"They say defense wins championships. Right now, this defense isn't winning anything.

Yes, the Eagles' short-yardage – or better yet, shortyardage – offense was awful (see blog post). And yes, Michael Vick didn't finish the game (see story). But for the second straight week, the defense surrendered a fourth quarter lead.

This defense isn't supposed to do that, and DeSean Jackson knows it.

"Anytime you go for it on fourth-and-one and don't make it, the defense really has to step up and rally around and kind of help us with momentum and things like that," Jackson said after making two receptions for 30 yards in the Eagles' 29-16 loss to the Giants (see story). "We were up two points at that point. They went down and scored on a play I kind of thought ... it shouldn't have really happened. "