Hot Button: Inside The Rivalry

Sep 08, 2008 at 03:30 PM

Is The Offense As Good As It Looked Sunday?

                     Can any offense look as good as 522 total yards, 28 first downs, eight of 14 third-down conversions and 38 points every week? No way. The Eagles run into a much better defense Monday night in Dallas against the Cowboys, one that has ... Click for more

In The Spotlight

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Former NFL player and current Sirius NFL Radio analyst Ross Tucker breaks down the Eagles-Cowboys matchup in our Other View ...

Hot Shot

Steven Jackson never got rolling on Sunday as the Eagles held the All-Pro running back to just 40 yards on 14 carries.

3 Questions With...

LB Stewart Bradley

Bradley: "(Defensive coordinator) Jimmie (Johnson) had a great plan for the game. Getting pressure on the quarterback and just keeping our game plan in tact and their offense off the field."

Bradley: "It was OK. Fourth quarter, for a little bit, the system kind of broke down so some of it was a little funky but it seemed to run smoothly."

Bradley: "I was coming through the A-gap and I figured the quarterback was dropping back and I tried to make a move and try to get home."

Stat Speak

Here are some more nuggets from the win over the Rams:

The Last Four For #5 ... Over his last four starts dating back to last season, QB Donovan McNabb has completed 65% of his passes (97-150) for 1,117 yards (294.3 yards per game) with 8 touchdowns and just one interception. His QB rating over that span is 103.7. The Eagles are 4-0 in those games.

On The Flip Side ... Speaking of the last four games, the Eagles defense has limited their opponents to a 12.5% conversion rate on 3rd down (6 for 48) during that span.

Perfect Protection ... The Eagles offensive line did not surrender a sack in 39 pass attempts in yesterday's win vs. St. Louis. The Eagles last achieved that feat (no sacks, 39 attempts) on 11/20/05 at NY Giants, which was the club's most pass attempts while not surrendering a sack since 11/5/00 vs. Dallas (0 sacks, 41 attempts) ... By the way, the Eagles opened their third consecutive season with the same starting offensive line (LT Tra Thomas, LG Todd Herremans, C Jamaal Jackson, RG Shawn Andrews, and RT Jon Runyan).

Action Jackson ... DeSean Jackson's 8-97 performance on punt returns vs. the Rams tied him for 2nd on the Eagles all-time list for most punt returns in a game and placed him 5th in punt return yards in a game.

Ram Stew ... New starting MLB Stewart Bradley set a career-high with a team-best 13 tackles vs. the Rams, including a sack of Marc Bulger and another tackle for a loss.

Sav-ing The Best For Last ... Sav Rocca has downed 27 of his 77 career punts inside the 20 yard line (35.1% average), topping the Eagles all-time list among punters with at least 50 career boots. Jeff Feagles is ranked 2nd with a 32.7 % average (106/324).

Birdseed ... The Eagles forced the Rams to punt after each of their first 10 possessions of the game ... Greg Lewis' 100-yard receiving game vs. the Rams was his first since September 23, 2000, when he was a sophomore at Illinois. Lewis caught 4 of Kurt Kittner's passes that night for 107 yards in a 35-31 loss to visiting Michigan ... Eagles DT Dan Klecko recorded a sack in his first game as an Eagle, while making a key block as a fullback on Tony Hunt's one-yard TD run.

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