"IT WAS A LITTLE after 1 p.m. on Monday. Thirteen hours after the Eagles' hard-fought, 24-20, win over the Bears and 144 before their next battle against the Redskins.Armed with the latest casualty report from trainer Rick Burkholder, defensive coordinator Sean McDermott and his assistants had just finished reviewing who they might - and might not - have for Sunday's game.The good news for McDermott was that his injury-ravaged unit, which already has had eight starters and key role players miss a total of 28 games this season, didn't suffer any more debilitating injuries against the Bears or have anyone else nabbed by the NFL's steroids police.Asante Samuel already had pretty much recovered from the neck stinger he incurred attempting yet another poor-form tackle. And Sheldon Brown's strained hamstring, which he somehow managed to play with Sunday night, hadn't been aggravated any further. Which is to say that while you and I wouldn't be able to get out of bed with it, he'll likely suit up and play.McDermott is also a little closer to getting weakside linebacker Akeem Jordan, who's missed the last two games with a hyperextended knee, back. If Jordan doesn't play Sunday, he'll almost certainly be back for the next game on Dec. 6 in Atlanta.Despite all of the injuries (and cornerback Joselio Hanson's four-game suspension for violating the league's steroid policy), McDermott's defense still has played pretty well. They're eighth in the league in yards allowed, tied for 13th in points allowed and second in sacks and takeaways. Just two of their first 10 opponents have scored more than 20 points against them. "I would love to have continuity," said McDermott. "I think the players would love to have continuity. The challenge for us right now is we don't have the resources available from an injury standpoint to have the continuity that we would like. But the credit goes to the players. They come in every week, and some may be playing a new position. But they take the challenge head on and look to improve."When strongside linebacker Chris Gocong injured his quad and hamstring in Week 8 against the Giants, rookie seventh-round pick Moise Fokou started against the Cowboys. When Jordan got hurt against the Cowboys, middle linebacker Will Witherspoon moved to WILL and Gocong slid over to the middle, a position he hadn't played since high school. Against the Bears, Gocong moved back to SAM and little-used Jeremiah Trotter and Joe Mays ended up splitting up the reps at MIKE.When Samuel got hurt Sunday night, the Eagles went with a gimpy Brown on one side and inexperienced Dimitri Patterson on the other. Rookie Macho Harris, who had opened the season as the team's starting free safety, was the nickel corner. Maybe if the opposing quarterback had been somebody with a little better aim than Jay Cutler, things would've been different. But they held the cockeyed Cutler to 3.97 yards per attempt and a .558 completion percentage. "Dimitri's done a heck of a job," M