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Big-play Jay Overshadowed by the Eagles' languid offense were two spectacular catches by slot receiver Jason Avant -- a sliding, 20-yard reception on third-and-23 and an even more impressive 23-yard catch on third-and-6 early in the second quarter.

Any infuriating outcome will sit with me like bad late night diner food and keep me up for hours.

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

Donovan McNabb scrambled, buying time again in an attempt to find the big play that had mostly eluded the Eagles Sunday night, but an unheralded rookie from Oregon State caught him from behind.

Mike Quick knows a little something about catching the football. Quick, a five-time Pro Bowl selection and former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver, believes this current crop of Eagles receivers are the best the team has had in the last two decades.

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.

Each week, Daily News football writer Paul Domowitch will tell you the things he will be keeping his eyes on during that week's game.

Donovan McNabb played his best game of the season Sunday against the Giants. A couple weeks ago when we did Man Up following the Raiders loss, I had a tough time saying anything good about anyone on the Eagles' offense.

Philadelphia Eagles WR #81 Jason Avant jumps onto the back of teammate TE #87 Brent Celek to help Celek celebrate his 17-yd TD catch in the first quarter of their game with the new York Giants.

All right leta s do a unit by unit comparison of the Giants and Eagles to see who has the advantage this weekend.

Analyzing the NFL is often about glamorizing the mundane and intellectualizing the simple.

Bouncing back after a potentially demoralizing defeat has become a specialty for the Eagles in the Andy Reid era.

Receiver Reggie Brown hasn't gotten much work this season. But with Kevin Curtis out, he will be in uniform tomorrow night against Washington.

Eagles FANS have seen this movie so many times now. It was possible to think that maybe, with all the new weapons, it wouldn't happen this year, that whatever the Eagles ' 2009 shortcomings, fans wouldn't have to watch the offense descend into a morass of harried, off-target throws, the running game discarded in a panic, the quarterback out of ...

If Andy Reid is serious about making a trade before late Tuesday afternoon, the Philadelphia Eagles dona t have a lot of trade options.

Eagles Quarterback Donovan McNabb looks skyward after throwing a 51 yard TD pass to Jeremy Maclin against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 1st quarter at Lincoln Financial Field 1 of 47 Maclin makes most of opportunity in Eagles' win After loud welcome, Trotter has quiet day Vick's role more mild for Eagles with McNabb's return Eagles beat Tampa ...

Last weeks' return of Donovan McNabb underscored just how good this Eagles offense can be.

He shed the scooter more than a week ago with no complications. Then came Wednesday, when Eagles guard Todd Herremans practiced for the first time since a stress fracture in his left foot put him down just before their first preseason game.

There was a lot working in favor of the Eagles today. First off, Andy Reid and his teams do not lose after the bye week; coming into this game, they were 10-0 coming off the bye.

Sesame Street teaches that it's nice to share, and Eagles coach Andy Reid, a big bird in his own right, is on board with that philosophy.