A secondary that allowed Terrell Owens and Jason Witten to rack up 199 receiving yards and two touchdowns. A kickoff coverage unit that made Cowboys rookie Felix Jones look like a Hall-of-Famer. A tight end, L.J. Smith, who failed to catch a pass until late in the fourth quarter. Even normally sure-handed running back Brian Westbrook, who had a momentum-swinging fourth-quarter fumble.
But not McNabb. He was aces in the loss, completing 25 of 37 passes for 281 yards and a touchdown. And those 12 incompletions included five that were dropped by his receivers.
"We saw what Philadelphia is," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said after the game. "McNabb, by having the experience he's got, is better than his younger years. He's still got that mobility. He does a better job when he gets the ball and doesn't have the turnovers. He was a mess out there for our guys tonight. We were fortunate to win this game and everybody knows it."
Said Cowboys coach Wade Phillips: "Anybody who thinks Donovan is too old or can't play anymore, they're absolutely wrong. The guy kept them in the game and made great plays."
In the Eagles' first two games, McNabb has a .657 completion percentage and is averaging an impressive 9.17 yards per attempt. For the second straight week, he didn't throw an interception. He's thrown just one in his last 219 attempts dating back to last season.
His impressive performance last night came against a team that he has struggled against lately. In his previous six starts against the the Cowboys, he had completed just 55.8 percent of his passes and had just five touchdowns and five interceptions. In the first halves of those six games, he had averaged just 5.76 yards per attempt and thrown only two TD passes.
