Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)

NFL WEEK 6 CAPSULES

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L.A. CHARGERS (4-3) AT EAGLES (3-5) Sunday, 4:05p.m., CBS OPENING LINE: Chargers by 3½ SERIES: Chargers, 7-5. LAST MEETING: Eagles, 26-24, 2017 CHARGERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (12), RUSH (18), PASS (7), SCORING (15). CHARGERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (18), RUSH (32), PASS (5), SCORING (24). EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (19), RUSH (6), PASS (27), SCORING (12). EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (9), RUSH (24), PASS (8), SCORING (19). TURNOVER DIFFERENTI­AL: Chargers plus-2; Eagles plus-1. KEY MATCHUP: Eagles’ offensive line vs. Chargers’ front seven. LA’s defense is last in NFL against the run and Eagles are coming off their best rushing game in several years, totaling 236yards on the ground. ETC.: Chargers are one of two teams to convert more than eight attempts on fourth down. They are 9for 13(69.2%), which is the third-best percentage. … Los Angeles has scored 66points in the third quarter, tied for sixth in NFL. … Austin Ekeler is tied for second in NFL among running backs with eight scrimmage TDs. He has also gone over 100scrimma­ge yards in five games. … WR Keenan Allen is tied for fifth in the AFC with 45receptio­ns. He is 31catches away from reaching 700in his career. … WR Mike Williams is tied for second in AFC with six TD catches. … S Derwin James Jr. leads NFL defensive backs with 63tackles. He also has three forced fumbles, becoming the first Chargers player to do that in the first seven games since Marcellus Wiley in 2001 . ... Eagles are 0-3at home . ... Eagles coach Nick Sirianni was an assistant with the Chargers from 2013-17 . ... Eagles own the fourth-best red zone offense in NFL, scoring TDs on 21of 29(72.4%) opportunit­ies inside the 20 . ... Eagles’ Jalen Hurts ranks eighth in NFL in total offense with 2,152yards . ... Eagles DT Javon Hargrave has six sacks, one shy of a career high and tied for most by an interior linemen. Jones

 ?? JAE C. HONG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Eagles rushers had best hold the ball tight on Sunday. Chargers safety Derwin James has forced three fumbles in the teams first seven games.
JAE C. HONG — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Eagles rushers had best hold the ball tight on Sunday. Chargers safety Derwin James has forced three fumbles in the teams first seven games.

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