For Redskins, a dismal repeat performance

At least the Washington Redskins’ revamped play calling structure didn’t produce a delay of game penalty.

Everything else about the Redskins’ offense remained the same, resulting in a similar result as in losses to Carolina and Kansas City — only more lopsided.

Deflated by three takeaways that handed Philadelphia 13 first-half points, the Redskins again dug themselves a hole, limping into their bye with a 27-17 loss to the Eagles on Monday night.

New playcaller Sherm Lewis couldn’t make an immediate difference. The Redskins’ offense remains a penalty- and turnover-prone outfit that is a model of inconsistency and now is one that will be without tight end Chris Cooley, likely out for the year with a broken right tibia.

The Redskins have lost five of their first seven games for the third time in Dan Snyder’s decade of ownership. Although management said Friday coach Jim Zorn would remain on the job for rest of the year, more losses like this could signal the players have tuned him out and force a change.

“We just have to find a way to refocus,” quarterback Jason Campbell said. “This isn’t a time for us to fall apart. We have to find a way to stay positive. We have put ourselves in a hole, but anything can happen. We have to keep pressing on.”

Lewis was calling plays for the first time since 2001. Zorn said Lewis handled the passing plays and offensive coordinator Sherman Smith the running plays.

“The result was the same; we got 17 points,” said Zorn, whose team has yet to exceed that total this year.

Said Campbell: “It’s not about the play calling. Everybody puts so much emphasis on everything else, but as players, we have to execute.”

At 2-5, the Redskins remain in the NFC East cellar and 12th in the conference. Against their first opponent that came in with a victory this season, the Redskins fell behind by 17 points.

During the second of four giveaways, Cooley went down at midfield while running a route. His leg appeared to buckle, and he was later carted from the sideline to the locker room.

“We’re quite certain it’s broke or fractured in some way,” Zorn said. “He’ll be out awhile. I don’t know if it’s going to be a season-ending injury yet.”

Philadelphia was spearheaded by two DeSean Jackson touchdowns — a 67-yard run on the game’s opening series and a 57-yard catch in the second quarter.

The two touchdowns accounted for 124 of the Eagles’ 262 yards.

“We were big contributors in this loss,” Redskins secondary coach Jerry Gray said of the defense. “We had been playing stellar defense, allowing 14 points a game, and we gave up 14 points on two plays.”

The Eagles’ 27 first-half points were the most allowed by the Redskins since New Orleans posted 29 on Oct. 13, 2002.

The Eagles’ 17-point halftime lead was the largest in the series since November 1980.

Campbell was 29-for-43 for 284 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. He was under siege for most of the game and was sacked six times.

“What hurt us on offense was pass [protection] and the inability to run consistently because we got into third-and-longs,” Zorn said.

Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb finished 15-for-25 for 156 yards and one touchdown, the 200th of his career. DeMatha graduate and Eagles running back Brian Westbrook suffered a concussion in the first half and didn’t return.

The Redskins closed the margin with a garbage-time touchdown — Campbell threw 1 yard to Fred Davis with 1:38 remaining. It was Davis’ first as a pro, and he led the Redskins with eight catches for 78 yards.

During the bye week, the Redskins also have to figure out what to do with an offensive line that has allowed Campbell to be sacked 12 times since left tackle Chris Samuels was lost with a neck injury early in the Carolina game.

“Philly was doing a lot of different things schematically,” Campbell said. “Some of the time, it was technique; sometimes it was our backs getting matched up against their defensive linemen or linebackers.”

Campbell played most of the game with an injured right ankle.

Campbell’s lack of mobility, Cooley’s injury and a poor running game contributed to becoming one dimensional. Trailing less than two minutes into the game didn’t help, either, as Jackson set the tone on the game’s fourth play.

Starting from left wideout, he came across the field at the snap to get McNabb’s handoff. When defensive end Andre Carter and safety LaRon Landry didn’t keep containment, Jackson blazed to the races, running untouched until Carlos Rogers’ final effort at the goal line.

“We had talked about some of the things they could do on the first drive, and certainly DeSean on the reverse was one of them,” Zorn said. “He outran our pursuit angles — he’s wicked fast, and we got sucked inside, and he was out and around us.”

The Redskins continue to be a nonstarting offense — their first two drives ended with punts.

And then came the turnovers.

Safety Quintin Mikell blitzed and, after he wedged himself past center Casey Rabach, deflected Campbell’s pass. Linebacker Will Witherspoon intercepted at the 9 and cruised into the end zone.

On the next series, Witherspoon stripped Campbell while sacking him. Mikell recovered at the Washington 36. The Redskins’ defense held Philadelphia to 7 yards on the next three snaps, and David Akers’ 47-yard field goal made it 17-0.

The Redskins answered on Devin Thomas’ first career touchdown catch to cut the lead to 17-7.

Another turnover prevented the Redskins from cutting into the lead when Antwaan Randle El muffed the punt inside his own 30. The Eagles recovered at the 25 but lost a yard on three plays and settled for Akers’ second field goal with 4:08 left in the half.

Jackson’s final big play came on a third-and-22. Running down the left side, he used a double move to beat Rogers and safety Chris Horton, caught the ball around the 15 and sprinted to the end zone.

“It goes back to not being in position,” Gray said. “We always talk about having good eyes on third down.”

The pressure will remain on the defense now that the offense has lost a third starter in Cooley.

“At the beginning of two-a-days, we said that if we have injuries on the offensive side of the ball, we’ll be in trouble,” Campbell said. “That’s where we’re at right now.”