PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger liked almost nothing about his one half of play. The 247 yards passing, the three consecutive scoring drives, the big shift in momentum didn't impress him at all.

Roethlisberger, effective for only one drive previously in this preseason, had a big half statistically even though he was disappointed by it and the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1) shook off numerous mistakes to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-13, last night.

Roethlisberger didn't pass for a score, but spread the ball among seven receivers and six caught at least one of 18 yards or longer. Running back Najeh Davenport had two long receptions totaling 58 yards on screen passes that fooled the Eagles and tight end Heath Miller had two for 50 yards.

Still, Roethlisberger, who was 13 of 25 for 247 yards and an interception, wasn't pleased.

"No, I'm not real happy," he said. "We missed a couple of things, some things could have been better, but I told some of those guys I'll get better and I'll be sure to hit them."

Pro Bowl running back Willie Parker, limited to four carries before because of a sore knee that sidelined him for two weeks of training camp, ran 18 yards for a score following Roethlisberger's 22-yard completion to Santonio Holmes during a 13-point second quarter for Pittsburgh. Parker also caught three passes for 40 yards.

Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb was lifted before halftime after going 5 of 11 for 60 yards and being sacked twice. Correll Buckhalter ran for 43 yards on 10 carries.

"These two games were critical for us, we wanted to get that timing down," McNabb said. "There were some good things we did but there's work that needs to be done."

Picking up the blitz may be one of them as the Eagles (1-2) missed injured Pro Bowl right guard Shawn Andrews, who is out with an ankle injury.

"I think they've got a few problems picking up the pressure we bring, and we get after them pretty good. He definitely can sense it (the blitz) coming and he's got to get it out of there, or he's going to get sacked," the Steelers' Casey Hampton said of McNabb. "If you let him sit back there, he'll pick you apart. The whole thing is to get him antsy and try to bring as much pressure as possible."

Eagles running back Nate Ilaoa, a former University of Hawai'i star, caught two passes for 17 yards and rushed five times for 18 yards.