Donovan McNabb is embarrassed.

He should have lots of company. But that’s the problem. When you listen to Andy Reid, you’d never get the impression that the Eagles have given away three eminently winnable games already this year.

All Reid says is his standard “I have to do a better job putting players in position to make plays.”

Apparently McNabb had seen – and maybe heard – enough. The quarterback called a players-only meeting Monday and aired out his teammates for the malaise - almost a willingness to accept defeat - that was settling over the team.

It’s the same kind of “close but no cigar” mindset that doomed the team last year before they ran off three meaningless losses at the end of the year.

Those who were in the meeting say you could “hear a pin drop” when Donovan spoke.

Lorenzo Booker put it in a little more stark terms. He knows where this can lead. He spent time with some absolutely horrendous Dolphins teams the past few years.

“The fact of the matter is we’re 2-3,” Booker said. “We can talk about how good we are or how close the games were that we lost but they’re still losses. We’ve got to start putting this talk into action or we’re going to be average.”

McNabb has talked the talk. Now he’s ready to walk the walk.

Unfortunately, he may be walking out onto the field Sunday in San Francisco without his best weapon. Running back Brian Westbrook has not practiced this week as he nurses two broken ribs.

One more loss Sunday and the Eagles season will be broken. And no amount of team meetings or talk will change that.