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REDSKINS 20 EAGLES 12

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Monday Night Spikes

Eagles Pro Bowl linebacker Takeo Spikes played in the first "Monday Night Football" game of his 10-year career. Spikes spent his first five seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and then joined the Buffalo Bills for his next four. Buffalo had a winning record once when Spikes was there, and the Bengals also struggled mightily.

By the Numbers

20

Yards on Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell's run during the closing minute of the first half. It was the longest run by a Redskins quarterback in exactly two seasons. Mark Brunell had a 25-yard run against the Cowboys in 2005 on "Monday Night Football."

Quotable

"I made the all-star game [seven] straight times, and they booed the hell out of me."

Charles Barkley, who played for the 76ers, commenting on the fickle nature of Philadelphia sports fans from the "MNF" booth

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