NFL WEEK 16 CAPSULES
EAGLES (4-9-1) AT DALLAS (5-9) Sunday, 4:25p.m., Fox
OPENING LINE: Eagles by 1½
SERIES: Cowboys, 66-53
LAST MEETING: Eagles, 24-9, Nov. 1 EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (25), RUSH
(10), PASS (27)
EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (20), RUSH
(23T), PASS (16)
COWBOYS OFFENSE: OVERALL (18), RUSH (19), PASS (11)
COWBOYS DEFENSE: OVERALL (24), RUSH (32), PASS (8)
FANTASY TIP: RB Ezekiel Elliott has already clinched a career season low in
100-yard games. He has one. But he’s hit the century mark four times in seven games against the Eagles in his five-year career. ETC.: Winner stays alive in the playoff race only if Washington loses at home to Carolina. ... Eagles RB Miles Sanders needs 190yards rushing to reach 1,000. ... TE Zach Ertz has four TDs receiving in his last four games vs. NFC East. ... TE Dallas Goedert has three TDs receiving in the past four games vs. Dallas. ... DT Fletcher Cox has 31⁄2 sacks and two forced fumbles in his past four games vs. Dallas. ... A loss by Cowboys will clinch their first losing record in NFC East games since 2011. ... Dallas is plus-7in turnover margin the past two games after being among NFL’s worst at minus-13through 12games. Cowboys had seven takeaways without a turnover in their first back-to-back wins of the season after forcing just 11 turnovers in first 12 games. ... Andy Dalton was 2-0vs. Eagles in his nine years as Cincinnati’s starter, going 36 of 58 for 459yards with three TDs and no interceptions in those games. ... Elliott has been battling a calf injury that kept him out last week. It was the first time the two-time rushing champion missed a game because of injury. ... WR Amari Cooper needs two catches to break his previous career season high of 83. ... LB Leighton Vander Esch isn’t expected to play and might be finished for the season because of a high ankle sprain.
Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott hasn’t had his typical season; the Eagles hope he doesn’t have his typical 100-yard game against them.
ATLANTA (4-10) AT KANSAS CITY (13-1)
OPENING LINE: SERIES:
LAST MEETING: 2016
Chiefs will be without injured rookie RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire, so Le’Veon Bell will get the bulk of the carries against NFL’s 28th-ranked run defense.
Kansas City needs two wins to match the Green Bay Packers (2011) for the best regular season by a reigning Super Bowl champion. ... Matt Ryan reached 4,000 yards passing for the 10th consecutive season. Ryan reached another milestone last week when his third TD pass gave him 343 for his career, moving past Fran Tarkenton (342) for 10th on the career list.