The Philadelphia Eagles (7-4) are on the road Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons (6-5) and both teams will be missing some key players.  The Eagles will be without DeSean Jackson, who suffered a concussion last week in which he said he “blacked out.”  That is never a good sign with a head injury, so it is smart that Jackson is sitting this one out.  Donovan McNabb will probably go to his TE Brent Celek more, who is the Eagles second leading receiver behind Jackson.  This will also be Michael Vick’s first time back in Atlanta since the infamous dog fighting scandal that nearly ended Vicks’ career.  Although Vick has not been an impact player for the Eagles this year, it will be very interesting to see how he and the Atlanta crowd reacts to his return.

I don’t think the Eagles should have too much of a problem beating the Falcons in this one, even without their star receiver.  The Falcons will be without their starting quarterback Matt Ryan (turf toe) and may be without their star running back Michael Turner.  Turner re-aggravated an ankle sprain last week, so even if he does play he wont be the same explosive back.  Chris Redman will start in place of Ryan at quarterback, and he led the Falcons to a comeback win last week.  Even though Redman had a good game last week, it was against the very weak Tampa Bay Buccaneers, so I don’t see him having the same success against a Philly defense that holds teams to 202 passing yards per game.

FINAL SCORE PREDICTION:  Philadelphia Eagles 28, Atlanta Falcons 17