Eagles v Cowboys on Monday Night!

It's less than two hours until kickoff and the suspense is killing me. I've been looking forward to this game ever since the 2008 schedule was announced. If you ask any Eagles fan to name the one NFL team they absolutely despise, odds are the majority will be going with the Cowboys. And as if we Philadelphia fans didn't already have enough reasons to hate the prima donnas in Dallas, Jessica "I only remain relevant because I date an NFL quarterback" Simpson had to go and make an idiotic comment on some morning show earlier in the week. I can't explain why that made me so mad except to say that I want to hear her football picks about as badly as I want to hear one of her albums. Only God knows why any television show would still bother booking yesterday's news, but I digress.

The way I see it, these are two very evenly matched teams who rolled over a couple of cupcakes in their respective season openers, so we should be in for one heck of a battle tonight. I think the key for the Eagles offense tonight is going to be getting Brian Westbrook and rookie stud DeSean Jackson into favorable matchups downfield. Jackson put up over 100 yards receiving in his NFL debut and he could really make an early bid for Rookie of the Year by putting up those kinds of numbers again tonight. Look for Donovan McNabb to spread the ball around and get several receivers involved in the passing game.

Defensively, the key is going to be getting pressure on Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. The defense got to Marc Bulger 4 times last week and they need to maintain that level of intensity tonight. The secondary is going to have their hands full with Patrick Crayton and "the player" so it will be interesting to see how they go about covering Jason Witten. The run defense did a good job of containing Steven Jackson last week so I would expect the same tonight against Marion Barber.

As for "the player" and all the smack he's been talking this week trying to get under Donovan McNabb's skin, well I dare him to go across the middle tonight. Especially if Sheldon Brown is nearby: