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The Philadelphia Eagles destroyed the Green Bay Packers with a 24-point second half blitz that turned a 9-7 deficit into a convincing 31-9 victory for the home side.
Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb led the home side's charge at Lincoln Financial Field with two touchdown passes and two trademark runs of his own into the endzone.
McNabb dashed over for touchdowns from six and 15 yards, rushing for 47 yards in all and bagging two touchdowns in the one game for the first time in his career.
In passing terms McNabb supplied Greg Lewis with two touchdown passes from 30 and 45 yards, and completed 16 out of 30 attempts on the night for a total of 288.
Three Dave Rayner field goals had given the Packers a 9-7 half time advantage, but their defence could not near McNabb in the second half as the hosts came storming back.
Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre had a rare off night in a Monday night game, as he had two interceptions which led to Philadelphia scores as his arm misfired badly.
The 36-year-old left the game with a slight head injury late in the fourth quarter as Philadelphia won their ninth consecutive home game against the Packers.
Both teams played without first choice running backs, with Ahman Green missing the game for the Packers with a hamstring strain while Philadelphia's Brian Westbrook was sidelined with a knee injury.
After scoring on their first four possessions to stroll to victory, Philadelphia move on to 3-1 for the season so far, while the Packers slipped to the reverse and are 1-3.
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