NFL WEEK 7 CAPSULES
EAGLES JJJJJAT DALLAS JJJJJ Sunday, 8:20p.m., NBC
OPENING LINE: Cowboys by 3
SERIES: Cowboys, 68-52
LAST MEETING: Cowboys 29-23, OT, 2018 EAGLES OJJENSE: OVERALL (20), RUSH
(15), PASS (16)
EAGLES DEJENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH
(2), PASS (29)
COWBOJS OJJENSE: OVERALL (2), RUSH
(7), PASS (3)
COWBOJS DEJENSE: OVERALL (9), RUSH
(12), PASS (12)
JANTASJ TIP: Eagles haven’t allowed 100yard rusher in nine straight regular-season games. Most recent was Ezekiel Elliott with
113in previous meeting.
ETCJ: Cowboys seeking first four-game winning streak in series since winning seven straight from 1992-95. Eagles won six straight from 2000-02 . ... Eagles are only NFC East rival with winning record at ATQT Stadium (6-4) . ... Eagles 13-5in prime-time games since Doug Pederson became coach in 2016 . ... QB Carson Wentz has averaged 2.2 TDs passing since 2017, second to Patrick Mahomes (2.8) . ... Wentz has sixth-best passer rating (100.5) in that span . ... Rookie Miles Sanders ranks third among RBs in scrimmage yards per touch (5.97) . ... Sanders has a 30-plus yard play from scrimmage in four straight games . ... RB Jordan Howard has five TDs in past four games . ... DE Derek Barnett had two sacks and forced fumble in only career game vs. Dallas on Nov. 19, 2017. ... DE Brandon Qraham has four sacks in past two games . ... Eagles ranked No. 2in run defense (72.8ypg), and first since 2016(91.2). ... Offense third with 50percent third-down conversion rate . ... Dak Prescott tied Roger Staubach’s Dallas record for rushing TDs by QB with 20th vs Jets, has most in NFL since entering league in 2016 . ... Prescott has won six straight against division foes, averaging 346yards and 121.3rating with 17TDs, three interceptions . ... DE Robert Quinn leads Cowboys with five sacks despite two-game suspension to start season.
OAJLAND JJJ2J AT GREEN BAJ J5JJJ Sunday, 1p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE: Packers by 7 SERIES: Packers, 8-5
LAST MEETING: Packers, 3020, 2015
JANTASJ TIP: Aaron Rodgers leads NFL (minimum 350 pass attempts) in passer rating
(106.8) in October and is tied for No. 1 in TDs (89).
ETCJ: Raiders 3-13following bye since 2003 . ... Oakland completing league-best 73.3Q of passes this season . ... Packers 14-3 against AFC West since 2002. ... Qreen Bay has scored 30-plus points in each of last four contests against Raiders ... Qreen Bay coach Matt LaFleur is first head coach in franchise history to win five of first six NFL games. LOS ANGELES RAMS JJJJJ
AT ATLANTA JJJ5J Sunday, 1 p.m.
OPENING LINE: Rams by 3 SERIES: Rams, 47-30-2
LAST MEETING: Falcons, 2613, Jan. 6, 2018wild-card game JANTASJ TIP: Atlanta’s Austin Hooper leads NFL tight ends with 42 receptions.
ETCJ: Rams 16-4away from Los Angeles during Sean McVay’s tenure, including 2-1 this season. ... Falcons QB Matt Ryan leads NFL with 15 TD passes . ... Ryan trying to become first player in to pass for at least 300yards in each of first seven games of season . ... Falcons rank last in league with 31 points allowed per game. Atlanta tied with Miami for last with only five sacks, none in past three games. MINNESOTA JJJ2J AT DETROIT J2J2JJJ Sunday, 1 p.m.
OPENING LINE: Pick Qem SERIES: Vikings, 74-39-2 LAST MEETING: Vikings, 27-9,
2018
JANTASJ TIP: Vikings WR Stefon Diggs had seven catches for 167 yards, career-high three TDs last week. He has nine TDs in previous nine division games. ETCJ: Vikings RB Dalvin Cook second in NFL with 796 yards from scrimmage, fourth with
583 yards rushing . ... Vikings giving up 15.5 points per game, ranking sixth in league . ... QB Matthew Stafford 87yards passing from 40,000-yard mark for career. Matt Ryan reached mark fastest in 151games, five more than Stafford has played.