What a difference two weeks can make in a football season for a team with Super Bowl aspirations. Two long weeks for a quarterback to get his head back into it mentally. Two long weeks to heal old wounds that otherwise may wash away the whole season down the toilet. It was perhaps a wake-up call on their flight from Philly to Buffalo that help bring back the team to reality. On the flight, the plane experienced some very heavy turbulence and suddenly dropped approximately 1200 feet in a matter of seconds at one point. The drop in altitude must have shaken the Eagles back to reality and snapped them out of their season-long nap. The way they came out firing on all cylinders was very telling early on. Right out of the gates, Donovan McNabb drove the team straight down the field. Eight plays and 71 yards later, Correll Buckhalter took the ball into the end zone for his first touchdown in over 1 year for an early 7-0 lead. You knew right there and then, that this was a totally different Eagles' team out on the field. Even after McNabb was sacked on the fourth play of the drive, the Eagles converted a big third down play and they continued that trend all game long. You just knew that these were the real Philadelphia Eagles that we in Philly are used to watching. You just knew.

Donovan McNabb passed for 172 total passing yards and completed 18 of 29 passes. That is a 62% completion rate, much better than 2 weeks ago when he only completed 39% of his passes. He also added 47 rushing yards. Though he did not throw a touchdown pass, he also stayed away from being intercepted and fumbling the ball away for the first time this year. It was a well-deserved 23-13 victory for the entire team. Even after the Birds took an early lead, the Eagles defense took control of Drew Bledsoe and forced the Bills to go 3-and-out. Donovan again took the team on another scoring drive of 16 plays, 65 yards, which ate up 8:36 minutes on the clock. This drive ended on a David Akers 26-yard FG and a 10-0 Eagles lead. This paved the way for an Eagles victory on the road in Buffalo. On defense, the Eagles held Buffalo to a measly 21 yards rushing, while Philadelphia as a team rushed for 177 yards on the ground. The running attack was led by second year player Brian Westbrook who, rushed for 96 yards on 11 carries. It was also Westbrook's last carry, which clinched victory for the Birds late in the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, drew Bledsoe started to get a bit hot. He finished the day completing 27 of 43 passes and 296 yards, while throwing only 1 TD and no INT's. With the score at 16-0 and the Eagles in pretty much complete command, he drove the Bills on an 11-play 67-yard touchdown drive that culminated on a 3-yard pass to Bobby Shaw. The 2-point conversion failed and the Eagles lead was now cut to 16-6 with more than 9 minutes left in the game. The Eagles started the game scoring on 4 of their first 6 possessions. They also had outgained the Bills by a 237-120 yard mark to that point. They also held Bledsoe to 125 yards passing through three quarters. After the Bills first TD, the Eagles stayed cold, going 3-and-out giving the ball back the Buffalo offense. Bledsoe went back to work and drove the Bills 69 yards down the field and cut the Eagles lead to 16-13 with 2:49 left in the game. After the Eagles got the ball back, Donovan and the offense appeared to stall again as they ended up with a third-and-long play once again. This time, McNabb completed a huge pass over the middle to James Thrash for a very big first down. Two plays later, Brian Westbrook broke through the Bills defense and ran it all the way to the end zone for a 62-yard touchdown and his first ever touchdown as a pro. The Philadelphia Eagles now had a 23-13 lead and they finished off the Bills for their first victory of the year. For now, everything appears to have been righted. At least the ship has stopped sinking for the moment.