Something almost unheard of is happening in Philadelphia sports.

The Eagles are playing a very important game Sunday night. In the Meadowlands. Against the hated Giants. On national TV.

And almost no one has noticed.

Such is the magic the Phillies have spread over the land.

That does not mean the NFL will interrupt their season for post-season baseball.

Which means it must be Saturday, and time for the dreaded Eagles pick.

Right now I have a perfect record. The Birds have played three games, and I've been wrong three consecutive weeks.

Picked them to win the first two weeks, and glumly watched them go down in flames. Thought they would get smoked by the Lions, and watched Donovan McNabb put on a clinic, dismantling an overmatched Lions' defense.

Count me among those who did not foresee the pasting they laid on the hapless Lions, as big a fraud of a 2-0 team as you will ever see.

This week's foe is a more familiar sight. The Giants and Eagles go way back, and this Sunday night tilt will be no different.

Did the Eagles find themselves last week, right the ship, and start the long haul back to the top of the NFC East? Or was the win just a figment of a very mediocre Detroit team?

This game will be no different than most Eagles-Giants games. Very close, the key being turnovers.

Make it Eagles 24-23, on the strength of a late David Akers field goal. Unless, of course, Sav Rocca bobbles the snap.