McMahon Will Start vs. Raiders

Jim McMahon will replace the slumping Randall Cunningham as the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback Sunday against the Raiders in Philadelphia.

“I talked to Randall,” Coach Rich Kotite said. “I thought about it all night and I thought about it this morning, and I told him I would have Jim start this week. I want to back him off for a week.”

Cunningham was benched during the second half of the Eagles’ 20-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys after completing three of eight passes for 13 yards and one interception.

“If he thinks a week off will help me, he doesn’t know me as well as I thought he knew me,” Cunningham said.