The Philadelphia Eagles (4-2) are hosting the New York Giants (5-2) Sunday and Philly fans have quite a sports weekend against New York coming up, as the World Series is going on between the Phillies and Yankees.  The Eagles will need a much better effort out of their running game than what they have been getting lately, as Brian Westbrook and LeSean McCoy combined for only 50 yards last game.  Wide receiver DeSean Jackson has been battling a foot injury, but looks to be ready to go Sunday, so McNabb should look to hook up with Jackson for some more big plays.  Jackson is averaging 20 yards per catch and has three touchdowns this year.

The Eagles defense will have a challenge in stopping the Giants running attack, which averages 142 rushing yards per game.  Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw lead that attack.  Eli Manning is coming off a three interception game, so the Eagles should try and force Eli into some more mistakes like he made last week.  He is a talented quarterback though, so they really do need to try and pressure him or he will sit in that pocket and pick apart the secondary.  This should be a close game, but I think Eli Manning will lead the Giants to a close victory.

FINAL SCORE PREDICTION:  New York Giants 30, Philadelphia Eagles 28

The Eagles have signed undrafted running back P.J. Hill off the Saints’ practice squad.  He definately has a lot of talent and he showed it in the pre-season for the Saints but he was caught in a numbers games there with the depth that they have at running back.  Hill will back up Lesean McCoy and Eldra Buckley until Brian Westbrook is healthy enough to return to action.  This was a good move for the Eagles.

The Michael Vick experiment in Philly is going terrible.  He has completed 2 of 6 passes (33.3%) for 6 yards (42.4 QB Rating) and he has carried the ball 9 times for 22 yards (2.4 ypc).  It appears that his athletic ability (his only exceptional skill) has left him do to the time he spent in the pokey.  There is no way the Eagles should pick up his option for next season as it was a mistake to sign him in the first place.

The Eagles will be without starting running back Brian Westbrook for the next couple of weeks due to a concussion caused when he was knocked out cold in the game Monday Night against the Redskins resulting in memory loss.  Westbrook has carried the ball 41 times for 197 yards (4.8 ypc) with 1 TD run and he has also caught 17 passes for 130 yards (7.6 avg) with 1 TD grab.  The Eagles are fortunate that they drafted Lesean McCoy last April as he will take over as the full time starter at running back.  He has carried the ball 59 times for 212 yards (3.6 ypc) with 1 TD run and he has caught 13 passes for 92 yards (7.1 avg) this season.  McCoy has a very similar skill set to Westbrook so the offense shouldn’t suffer too much while he is out. 

UPDATE:  Brian Westbrook wants to play this week but the Eagles should error on the side of caution trying to protect his health.

24-year old linebacker Akeem Jordan has really stepped up this season for the Eagles.  He has played in 6 games this season for the Eagles and he has made 37 tackles, has 1 sack, 2 interceptions, 2 tackles for a loss and he has defensed 4 passes.  Jordan has really improved as a player as he is on pace for 99 tackles this season.  He played in two years for the Eagles prior to 2009 in which he played in 25 games and he had 82 tackles.  Jordan is one of the most pleasant surprises for the Eagles this season and they need him to keep up the good work.