(My Sportsbook) - If someone handed me the box score from Sunday's Eagles/Redskins game with the final results crossed out, I would have thought Washington won by two touchdowns.

But that wasn't the case, as the Redskins suffered a 21-19 loss against Philadelphia to fall to 4-9 on the season. The setback was the second straight and fourth in five weeks for Washington, which outplayed the Eagles in every facet of the game.

The Redskins compiled 415 yards of offense (210 rushing, 205 passing), and watched another solid outing by running back Ladell Betts go to waste. Betts ran for 171 yards on 33 carries, and eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark for the third straight week.

Betts, who signed a five-year contract extension last week, is earning every penny of that deal and is proving to be a nice replacement for starter Clinton Portis. Betts, selected in the second round of the 2002 draft, ran all over Philly's porous run defense for another career performance. In last week's loss to Atlanta, Betts had a then-career-high 155 yards on 28 touches.

As the weeks go by, the better Betts gets.

"As a competitive athlete you always want the ball," Betts said after Sunday's game. "These are the situations you want as a player. You want to be looked at by your peers and coaching staff as someone who can make things happen. I just give credit to my offensive line and coaching staff for allowing me this opportunity to make some plays."

Betts and the Redskins have no shot at another run towards the playoffs, but the former Iowa standout has some personal goals to achieve. With 814 yards on the ground this season, Betts needs to average 62.0 yards in each of the last three games of the season for his first-ever 1,000-yard campaign.

Second-year quarterback and new starter Jason Campbell didn't have the type of game he anticipated on Sunday, throwing for 182 yards on 15-of-27 passing with a touchdown and two costly interceptions, including one which was returned for an 84-yard score by Eagles safety Michael Lewis.

Campbell is 1-3 as a starter in his young career, but showed some promising signs against the NFC East-rival Eagles.

In the first divisional game of his career, Campbell rallied the Redskins in the second half and led them on three scoring drives -- two field goals and one touchdown. Campbell, whose two picks in the first half led to touchdowns, had a chance to give Washington the lead late in the game, but Eagles safety Brian Dawkins made the sack of the game on a third-down play, and Washington settled for three points to pull within 21-19.

Betts, who had 100 yards before the two-minute warning of the first half, was never used during the goal-line sequence. Had he been, the Redskins could possibly be alive for the playoffs. Instead, they were mathematically eliminated from postseason contention.

Philadelphia then ran out the clock, and never gave Campbell a chance to redeem himself. The quarterback lamented the fact that the Redskins were in the red zone three times versus Philadelphia and came away with three field goals.

"It's tough when you have more than 400 yards on offense against a defense like Philly, who bring in a lot and play physical football," Campbell said. "The way we were moving the ball, it was frustrating not to come away with a victory.

"Right now we have to continue to keep punching and hope that things go our way. They made the plays on turnovers and we didn't."

In his last three games, Campbell has thrown five TD passes to go along with four interceptions. He is gradually learning the ropes of playing quarterback in the NFL, and gives Washington fans hope for a promising 2007 season.

NOTES FROM THE GRIDIRON

-Redskins starting center Casey Rabach left the game in the fourth quarter with a fractured left hand. Rabach underwent X-rays and was replaced by Mike Pucillo, who is in his fourth season. Rabach had minor surgery on his broken hand on Monday and had three pins inserted into the hand. He is questionable against the Saints.

-Starting tackle Jon Jansen is battling through a calf injury and also is listed as questionable for Sunday in New Orleans.

- Wide receiver Antwaan Randle El started in place of Brandon Lloyd, who was punished for throwing his helmet during last week's loss against the Atlanta Falcons. Randle El led the corps with 85 yards and a touchdown on six catches, while Lloyd contributed a big 40-yard catch on a pass from his replacement.

-Head coach Joe Gibbs is battling through what has officially become the second losing season in three years since coming out of retirement.

-Washington was penalized 11 times for 68 yards against the Eagles.

-The Redskins defense surrendered just 14 first downs, 164 passing yards and 263 total offensive yards against Philadelphia. However, the defense was held without a sack for the fourth time this season.

-Washington has allowed a league-high 25 passing touchdowns, and a league-low four rushing TDs

-The Redskins defense has an NFL-low 10 takeaways, five interceptions and 15 sacks on the season.

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Next on Gibbs' list are the red-hot New Orleans Saints, who are fresh off a 42-17 rout of the Dallas Cowboys. The NFC South-leading Saints own the second- best record in the NFC at 9-4, behind only the mighty Chicago Bears.

Washington hasn't visited New Orleans since handing the Saints a 40-10 victory on December 30, 2001. The last time the Saints and Redskins played was November 30, 2003, when New Orleans posted a 24-20 triumph at FedEx Field.

The Redskins aren't thought to have much of a chance against the NFL's top- ranked offense led by stars Drew Brees, Reggie Bush and Deuce McAllister. Brees just torched the Dallas secondary for 384 yards and five TD passes. New Orleans racked up 536 yards of total offense at Texas Stadium.

Redskins defensive coordinator Gregg Williams better have started planning for this matchup before the sun went down after Sunday's game.