NFL WEEK 11 CAPSULES
EAGLES (8-1) AT DALLAS
OPENING LINE: SERIES: LAST MEETING: EAGLES OFFENSE:
(4), PASS (14)
EAGLES DEFENSE:
(1), PASS (26) (2), PASS (20)
FANTASY TIP: ETC.:
OVERALL (10), RUSH
COWBOYS OFFENSE: COWBOYS DEFENSE: (5-4)
Sunday, 8:30 p.m., NBC Pick-em Cowboys, 65-51 Eagles, 27-13, Jan. 1 OVERALL (4), RUSH OVERALL (11), RUSH OVERALL (15),
RUSH (12), PASS (14)
Probably better to bench Dallas RB options with Ezekiel Elliott out and Cowboys facing NFL’s No. 1 rushing defense.
Eagles at 8-1 for fifth time in franchise history. They won NFL championship first two times (1946, 1960), lost Super Bowl other two (1980, 2004) . ... Eagles have scored 20 points in 13 straight games, longest streak in NFL . ... Eagles tied with Saints for longest active winning streak at seven . ... QB Carson Wentz leads NFL with 23 TD passes and ranks fourth with 104.1 rating. Another four-TD game this season will tie Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton for second most in first two seasons (four). Dan Marino had six . ... Zach Ertz leads NFC TEs in receptions (43), yards receiving (528), tied for first in TDs (six). He had 13 catches for 139 yards and two TDs in last meeting with Dallas . ... WR Alshon Jeffery has three TDs in past two games . ... DE Brandon Graham has 4½ sacks and two forced fumbles in past five meetings . ... Cowboys QB Dak Prescott one of four players since 1970 merger to produce at least 50 TDs in first 25 games (39 passing, 11 rushing) . ... WR Dez Bryant averaging 89 yards per game with nine TDs in past nine meetings with Eagles . ... DE DeMarcus Lawrence retook NFL lead in sacks at 11½ after getting one for Dallas against Atlanta . ... LB Sean Lee unlikely to play because of hamstring injury. Cowboys lost both starts without him this season. Sunday, 1 p.m.
OPENING LINE: SERIES: LAST MEETING: FANTASY TIP:
Jags by 7 11-5
Jags, 24-6, 2014 Browns’ Isaiah Crowell rushed for season-high 90 yards last week on 16 carries and could get more touches with bad weather expected.
Jags have won three straight for first time since 2013 and are three games over .500 for first time since 2010 . ... Defense, dubbed “Sacksonville,” leads NFL in sacks (35), yards passing per game (165.1), and points allowed (134) . ... Browns coach Hue Jackson 1-24 in two seasons . ... Browns allowing just 107 rushing yards per game.
ETC.:
Jags, Sunday, 1 p.m. Fox Lions by 2½ Bears, 97-72-5 Lions, 20-17,
OPENING LINE: SERIES: LAST MEETING:
2016
FANTASY TIP:
Lions have allowed 136.8 yards rushing in past four games without Haloti Ngata (elbow) after holding opponents to 74.6 over first five.
QB Matthew Stafford ranks fourth in NFL with 2,461 yards passing. He’s thrown for 1,033 yards, five TDs, one interception in past three games . ... Since 2015, Theo Riddick leads RBs with 165 catches, ranks second with 10 TD receptions . ... QB Mitchell Trubisky was sacked five times last week, has been sacked 16 times in all.
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