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At long last, Eagles look fired up - NFC East Blog - ESPN
"I saw their guy pick it up and run it back," DeSean Jackson told reporters in the locker room postgame. "Michael Vick was in front of him. Instead of my quarterback making the tackle, I had to stick myself in there and make that play. Regardless of whether I was hurt or anything, I came back."
Man Up: Is Matthews improving? | Philly | 12/19/2011
Brian Rolle played 50 snaps on Sunday. More than any other Eagles LB.
Eagles finally buying into Juan Castillo's defense - NFL - Sporting News
"Obviously we’re going to keep talking to him, because this is his first year," Asomugha said after the Eagles hammered the Jets 45-19. "We’ve gotten to a point where we know what works. He’s been calling games a lot better, he’s been growing each game."
Eagles don’t require many upsets to get in playoffs - The Washington Post
"It feels good that we are still alive," tight end Brent Celek said. "That is all you can ask for at this point. We are not where we wanted to be at the beginning of the season, but we are doing all we can do with what we have. We just have to play together as a team and go up there, fight and beat Dallas."
Parker's TD puts him in elite company
Juqua Parker wrote his name into the NFL record book Sunday when he scooped up a fumble and returned it for a TD. Combined with his 55-yard interception return for a touchdown in 2008 and a 56-yard fumble return for a TD earlier this year, made Parker only the second defensive lineman in NFL history with three career returns of 40 yards or more for defensive touchdowns.
John Smallwood: Are Eagles teasing us all or what? | Philadelphia Daily News | 12/19/2011
Despite a season that by all rights should have been over a few weeks ago, the Eagles now have more than just a Christmas Miracle chance of stealing the NFC East title.
Giants' Amukamara is 'just not ready' - NFC East Blog - ESPN
"I told him, 'you got every physical attribute to play this game and go against any receiver,'" [Deon] Grant said at a holiday food drive event in Brooklyn today. "I said, 'but right now, you're just not ready for that.' Not saying that he won't be ready, it's not taking anything from him, but me being in the game for a minute, physically he made plays through the stretch since he's been back, but I've just been seeing him struggle. "