Early on, the Eagles looked like they were down and out. Another one of those days. Not quite. Not against the self-destructive Miami Dolphins. The Eagles looked like a totally different team than their record says by beating the Miami Dolphins 26-10 in Miami.

The loss was also the final straw for Tony Sparano. On Monday morning, Stephen Ross announced the news at a press conference.

The Eagles scored 24 points during a 9 minute span and sent Matt Moore to the sidelines with a head injury.
The Eagles won for only the second time in six games.

"We've been through a lot, a lot of games we were supposed to win and didn't finish," Vick said. "I'm proud we won today."

The Miami Dolphins had previously won 3 straight homes entering the Eagles game on Sunday."We've been on a roll," receiver Brandon Marshall said. "It stinks that our momentum was stopped." "The Eagles have been inconsistent like we have," Marshall said. "But that's a team with a lot of talent. At any moment they can be an undefeated team, or look like one."

Michael Vick started the Miami game after missing a stretch of 3 games due to broken ribs. "I'm in a lot of pain, but I just wanted to finish and get through the game," Vick said. "I got hit a lot, and it kind of wore me down. I tried to hang in there."

Vick went 15-30 for 208 yards and threw a 34 yard TD pass to DeSean Jackson. Moore only threw for 95 yards. He was replaced by JP Losman.

The Dolphins only score of the day came on a 16 yard TD pass from Moore to Marshall in the first quarter. It was all the points the Miami offense could manage in the game.

The Dolphins went 3-18 on third down plays and their QB's were sacked nine times: equaling a franchise record set in 1999.

The Dolphins also lost left tackle Jake Long due to a back injury. From then on in, the Eagles dominated.

"All the blame is squarely on our shoulders," guard Richie Incognito said. "We got Matt hurt. They're a physical group. They just beat one on one'.

"There comes a time when we as players and coaches have to do a better job of getting guys involved that need to be involved," Marshall said. "It just didn't seem like we had anything on offense in the second half that could attack what they were throwing at us."

The Dolphins however did a good job in stopping Lesean McCoy. He finished with only 28 yards on the ground, but with 2 TD's. Reggie Bush for the Dolphins managed another 100 yard game for the Dolphins.

"We played like men today," Babin said. "Do we have a chance for the playoffs? Maybe. We were kind of out of it, but guys in this locker room decided, `We're going to play and have fun and show you guys we love the game.' I think that really rang true the whole day."