Mike Vick lit up Monday Night Football with a dazzling record-breaking performance to take the Eagles joint top of the NFC East.Week 10, Monday Night Football: a match-up between a head coach and a former quarterback who played 142 games throughout their 11 years together. This, in addition to the benching with two minutes remaining that McNabb endured two weeks ago, only turned the focus more onto how the famed number five would perform. This focus was pushed even further onto McNabb following the baffling pre-game announcement that he had signed a new 5-year, $78million extension to his contract. But as memorable as a game as this would turn out to be, the Donovan McNabb saga would be vastly overshadowed by brilliance from his replacement, and the youthful team he left behind.
The touchdown circus began with the very first play of the game, with Desean Jackson catching an 88-yard touchdown pass from Michael Vick under man to man coverage. Silence passed over Fed-ex Field.
Things then turned from bad to worse for Washington when, following a three-and-out, the Eagles stormed down the field with first downs from Jackson and McCoy in a drive that was capped by a 7-yard run into the end-zone by Vick.
Washington were only three plays into their second drive of the game before it was prematurely ended with an interception from Coleman. Incredibly, this lead to another drive down the field which finished with an 11-yard touchdown catch from McCoy from a shovel pass from Vick.
After Washington yet again failed to gain a single first down, Philadelphia steam rolled their defense as Jerome Harrison took an inside zone hand-off 55 yards for the fourth touchdown of the quarter.
The first quarter ended with the Eagles breaking the record for the largest lead by a road time at end of 1st quarter in the history of the NFL, but it was only a sign of what more was to come, as Vick began the second quarter by throwing another 65-yard touchdown to Jeremy Maclin.
The 'Skins showed signs of resurgence when McNabb took to the field and immediately threw a 71 yard pass to Davis.
With five minutes gone in the 2nd quarter, Vick finally threw his first incompletion (after 12 successful attempts), which lead to their first scoreless drive. Following the resulting punt, Washington made the most of their opportunity, scoring a touchdown after only a three plays, in a drive which included a 70-yard throw to Armstrong.
However, Washington's resurgence was halted when McNabb threw an interception straight into the diving arms of Patterson on a 3rd an 10, leaving him with 0 completions and 2 picks on four third downs.Michael Vick returned to the field, darting out of the pocket and skipping around flailing defensive backs to lead the Eagles to another touchdown drive; his final play, a six yard dance into the end-zone to tie the most points scored by any Eagles team in a first half.
The Redskins made a brighter start to the second half than they had to the first, returning the kick-off 40 yards to the 46 yard-line, and following up with a long throw down field to full-back Sellers. With McNabb unable to convert again on 3rd down, the Redskins went for it on 4th and 3, and converted, setting up a four yard touchdown run from Williams.
Philadelphia's next scoring drive was capped off with a catch from Jackson in the end-zone after Vick was allowed eight seconds in the pocket before making the throw.
The Eagles increased their lead to 59 points, surpassing the most ever scored by any team on a Monday Night, when Patterson returned an interception forty yards for a touchdown, leaving McNabb with zero completions and three interceptions from eight third down attempts.
The Redskins pulled back a touchdown at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but 28 yards was never going to be enough in a game where they gave up 597 yards and seven touchdowns.
The Eagles jump to a tied NFC East lead at 6-3, as the Redskins fall to below .500 to 4-5.
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