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With their backs against the wall, the Eagles turn to their healthiest and freshest set of legs Sunday to get back in the win column.

The Eagles ? defense is No. 4 in sack percentage, and it has a reputation for bringing the blitz more often and from more directions than any other team in the league.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. The Bears know that they must protect the ball to win Sunday night's home game against the Eagles, but that will be easier said than done versus such an aggressive blitz-happy defense.

Brian Westbrook is traveling to Pittsburgh on Wednesday for further evaulations and more opinions about his future as an NFL player after suffering concussions in two straight games.

If the Eagles ' depleted linebackers and secondary are likely to be targeted by San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers and his bevy of skyscraper-tall receivers, then the onus for stopping the Chargers may fall on the defensive line.

QUICK LOOK: The Eagles still are in the thick of the NFC East race and don't want to lose ground in Chicago.

Vincent Jackson has 42 catches for 722 yards and seven touchdowns this season. John W. McDonough/SI Lots of new faces on the midseason All-Pro team, and lots of tough choices.

Here's an early preview of Sunday's Eagles-Chargers game that I submitted to The Sporting News, which you can have emailed to you for free by signing up at sportingnews.com. Three keys for success: * Start fast Those who say ita TMs how you finish, not start, havena TMt seen the Eagles.

GAME SET WHAT: Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles WHEN: Sunday, 7:20 p.m. WHERE: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia TELEVISION: NBC BIG ISSUE : So much for that no-drama season the Cowboys were having.

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.

Eagles coach Andy Reid has compared NFC East games to a heavyweight bout. If he's right, then the New York Giants must have felt like they just had their ears bitten off when they left Lincoln Financial Field late yesterday afternoon.

Trent Cole, an avid hunter, knows he can sometimes be the bait. On Sundays in autumn, the Eagles defensive end lures offensive linemen the way he may entice a wild boar: with cunning and patience.

Mario Manningham News: Week 8 inactives: WR Mario Manningham, WR Ramses Barden, CB Aaron Ross, RB Gartrell Johnson, LB Michael Boley, OT Adam Koets, OT Guy Whimper, and DE Chris Canty.

How many times have you heard that Trent Cole's motor never stops running? That seems to be the stock quote about the Eagles' fifth-year defensive end.

The play was called a Z deep cross, DeSean Jackson said. Lined up in the slot, the Eagles wide receiver faked like he was going across the field and then rolled back out toward the sideline.

Last year in Washington, DeSean Jackson dropped what would have been the game-tying touchdown from Donovan McNabb .

Eagles wideout DeSean Jackson, who has 5 touchdowns in 47 touches this season, was a full practice participant Thursday and didn't seem to be favoring the foot he injured in Monday's victory over Washington.

USUALLY, PRAISE from Eagles coach Andy Reid amounts to a declaration that a designated player is doing "a good job." Not too helpful, for those of us hoping to gain insight, which is pretty much how Reid likes it.

The late Jim Johnson loved turnovers. "This game," he once said, "is a game of turnovers." The Eagles defensive coordinatorknew how giveaways could deflate an offense.