Five carries garnered just five total yards. Vick also threw a pass for a five-yard gain in the first half. The quarterback played more than he did last week when he was only on the field for two plays.

"Next week I may get more. Next week it may be less," said Vick, who ran three times for nine yards. "It depends on the flow of the game. That dictates how much I am going to be out there playing."