The rib that quarterback Donovan McNabb fractured in Week 1 still hasn’t completely healed, but it isn’t giving him any problems. “I don’t feel it much during games. Maybe (when I’m) sleeping a little bit or after games.” Andy Reid said McNabb will wear a flak jacket to protect the rib for the rest of the season.

That of course means the pressure will be on the O-line, as it will be up to them to protect their leader and keep him on his feet.

Westbrook got the OK to play in Sunday night’s critical NFC East home game against the Cowboys with first place on the line. Coach Andy Reid made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon that barring any setbacks in practice, his starting running back is good to go for Dallas.

It was about two weeks ago that Westbrook suffered a concussion in the teams Monday night win over the Redskins in DC. On the season, Westbrook has 327 total yards between rushing and receiving with three touchdowns.

Eagles head coach Andy Reid has named Sean Jones the starter at free safety over rookie Macho Harris. These quotes are from Andy Reid: On the play of FS Sean Jones: “I’ll look at the film, but he was going to be the guy this week, and then we were going to rotate Macho (Harris) in during certain personnel groups. (Sean Jones) was going to be the base guy and the nickel guy. I thought he did a decent job, but with safeties, you have to look at the film and see how things went.” On whether Sean Jones would have started at free safety even if Macho Harris was healthy enough to play: “Yes.”

Weaver the the Eagles going fast, as he broke loose for a 41-yard score that quickly gave the Eagles a 7-0 lead. Then on the second play of the 4th quarter McCoy finished off the Giants with a 66-yard score that wrapped up any possible thoughts of a Giants comeback. Not that they had done much vs the Eagles D all day anyway.

Giants quarterback Eli Manning was under pressure all day, and was inaccurate with a number of throws, and threw a pair of interceptions that led to Eagles touchdowns. “I think we did send a statement,” defensive end Trent Cole. “Now we want to keep building upon that statement.”

Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb played great as well, going 17 of 23 for 240 yards and three touchdowns. He made sure to not make silly mistakes, and was on with all but six of his passes on the day. “Don, he was out there flying around, throwing the ball and all pumped up,” wide receiver DeSean Jackson said. “That was a great situation to see him like that. It felt like he was back in his young days. As long as he keeps playing like that, he’s unstoppable.”

The Eagles made sure not to even allow the Giants to get their heads in the game, as they went up big at 30-7 at the half, and never looked back even through the Giants scored 10 second half points. It was a pretty big whitewashing to say the least. “When you play these NFC East teams, you prepare for a heavyweight fight,” Eagles coach Andy Reid said. Count this one as a pretty big knockout for the Birds.

Eagles running back Brian Westbrook was not expected to play Sunday because of a concussion he suffered last week, a team source told ESPN Insider Adam Schefter.

The Eagles (4-2) host the New York Giants (5-2) with first place in the NFC East at stake.

Westbrook suffered the head injury in last Monday’s 27-17 victory over the Redskins.

Westbrook has not practiced all week, but he was on the field Friday with his teammates and seemed in good spirits.

Eagles rookie running back LeSean McCoy was expected to make his second start in Westbrook’s place.

Coach Andy Reid said Friday that wide receiver Kevin Curtis, defensive end Victor Abiamiri (knee), and backup cornerback/special teams player Dimitri Patterson (hand/quadriceps) won’t play against New York. He also said free safety Victor Harris (ankle) and backup defensive end Chris Clemons (elbow) are questionable.

None of them practiced Friday.

“It’s going to be a game-day decision,” Reid said of Westbrook, who traditionally performs well against the Giants. “We’re waiting to get more tests back and see how they look. So far the tests we have done this week have looked OK. But it comes down to a matter of time.”

Westbrook has not practiced all week, but he was on the field Friday with his teammates and seemed in good spirits.

“I know he wants to play,” Reid said. “As long as he cleared, he’s OK’d, we just have to see. The experts are looking at this. We have to listen to the doctors.”

“You can’t expect to get a sack, cause a fumble, turnover, interception for touchdown—whatever,” Witherspoon said. “It’s like, ‘What? Who in their right mind would think that in their first game?’ But when it comes down to it, it happened.”

Second-year wide out DeSean Jackson also had a big night on the offenisve side for Philly, going for a 67-yard touchdown on a reverse early in the game, then hauling in a 57-yard touchdown grab from Donovan McNabb. The Eagles QB completed 15 of 25 passes for 156 yards, getting his 200th touchdown pass and surpassing 30,000 yards passing for his career.

Most of the highlights on both sides of the ball came in the first half, as the Eagles led 27-10 at halftime. The Eagles defense also took it to Washington QB Jason Campbell, as they forced six sacks, four total fumbles and a pick. Campbell was 29-for-43 for 284 yards with two TD’s and an interception.

About the only bad thing for the Eagles was early in the game when running back Brian Westbrook left in the first quarter with a concussion. Coach Andy Reid said he expects Westbrook to recover fully but wasn’t certain whether his star running back will play next week.

Westbrook was hurt when his helmet collided with linebacker London Fletcher’s right knee at the end of a 5-yard run. The running back remained on the ground for several minutes before he was helped up and led off the field directly to the locker room.

“It looked bad,” Mikell said. “Anytime a guy is just out like that and not responding, you don’t know what’s going on. We were praying.”

With the Giants losing on Sunday night, the Eagles are now just a half game back of first in the division at 4-2. They get set for a showdown with the Giants at home on Sunday.

In the month since Michael Vick’s controversial return to the NFL, his involvement in the Eagles’ offense has decreased with each game. The quarterback-multipurpose player has gone from being on the field for 11 plays with the first team in his first game to five in the second game to just two in the Eagles’ 13-9 loss at Oakland on Sunday. Of the 18 “Spread Eagle” plays Vick has been directly a part of, the Eagles have gained just 34 yards for a 1.9-yard average. “We signed him as a backup quarterback,” Reid said Monday. “We have gotten probably a little bit more out of him than I thought we would have out of our other backup quarterbacks.”