Something less than a picture-perfect shutout...

Some quick thoughts at halftime:

- Great job by the defense on that goalline stand at the end of the half. The Falcons offensive ineptness helped, but that was still impressive.

- This game should be a blowout, but the Eagles' continuing red zone issues are killing them. They should've jumped out 28-0, but instead it was just 13-zip. They're down a couple key weapons, but this is getting a wee bit old.

- Chris Redman stinks. On our pregame show Kevin Reilly and I heard conflicting messages about Redman - "he's got a big arm" ..."he's really accurate" .. he's 'cerebral.'" Well, he might be smart, but he is not an NFL quarterback. He's playing like the insurance salesman he was for three years.

- Assante! Keep on hitting!

- For the second straight week, Brent Celek is having a rough game. Blocking? What's that?

- Eagles keeping Tony Gonzalez in check; two catches for 13 yards. I did not expect that. Good work by Macho Harris on him.

- Jason Peters is unlucky. He's got a neck and head injury, and with the NFL buckling down on players returning to games after getting whacked in the head, I'm guexsing he's done for the day. Just when you thought the O-line was coming together.