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They have lost five of their last six to fall to 3-6, their head coach has been stripped of his offensive play-calling duties and soon will be stripped of his job entirely, they're coming off a game in which they scored just six points and their top two running backs are out.

The Eagles are 5-4, just as they were last year at this time, and again there is the feeling of a season hanging in the balance.

As the Eagles' Brian Westbrook looks for room, Chargers linbacker Shaun Phillips draws a bead after getting past Birds center Jamaal Jackson.

For weeks, Ron Jaworski has been unsure whether the Eagles are good enough to pull out one of those Andy Reid specials and make a playoff run.

Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb got a bad spot on this quarterback sneak on fourth down in the fourth quarter When I got home from the Linc last night, I had to go back and take a look at what went wrong for the Eagles in short yardage as they fell to the Cowboys, 20-16. Paul Domowitch of the Daily News did a great job comparing this year's ...

Andy Reid's reasoning wasn't terrible when he sent his field-goal team out with 4 minutes, 33 seconds showing on the clock.

Sometimes when Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb turns over in his bed he feels a little pain from the cracked rib he suffered running for a 3-yard touchdown late in the third quarter against Carolina in the season opener in September.

Whether he's a perennial Pro Bowler or just an average, middle-of-the pack athlete, the nose tackle in the traditional 3-4 defensive scheme isn't easy to overlook.

's recovery from the concussion that kept him out of Sunday's game against the New York Giants , but coach Andy Reid said his No.

Donovan McNabb was asked whether Eagles defensive backs coach Brian Stewart, the former Cowboys defensive coordinator, had been of any help this week, as the Birds prepare to host his former team Sunday night.

Quarterback Donovan McNabb will tell you he is still the same. Although he has gotten some praise lately by coach Andy Reid for raising his leadership profile, the 11-year pro says he is just doing what he has always done.

Excerpts of Paul Domowitch's Second Take, posted Mondays on the Daily News' Eagles blog, at www.eagletarian.com : Some day-after observations after reviewing the tape of Sunday's 40-17 win over the Giants: The left tackle It wasn't the best of games for left tackle Jason Peters.

Give Donovan McNabb time and he'll run the Eagles' offense like clockwork - more the Swiss watch variety than some New York City knockoff.

Maybe the most reassuring thing about the Eagles' 40-17 victory over the Giants yesterday was the way the offensive line seems to be coming together, after so much injury and uncertainty.

As long as Brian Westbrook can flash a few glimpses of the old Brian Westbrook, the availability of the Eagles running back on game days will gain the attention of opposing teams.

A week after being held to three measly field goals in an embarrassing 13-9 loss to the Oakland Raiders , the Eagles put up 27 points in the first half of last night's 27-17 win over the Redskins .

FOR A GUY WHO hasn't played a snap since the NFC Championship Game, there might be easier ways to get back into the flow than by lining up against Washington's Albert Haynesworth, the NFL's dominant defensive tackle.

The Eagles' offensive line shouldered much of the responsibility for the Raiders' six sacks of Donovan McNabb this past Sunday.

ON THE Eagles' fourth possession of Sunday's ugly 13-9 loss to the Raiders, LeSean McCoy committed the Two Deadly Sins for an Andy Reid -coached running back.

You might need only one hand to count the number of times Andy Reid has called out an individual player after a loss.