Defensive game plan vs. Eagles

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I would start Springs and Rogers. Carlos does a lot of things well. I'm sorry he's not a lockdown CB but it is what it is. I can't give him the hook quite yet.

I think the one player we need to stop is Westbrook. If you can nuetralize the screens and draws you take away a lot of first downs. The next thing they look to is the TE over the middle, so I would continue to play Cover 1 or Cover 3 a lot. In terms of pressuring McNabb, the most important thing is to contain him. If we can keep him in the pocket and make him make plays with his arm and not his legs, we will win our share of those situations. He was 15/33 last week.

But, I think the most important thing we can do is establish the running game. The Eagles love to get a lead and then blitz like mad when you have to try to catch up. We need Portis and Betts to control the clock and keep the game manageable. I think we showed Sunday, that if we can keep game close to the point where we can continue to run the football late, we will eventually when the war of attrition up front.