This one shuld be a breeze, right?

You relax in the barcolounger for that rarest of breeds these days, the 1 o'clock Sunday Eagles game, and by 1:45 the Birds are on cruise control, putting away the hapless Bengals.

In your dreams.

This team refuses to do anything the way you think they would. You put teams away by building a lead, then running the football, controlling the clock. That's not Andy Reid's M.O.

For some reason, I see this as another epic struggle, putting us all to sleep before David Akers bails the Birds out with a late field goal.

Makes it Eagles 19, Bengals 17.

And the anti-Reid, McNabb drumbeat just gets that much louder.

After last week's win, I'm 5-4 on the year, same as the Eagles.

Except I don't think I'm better than that. The Eagles keep telling us how much better they are than their record, how they should have won 2 or 3 more games.

Yeah, right.

And I should be their next coach. Neither one of them is going to happen.

I'm picking the Birds to win this game, but I would not be in the least bit surprised to see them go belly-up and come up on the short end of the scoreboard.

Then we could all be regaled with Andy Reid telling us "that's on me" and "I have to put them in a better position to make plays."

Oh, and don't forget the inimitable, "We're going to take a look at that and get it done."

Any week now.