Yes, fans, another week has rolled by and we await the dreaded Saturday Eagles pick.

But this is not just any Saturday. This is a Saturday when the Phillies could clinch their NLDS series by sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers.

And it says here that they better do just that.

Why? I'll give you two reasons.

If per chance the Phils should lose tonight in Milwaukee, they will play Game 4 tomorrow. Guess what time? That's right, chili breath, at 1 p.m., putting them smack up agianst the Eagles-Redskins clash at Lincoln Financial Field. Better buy batteries for the ol' remote. We could be clicking furiously tomorrow.

But there's a deeper danger should the Phils not put the Brewers out of their misery tonight.

The pressure would then revert to the Phils to win tomorrow, or face the specter of a well-rested CC Sabathia Tuesday night back in Philly.

I digress, I know. That's because I am trying to avoid talking about the Birds. You may remember I picked them to win last week. How'd that work out? Another mind-numbing Eagles loss makes me a less than stellar 1-3 on the season. The Eagles are 2-2. They've lost two games because of a botched snap late in one game, and an inability to punch a ball into the end zone on three straight plays from the Bears' 1last week. They easily could be 4-0.

But they're not. And questions remain about Andy Reid, Donovan McNabb, and the way they handle crunch time in the fourth quarter of big games.

The Redskins are coming off a huge win over the Cowboys, knocking thier arch-rival from the ranks of the unbeatens.

I will believe in Reid and McNabb again whey they show me they are capable of pulling out a game late in the fourth quarter. You won't find the answers on that laminated card, Andy.

Add in the fact that I don't think Brian Westbrook and his achy ankle will see much ation in this game, and you have a reciple for another devastating loss.

Don't ask me why, but I don't think it's going to happen. It's very early, but this one almost has a "must-win" smell to it for the Eagles. The 'Skins should still be breathing the rarefied air of their win over Dallas.

Make it Eagles, 19-16.

But don't be surprised if the Eagles fail to deliver one more time. Say, like, they are driving for the winning score, then for some reason McNabb throws a pass to a guy in the middle of the field with no timeouts left and the fans watch helplessly as the Birds fail to get their field goal team on the field in time as the clock expires. We haven't seen that before, have we?

In other words, let's go Phillies!