* Vick returned on the next drive, second-and-10 from the Eagles' 28, replaced McNabb and flipped a pass to DeSean Jackson in the flat. Jackson was promptly brought down for no gain when Kevin Curtis missed a block.
* The Jags, pressured mercilessly in the backfield through the first quarter (QB David Garrard was briefly knocked from the game), burned the blitzing Birds on third-and-9 from their 34 with a screen pass to Maurice Jones-Drew, who broke it for 45 yards and set up go-ahead TD. Asante Samuel, part of the last line of defense, left the game after the play with what appeared to be a shoulder injury.
* Samuel returned in time to be part of the game's signature play. On third-and-goal from the 4, Nate Hughes caught a pass in the flat. Samuel came off his man and met Hughes at the goal line, where the players' helmets collided; it looked as if Hughes initiated the headshots. Samuel ran past, but Hughes was knocked out and fumbled inches shy of the goal line. With Hughes lying on the ground, teammate Torry Holt alertly reached over his body, picked up the ball, pulled it into the end zone and scored the TD less than 4 minutes into the second quarter. Hughes left the game with a concussion and did not return.
* Samuel intercepted Garrard midway through the second quarter to squelch a promising Jags drive.
* The Eagles managed to waste that, not to mention three sweet completions to wideouts that brought them to the Jags' 1-yard line, first-and-goal. The Eagles called a pass in the flat to rookie running back LeSean McCoy, who looked for defenders and took his eye off the ball, which deflected off his helmet. Since he was behind McNabb at the time, the play was a fumble. The Eagles stood and watched as linebacker Brian Iwuh recovered it and ran 92 yards for a touchdown and a 14-3 lead.
