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Sept. 24, 2007 | Item, item, hoozgotta item.

Next Sunday night's Philadelphia Eagles-New York Giants game is suddenly looking a lot more interesting than it was a day or so ago.

The Eagles, who figured to be a pretty decent team -- they were this column's pick to win the NFC championship, but in spite of this, a lot of people thought they'd be OK -- were awful for two weeks. The Giants, who came into the season looking shaky, were terrible for two weeks plus two quarters. But they both got a lot better Sunday.

I told you the Eagles would have a big, hey we're contenders after all game, and they did, with Donovan McNabb torching the Detroit Lions to the tune of 56-21. I also told you it'd be fool's gold, which I'm sticking by. These were the Detroit Lions.

Also: Not all throwback uniforms are winners.

The Giants were down 17-3 on the road to Washington when they sprang to life. All of a sudden able to convert third downs seemingly at will, the Giants scored three unanswered touchdowns, then held Washington with a goal-line stand to seal the game.

The Washingtons had been feeling pretty good about themselves because they were 2-0, though those wins had come against poor teams, Miami and Philadelphia. But wait a minute, Philadelphia might be pretty good after all.

Ah, forget it. Three games down, 13 to go, and I'll have it all figured out in 14 weeks. Not a minute sooner.

Also: Some throwback uniforms are pretty sharp.

Tony Romo had another nice game as the Dallas Cowboys pounded the Chicago Bears in what looked like a torch-passing game Sunday night, 34-10. The defending conference champs are 1-2, and the 3-0 Cowboys just might have enough offensive firepower to overcome their apparent lack of defense.

Ignore the 10 points they held the Bears to. I have a conversion chart here that says holding the Bears to 10 is equal to allowing the Seattle Seahawks to score 28.6.

Next page: The Drew Bledsoe solution. Plus: The 3-0 Packers. And: Death to gotcha timeouts!