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Brodrick Bunkley, defensive tackle and the 14th overall pick in the NFL draft has agreed terms with the Eagles. Bunkley comes from Florida State where he recorded nine sacks, over 65 tackles, a forced fumble and a couple of fumble recoveries.

At 6ft 2inches and 300lb Bunkley set a single-season school record with 25 tackles for a loss.

Bunkley has yet to report to camp. He has missed 28 practices.

Philadelphia are 18th in the NFL in points scored, but to be fair it is largely as a result of injuries - not that that fact seemed to bother the Patriots last season - although they are feeling the effects more this season. The Eagles are without Terrell Owens, McNabb, Brian Westbrook, Tra Thomas, Todd Pinkston and Hank Fraley - six first team players from a unit that were eighth in the league in scoring last season on the way to the NFC championship.

The Eagles defense is in a sorrier state - 25th in the league in points allowed and 25th in yards allowed but without the luxury of excuses - with just one signicant injury. How has a defence that finished second in the league (points allowed) last season gone down so quickly...

It could be to do with sacks - last year Phildelphia finished second in the league in sacks with 47. In thirteen games this season, they have attained just 26. Even with a games remaining at the current rate they will squeak past thirty sacks in total - which would be the fewest sacks by an Eagles defense - in a non-strike year -for over twenty-five years.

Their inability to pressure the quarterback has put them under pressure themselves. Philly have already given up twenty touchdown passes in this season's games, which is the most by the defense since they gave up twenty-two in 1999 - the year that head coach Andy Reid and defensive coordinator Jim Johnson arrive.

Philiadelphia play the Rams on the road next and are currently 3 point underdogs at +3.

Donovan McNabb didn't have a great report from one of the leading hernia specialists on Thursday. After examining McNabb who is carrying a sports hernia, surgeon William Meyers said that McNabb should have surgery.

The Eagles released a statement on Thursday stating that McNabb is "weighing his options on the management of the injury." It was not revealed if immediate surgery was needed. McNabb was cleared back in September to play with the injury, although it was clear that surgery would be required at some point. That point may have been reached.

McNabb said he wasn't looking forward to undergoing a surgical procedure. "I will have the surgery, but it's pretty much a matter of when I will have it," McNabb said. "That will be the very first surgery I've ever had, so I'm not in a hurry to get under the knife. That's just part of being a human being. I don't think anyone is excited about having surgery."

Donovan McNabb has been officially ruled out for Sunday's game against the Giants. Mike McMahon will fill in. A lot of pressure will be on backup to move an Eagles offense which has had a tough time in recent weeks with McNabb leading.

The change might save Philadelphia's sub-par season.