IT WAS A LITTLE after 1 p.m. on Monday. Thirteen hours after the Eagles' hard-fought, 24-20, win over the Bears and 144 before their next battle against the Redskins.

It was the best of times. It was the . . . well, you know. Joe Mays came home and came up short.

He doesn't mind the pain, so his strained hamstring doesn't matter. Brown played the last two games of 2005 with a strained right knee.

For the second consecutive week, the Eagles will go with a different look at linebacker because of a knee injury to weakside starter Akeem Jordan.

Linebacker Joe Mays, facing the Patriots during the preseason, might start in the middle against the Bears on Sunday night in Chicago, his hometown.

The hint came before Thursday's practice, when defensive coordinator Sean McDermott admitted there could be a revised linebacking alignment in place for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears .

When last we left, Ford had dunked his cell phone in a sink full of water, had an emergency root canal and then spent yesterday serving jury duty.

Did you notice him lining up at left defensive end instead of right defensive end? He and Juqua Parker flip-flopped, but it didn't seem to do Cole much good.

SAN DIEGO a ' Here was Chris Gocong's assignment Sunday: Play a position you haven't lined up at since high school and do it despite the fact that you missed the last game with multiple injuries.

Two players vital to the health of Donovan McNabb will be on the field in San Diego today as the Eagles play the Chargers.

Dimitri Patterson was asked how many snaps he's played at cornerback this season.

Eagles RB Brian Westbrook fully practiced Thursday while recovering from a concussion that he suffered during an Oct.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley After trading for former Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs on draft day, it looked like the Eagles would have quality depth at that position.

Eagles running back Brian Westbrook returned to practice today, a rare session for him on the harder indoor surface.

Injuries and a suspension will force the Philadelphia Eagles to use several players in different roles against the San Diego Chargers.

Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin beats Sheldon Brown for the 49-yard game-winning touchdown against the Eagles.

THE GOAL, on a beautiful Indian-summer night, with the Phillies finished and with all of the attention refocused, was for some clarity.

In his two career wins over the Birds, the Cowboys quarterback completed 74.5 percent of his passes, averaged 11.6 yards per attempt, threw six touchdown passes and two interceptions, and wasn't sacked a single time.

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.

The Eagles had just failed once again to stage the kind of fourth-quarter rally that defines great teams and great quarterbacks.