The Eagles were a real good football team, man, but we’re happy to be 8-1 and 3-0 in our division. People are talking about the Giants going back to the Super Bowl but we don’t feel that kind of pressure.

This is what you work for, to be in position to go to the Super Bowl. That’s our goal, and the team is staying hungry. We know that first we have to get into the playoffs, so we’ve started our playoff push. Things are looking good but there are some key games coming up, so we just want to take it one game at a time.

The Eagles are a good team and they made some adjustments against us. We went in wanting to stop Brian Westbrook and I think we did a pretty good job of that. You have to know where he is at all times, he lines up in the backfield or out wide, he can hurt you in so many ways. Guys rallied to the ball and made tackles. He always makes one or two guys miss, so you have to get multiple people to the ball and tackle well. We put some pressure on McNabb early and forced him to make bad throws.

My two broken hands are getting better each day. They’re coming along fine and I’ve been able to use them a little more, though I have to wear braces on both of them. You have to get used to playing with them, it limits you in some ways. It’s not as easy to grab onto someone when you’ve got braces on both hands.

I haven’t had many sacks lately but that’s not because of my hands. Teams have been keeping 6, 7 or 8 guys in to block against our front four.

Next we’ve got Baltimore at home. They’re an intense team with a solid offensive line so we have to go in there hard and match their intensity. We want to use our home-field advantage, get the crowd into the game early with a big play, a tackle for loss or a sack. That always helps, gets the crowd screaming and yelling on third down. I like to raise my hands up, try to get the fans involved. I think they like that.

We can’t look past anybody. You can’t look ahead, once you do that you end up getting beat. We need to take control of the season. We’re focused on going out there and getting a victory.

Fred Robbins is the starting defensive tackle for the Super Bowl champion New York Giants. His blog for playerpress.com runs regularly at www.fredrobbins98.com.