Eagles Continue To Roll & Donovan McNabb Continues To Impress

The Philadelphia Eagles' season has been extended another week, and another great performance by Donovan McNabb will help to silence the haters.  There's no doubt now where Donovan's going to be playing next year, especially after Jeffery Lurie's comments to the Boston Globe which he stated he had  "every intention of having him back," for the 2009 season.  With that said, the first half of the game, I think some were beginning to wonder if Lurie was rethinking those words.

Whatever adjustments were made in the locker room at half time, made the difference.  They locked down Adrian Peterson and contained the one true weapon on the Vikings offense.  As "The Gov" pointed out on Comcast Sportsnet's Post Game Live, if you take away that 41 yard running touchdown, the Eagles kept Adrian Peterson at just over 2 yards a carry.  In the second half the entire Eagles Defense locked Peterson down entirely, and attacked Jackson constantly.  

The offense was also much more in tune in the 2nd half.  Finding the right sync, chewing up the clock and everyone working as a team, including Buckhalter filling in for the injured Fullback Dan Klecko who made an amazing block to free up Westbrook to score on that screen pass.  I'd wondered what happened to him, especially after he made the amazing break in first half, he explained to Derrick Gunn after the game on Post Game Live what happened.

The defensive as much as the offense was responsible for yesterday's win, and that folks is Teamwork (something Dallas apparently lacks).

For the entire game Donovan had over 300 yards, one of his best games on record.  If you look at Donovan's entire season, he's actually had a good season despite the Baltimore game.  Some are saying that the benching during that game is what "kicked D-Mac into action".  To be honest, I don't think it did.  I think D-Mac just had a bad game.  Lets face it we all have bad games, only difference is, ours are more private, Donovan's are on national television.

Loosing Donovan McNabb would hurt the Eagles more than help.  Seriously, Kolb is not ready in any shape or form.  The Eagles loose McNabb, we won't see another playoff run for quite a few years.  If it isn't Kolb, who's going to come to the Eagles to lead them?  I highly doubt we'd see another quarterback come here the caliber of McNabb.

So lets roll on into the Meadowlands and cheer our birdz onto a repeat performance of the last game against the Giants, and stop all the talk about D-Mac leaving the Eagles.  I think Lurie's comments speak volumes, as well as Westbrook's and Dawkins' to the press after the game.  I'm hoping Donovan has a longer career here with us, of course I'm not a McNabb hater. :)

In my family this is a bit of a rivalry, my Brother in Law and Sister are avid Giants fans (as well as the Mets), next Sunday is going to be interesting!