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I know it was four days ago and most of you are already focused on next week, but I never got a chance to throw down my thoughts on the big Eagles W this past Sunday. The Birds were quietly getting a lot of buzz heading into week 1, but I didn't expect what I saw on Sunday. This team looked pretty impressive. Sure, they only beat the Rams, arguably the worst team in the league, but a win is a win.

Anyway, here's the three thoughts that ran through my head after the game on Sunday:

• First, I'll take my shot at the dead horse here and start with how unbelievable DeSean Jackson looked in week 1. DeSean really impressed just about every Eagles fan in the area this week. But, I'm still not exactly ready to put too many expectations on him just yet. Afterall, it's only been one week. However, even if he doesn't catch another pass this year, you have to be excited about the possibilities this guy brings to special teams. The Eagles finally have a legitimate chance to take one to the house on every punt return. Reno Mahae didn't exactly give us that.


• The quarterback finally looks like he's in 2004 form again. He moved pretty well when he had to (which wasn't all that often) and he looked confident in his options, something he definitely lacked last season. Just think, if DeSean Jackson does blossom into the kind of threat a lot of people think he can be, Donovan may be looking at a pretty productive season. We'll see what happens, but starting the season with a 21-33, 361 yd, 3 TD game can't hurt, right?


• Finally, buried in the game story was the performance of Stewart Bradley. This guy is really opening some eyes. Hopefully, this is the only the start of good things for Bradley and the rest of the young linebackers. If we're lucky, maybe this situation with young, unproven linebackers will turn out like 2004 when Lito and Sheldon were young, unproven corners. That ended up pretty well for us.

One down. Fifteen more to go. And now...Dallas week. Thank God football is back.