From the press box

By Tim McManus

Sights and sounds from the Eagles-Browns game...

Mini-Reid goes green

Howard Eskin's transformation into an Eagles company man is complete. His blind support for Andy Reid and the team is well known, but Howard "being on the Eagles payroll" is no longer just a disparaging remark.

Welcomed by a mixture of laughs and grumbles from the press corps, Eskin strolled into the Reid postgame press conference last night dressed from head to toe in official rain-proof Eagles apparel. Coat, pants, the whole bit.

He even sat away from the rest of the reporters, side-by-side with members of the PR staff.

Way back machine

After every play, a voice comes over the PA system in the press box to detail the last sequence. Ex: McNabb passes to Avant for a gain of 7. Rogers with the tackle.

About midway through the game, our guy said: No. 36 Wilbert Montgomery carries for a gain of 3...(Pause)...Check that, Brian Westbr...

Quote of note

Jon Runyan, on another Eagle dropping the ball before crossing the goal line:

"That kind of stuff will take care of itself. Can't harp on it. Just got to get it into the end zone."

On the way out

No scene quite like the aftermath of Monday Night football in Philadelphia, especially when the city is wrapped in an orange haze brought on by a balmy December night.

As the last RVs pulled out of the lots, horns blazing and random body parts hanging out the window, an eerie scene was left in their wake.

The barren lot was soon filled with a mass of seagulls fit for an Alfred Hitchcock film, pulling at the leftover trash and scaring off any remaining stragglers.

City cleaning crews are truly under appreciated.