Sav Rocca

Four red-zone trips netted the Eagles just one TD against the Bears. For the season, they now are 6-for-20. Take out their 4-for-5 red-zone performance against the Lions and they are a dreadful 2-for-15. The Eagles failed to force a turnover yesterday. They have just eight takeaways in six games. After six games last year, they had 13. The Eagles has given up one touchdown or fewer in four of their first six games. And have lost three of those games. Brian Westbrook hasn't had a fumble in 418 touches.

Paul Domowitch's report card on the Eagles-Cowboys game: RUSHING OFFENSE: Playing catch-up the entire game, the Eagles ran the ball a season-low 10 times. Their 37 rushing yards was their second lowest output of the season (29 vs. Chargers). Brian Westbrook, LeSean McCoy and Leonard Weaver combined for just 23 yards on 7 carries. Grade: D PASSING OFFENSE: Donovan McNabb was sacked 4 times and failed to throw a touchdown pass for the first time in 11 games. His receivers dropped at least a half-dozen passes and the protection from his makeshift line was spotty.

Paul Domowitch's report card on the Eagles-Redskins game: RUSHING OFFENSE Eagles rushed for 36 yards on their first two possessions, but just 22 on their next seven. Brian Westbrook averaged just 2.8 yards per carry and got stuffed on that crucial third-and-1 in the fourth quarter. Only thing that worked were those end-arounds. Grade: D-minus PASSING OFFENSE Even without injured CB Shawn Springs, the Redskins' secondary neutralized the Eagles' wideouts, holding them to seven catches.

RUSHING OFFENSE: C A week after the best rushing performance of his career, Brian Westbrook had just 61 yards on 20 carries. Correll Buckhalter failed to convert a second-quarter third-and-1 run. It was the seventh unsuccessful third-and-1 run by the Eagles in 11 attempts this season. PASSING OFFENSE: A- After an atrocious 3-for-13 start, Donovan McNabb completed 13 passes in a row and 25 of his next 30, though he did have a bad red-zone interception. TE Brent Celek had the game of his life, catching six passes for 131 yards.

Here are our grades for the Eagles' 16-9 victory over the New York Jets: RUSHING OFFENSE Perpetually banged up Brian Westbrook shook off his abdominal strain and notched his 11th career 100-yard rushing performance. He had a season-high 120 yards on 20 carries. Grade: A PASSING OFFENSE Donovan McNabb alertly audibled on the Eagles' third play from scrimmage and threw a strike to Kevin Curtis on a slant route that he turned into the Eagles' only touchdown. Averaged just 5.6 yards per attempt in the second half, though, and threw a bad interception from his own 2 that set up a Jets score.

If quarterback Jeff Garcia is returning to the Eagles for a third stint, it is not likely to happen until after next week's draft, a team source said. Garcia said in an e-mail to the Associated Press Wednesday that he would welcome a return the Eagles. He said he had spoken to the team but that nothing was imminent. A message left with Garcia's agent, Steve Baker, was not returned Wednesday night. Garcia has been out of the NFL since the Eagles released him last September after a two-game spell.

When Australian punter Sav Rocca (born Nov. 20, 1973) takes the field today, he will be the second-oldest player to make his NFL debut as an Eagle: 33 years, 293 days. Here are the Birds' oldest previous rookies: Otis Douglas, 1946, 35 years, 66 days old. A rugged, enterprising character whom teammate Jim Parmer once likened to a mountain man from an earlier age, Douglas began his NFL career as the Birds' trainer and as a backup tackle. From 1946 to 1949, he played in 30 games and helped the Eagles win two titles.

BETHLEHEM - Everyone knew David Akers wasn't coming to Lehigh, but it still seemed strange when the special-teams drills started yesterday with the Eagles' all-time leading scorer nowhere in sight. It seemed even stranger hours later, when a source close to the situation confirmed that Akers had signed with the San Francisco 49ers. Akers, 36, a five-time Pro Bowl selection, played in more Eagles games than anyone else in franchise history (189, and 19 more in the postseason)

The Eagles are not pursuing their 15 free agents as NFL business resumes, and will almost certainly not bring any of them back, including starters such as linebacker Stewart Bradley and punter Sav Rocca and backup running back Jerome Harrison. Safety Quintin Mikell, long expected to depart, agreed to a deal Tuesday with the St. Louis Rams. Kicker David Akers also has been expected to leave ever since the Eagles drafted kicker Alex Henery in the fourth round. Other free agents expected to be allowed to depart include cornerback Dimitri Patterson, guards Nick Cole, Max Jean-Gilles and Reggie Wells, and linebackers Ernie Sims, Omar Gaither and Akeem Jordan.

NFL TEAMS did not get that widely reported 72-hour period to try to sign their own pending free agents, when the collective bargaining agreement finally ended the 136-day NFL lockout Monday. If a Philadelphia Inquirer report yesterday is correct, the Eagles won't miss it. The Inquirer reported the Birds will not bring back any of their 15 free agents. Most of them weren't expected back, but it is at least a little surprising that the Eagles reportedly have no interest in retaining former starting middle linebacker Stewart Bradley or punter Sav Rocca, whose 37.6-yard career net average is the highest in franchise history among punters with at least 100 punts.

Andy Reid did the math. "Hey, we can all count," the Eagles' coach said. Everybody did the math. The Eagles lost by five, and their Pro Bowl kicker missed two field goals from well within his range. But it wasn't arithmetic that perplexed David Akers and doomed the Eagles in Sunday's 21-16 wild-card playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers. It was meteorology, and maybe some loose turf, too. Things were so bad that a visibly emotional Akers, who this season set the team record for most games played as an Eagle, sounded as if he did not expect to return next season.

The Eagles' rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys is a big deal for fans in Philadelphia. It is much, much less so for the players who will actually line up Sunday night in Jerry Jones' gaudy monument to Jerry Jones. Michael Vick talked about the rivalry in the locker room Wednesday. But Vick took a handful of Wildcat snaps in the Eagles' two season-ending losses in Texas last year. In his previous NFL incarnation, that storied Falcons-Panthers rivalry was about as bitter as it got. Vick was a kid when the Cowboys blasted the Eagles, 34-10, in a playoff game after the 1992 season.

Paul Domowitch's report card on the Eagles-Redskins game: RUSHING OFFENSE : LeSean McCoy and Jerome Harrison combined for 124 rushing yards on 16 carries in the first three quarters. Michael Vick once again picked up big chunks of yards with his feet, gaining 80 yards and scoring two rushing TDs in the first 3 periods. Grade: A-plus PASSING OFFENSE: Michael Vick threw four TDs and extended his streak of consecutive pass attempts without an interception. He completed 14 of 18 passes in the first half.

Sav Rocca's third-quarter touchback was just his second in 39 punts this season. The Eagles won the time-of-possession battle for the sixth time in their last seven games. That's as many time-of-possession battles as they won all of last season. For the third time this season, the Eagles didn't have any turnovers. They also didn't have any in wins over the Lions and Jaguars. The Eagles have scored TDs on their first possession in two of the last four games. Their first-possession numbers in the last four games: 23 plays, 238 yards, 11 first downs.

In his last 2 starts, Kevin Kolb has completed 73.3 percent of his passes and has a 118.7 passer rating. For the first time in his career, David Akers missed 3 field goal attempts in the same game. He was wide left on a pair of 37-yarders and a 47-yarder, all down the same end of the field. DeSean Jackson became the first player in Eagles history to score on a 30-plus yard run and reception in the same quarter, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. It was the second time in his career that Jackson has had rushing and receiving touchdowns in the same game.

3 With DeSean Jackson likely out next week with a concussion after the devastating blow he took in the second quarter, will the Eagles make a roster move at wide receiver? Riley Cooper should be healthy enough to return after missing the last two games because of a concussion, so an addition may not be necessary. But Jackson could be shelved longer, and the Eagles may want to add a veteran because Cooper and Chad Hall are rookies. 3 Do we have a defensive tackle controversy? No, it's not as sexy as a quarterback controversy, but Antonio Dixon looked very good in the middle of the defensive line for the Eagles.