Trent Cole News

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.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley LANDOVER, Md. -- The Redskins may have changed playcallers, but the results looked pretty much the same.

LANDOVER, Md. a ' This was as much mess as it was success. Sure, the Philadelphia Eagles left FedEx Field Monday night with a 27-17 victory over the last-place Washington Redskins, and coach Andy Reid likes to say that every win is a good win in the National Football League.

Which Redskins team will it be? When the Eagles visit Washington tonight to take on their NFC East rival, will they encounter the 2-4 team that had the dubious distinction of ending Detroit's 19-game losing streak in Week 3, or the team that swept the Eagles last season? Will they find a team led by Jason Campbell that was so ineffective in last ...

Tomorrow night's gameA is set to be a good one. Both teams are coming off disappointing losses to poor opponents.

On the NFL Network this morning, Jason La Canfora said that the Eagles may be looking to acquire Kyle van den Bosch from the Tennessee Titans.

The Oakland Raiders Justin Fargas tries to elude the Philadelphia Eagles Trent Cole in the fourth quarter of their NFL contest played at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif.

Here's an early breakdown of Monday night's Eagles-Redskins game that I submitted to the The Sporting News, including 3 keys to success for the Eagles and individual matchups to watch.

CABLE'S HOOK-UP Credit the Raiders' coaching staff for cooking up the right recipe: relentless defensive pressure and conservative offensive play-calling. Tom Cable took pressure off JaMarcus Russell with a variety of short screens and dump-offs against the Eagles' blitz.

If there was one encouraging sign the Eagles could take from Sunday's miserable 13-9 loss to the Oakland Raiders , it was the previously absent bounce in the step of running back Brian Westbrook.

Unlike previous weeks, it was the defense that hurt the Eagles in terms of penatlies against the Bucs.