The Eagles have lost 29-year old starting center Jamaal Jackson for the rest of the year due to a torn ACL.  This will hurt the Eagles as Jackson has started all 15 games this season and he has played in 71 games (all starts) for the Eagles the last five years.  Jackson’s injury will cause the Eagles to shuffle the line a bit.  25-year old Nick Cole will shift from RG to center the rest of the year.  He has started all 15 games for the Eagles this season.  He is bigger than Jackson at 6′0″, 350 pounds and Max Jean-Gilles will replace Cole at guard and he is also huge at 6′3″, 358 pounds.  Jean-Gilles has played in 12 games (4 starts) for the Eagles this season.  Jackson is a great center so the Eagles will miss him but Nick Cole is a good player and he should do a decent job replacing him.  The bigger issue is at guard where the Eagles will need Max Jean-Gilles to step up.

The Eagles needed a 28-yard field goal from David Akers with 4 seconds left in the game to secure this win.  Donovan McNabb was solid for the Eagles in this game as he completed 20 of 35 passes for 322 yards with 3 TD passes and 1 INT.  He also carried the ball 5 times for 29 yards (5.8 ypc).  Brian Westbrook led the way on the ground for the Eagles in his game with 9 carries for 32 yards (3.6 ypc) and he also caught 2 passes for 5 yards (2.5 avg).  Lesean McCoy pitched in with 6 grabs for 27 yards (4.5 ypc) and he also caught 1 pass for 39 yards.  Brent Celek (4 rec, 121 yards), Desean Jackson (4 rec, 33 yards) and Jason Avant (2 rec, 25 yards) each caught 1 TD pass apiece.  Jeremy Maclin also had a solid game with 6 grabs for 92 yards (15.3 avg).  The Eagles finished up with 394 total yards on offense in this game (105 rushing, 289 passing).

Linebacker Akeem Jordan (9 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 1 pass defensed) and CB Asante Samuel (5 tackles, 1 pass defensed, 1 INT) led the way for the Eagles on D yesterday.  The Broncos finished up with 241 total yards in this game (70 rushing, 171 passing) yesterday.  The Eagles are now 11-4 on the season.

The Eagles really outplayed the Niners yesterday to get a big home win.  Donovan McNabb completed 21 of 36 passes for 306 yards with 1 TD pass and 2 INTs.  He also carried the ball 4 times for 5 yards (1.3 ypc) with 1 TD run.  Leonard Weaver led the way on the ground for the Eagles with 52 yards rushing on 17 carries (3.1 ypc) and he also added 2 catches for 18 yards (9.0 avg).  Lesean McCoy pitched in with 48 yards rushing on 9 carries (5.3 ypc) with a TD run.  Desean Jackson had a monster game for the Eagles with 140 yards receiving on 6 grabs (23.3 avg) with 1 TD grab.  Brent Celek pitched in with 4 catches for 73 yards (18.3 avg) yesterday.  The Eagles finished up with 422 total yards on offense (116 rushing, 306 passing).

The defense was excellent last yesterday for the Eagles.  CB Asante Samuel led the way for the Eagles with 4 tackles, 1 pass defensed, 1 fumble recovery and 1 interception.  Safety Quintin Mikell also played well with 5 tackles, 1 pass defensed and 1 interception.  The 49ers finished up with 261 total yards on offense (107 rushing, 154 passing).  The Eagles are now 10-4 on the year.

This should be a interesting game especially with the weather likely to be pretty awful.  That could hamsting the deep passing game of the Eagles which would hurt the offense.  The Eagles will likely have to run the ball more than they like to but it will be hard to get McCoy going against ILB Patrick Willis of the Niners who is a beast.  The Niners also have a decent pass rush as they send players from all over the field as they have 34 sacks despite having no one with more than 5.5.  The guy the Eagles will be going to a lot tomorrow through the air will be TE Brent Celek.

The 49ers are now a passing team all of a sudden so the Eagles will need to get a pass rush in the face of Alex Smith.  That shouldn’t be a problem as the Eagles have 36 sacks already this year.  The Eagles better tighten up the chinstraps tomorrow because TE Vernon Davis and RB Frank Gore will be the guys getting the ball the most and they like to deal out some punishment of their own.  Corners Asante Samuel and Sheldon Brown will make Alex Smith pay if he tries to get the ball to Josh Morgan or Michael Crabtree tomorrow.

PREDICTION:  EAGLES 24, 49ERS 21

23-year old WR/PR Desean Jackson is even more lethal than he was as a rookie last season.  Jackson has played in 12 games for the Eagles this season and he has caught 50 passes for 947 yards (18.9 avg) with 7 TD grabs.  He also has carried the ball 8 times for 125 yards (15.6 ypc) with a TD this year.  That’s no all Jackson has done though as he has returned 23 punts for 409 yards (17.8 avg) with 2 TD returns this year.  Jackson has touched the ball 82 times for 1,481 yards (18.1 avg. per touch) with 10 total TDs for the Eagles this year.  He is averaging 123.4 all-purpose yards this season as he is the Eagles’ most lethal weapon on offense.