But this is becoming absurd. With the weapons, with the scheme, this offense can be pretty much unstoppable on the days when quarterback Donovan McNabb plays as well as he did yesterday.
"I'm just being put in some great positions to go out there and, I guess, score over 50 yards," Jackson said. "But whatever we need to do to make it work, man, that's what we're going to do."
He spoke in the Eagles' locker room, between games of the New York-New York doubleheader. The Eagles upheld their end in outrageous fashion, taking apart the Giants by the score of 40-17, shackling Giants quarterback Eli Manning and then pounding the New York defense with three huge scores - a 41-yard run by Leonard Weaver, a 66-yard run by Shady McCoy, and a 54-yard reception by Jackson, who was so wide-open that the Giants' coaches will have no choice in the film room today but to admit to their players that they failed them.
Because the Eagles had this one in mind since about Wednesday, if not before - that's the vibe you get, anyway. They had it in mind and they knew they wanted to try it if they got the Giants in the right defense. They knew they wanted to have Jackson appear to be cutting across the formation and to have him go upfield instead. They knew the Giants' scheme couldn't handle it.
When asked if he was shocked to be as open as he was, Jackson said, "Not necessarily . . . We kind of knew, if we got that [defensive] look, it was basically going to be there. And it was."
