Stud of the Game: You know it’s gotta be #10, DJax, the Dime of 5 & Dime, your favorite and

5&Dime had a big night.

mine, DeSean “Peanut” Jackson. 67 yard rushing TD, 57 yard receiving TD, 29 yard punt return. My man is bringing it in his sophomore season! Honorable mention goes to new Eagle MLB Will Witherspoon who created two turnovers last night, one that went for 6 and the other for 3. Welcome to the Eagles, Will! We’re glad you’re here.

So we won, which is good. And our D looked pretty solid, particularly on that goal-line stand (which was helped by Jason Campbell’s fumble). And we held Clinton Portis to 43 yards on 14 attempts (he’s not the threat he once was, but that’s still pretty good). And our O line looked better. And when BWest went down, our offense didn’t completely fall apart, as we often have in previous years.

Our offense was completely out of sorts other than the two big 5 & Dime hookups. In my totally-has-no-effect-on-anyone-who-could-make-a-difference opinion, the problem is that Andy and Marty keep screwing around with trick shit every third play. Here are other items on Andy’s Chinese food menu laminated play card that he just didn’t get to last night:

* Have DMac line up at tight end
* Bring Trent Cole in as a receiver
* Lineup BWest at center
* O-line and receivers switch places
* EVERYONE lines up to the left, including Stacey Andrews and Winston Justice
* Everyone moves one position to the right
* All 3 QBs on the field at once
* Once DMac has the ball, he fakes to the left. No! He fakes to the right. He doesn’t fake. He thinks about faking. He pretends to fake. (extra points if you recognize the reference)

It’s one thing if your QB is Chad Henne. But here’s a thought: have you heard of this guy named Donovan McNabb? 5 time pro-bowler, as of last night, only the 21st player in NFL history to have 200 TD passes and 30,000 passing yards? One of only FOUR players to have 200 TD passes and 3,000 rushing yards? Maybe you might want to consider just LETTING HIM PLAY QB. Sorry, haters, but when he’s on the field, he’s our best offensive weapon. Why in the hell are we taking him out of the huddle every third play? I know Vick is Big Red’s community service project, and that’s lovely, but we need to win some f-ing games here! We ALL know that one of DMac’s problems is that he’s streaky. He can’t get ON a streak if he’s constantly coming off the field.

We won, but we won ugly. A fellow Eagles fan emailed me earlier today asking if the Iggles had their first quality win. I’m sure my Skins fan friends appreciate the upgrade, but the Skins are no one’s definition of a quality team. We’re still – STILL – looking for our first quality win. Next week would be a GREAT time for it to show up.

And in injury news, there’s more bad news for the Skins. Not only do they have the third worst owner in football and a TOTALLY ineffective GM (seriously, I think I’d do a better job than Vinny Cerrato), but Chris Cooley is out, maybe for the rest of the season, with a broken ankle. He’s one of their few reliable players at this point. And as for Westy, thank God it’s just a concussion. Not that they aren’t serious, but when he wasn’t moving we were ALL freaking out. I thought it was really nice that DMac stayed with his brother Byron (who, as you may recall is a Redskin) after Andy motioned for him to stay on the field.

Are we playoff material this year? Going into the season I thought “for sure.” Now, I’m not so convinced. One thing in our favor is that we do tend to get hot at the right time (November/December) – and next Sunday is Nov 1. We’ll know in just under 6 days if we *are* playoff material this year.

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