NFL Week 11 preview
NEW ORLEANS (5-4) AT EAGLES (4-6)
Sunday, 1 p.m., Fox
BETTING LINE: Eagles by 2. SERIES: Eagles, 18-15.
LAST MEETING: Eagles, 24-21, 2020
SAINTS OFFENSE: OVERALL (26), RUSH (12), PASS (31), SCORING (13). SAINTS DEFENSE: OVERALL (10), RUSH (1), PASS (26), SCORING (7).
EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (16), RUSH (3), PASS (27), SCORING (11). EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH (20), PASS (13), SCORING (14).
TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Saints plus-5; Eagles plus-1.
KEY MATCHUP: Saints rank first in run defense, allowing 72.9yards per game. Eagles are third in rushing, averaging 144.3yards per game.
ETC.: Saints coach Sean Payton, hired by New Orleans in 2006and now in his 15th season (he was suspended in 2012) is the longesttenured head coach in NFC and second in NFL behind New England’s Bill Belichick . ... Saints DE Cameron Jordan has a sack in three of his past four games . ... CB Marshon Lattimore has 65passes defensed since 2017, tied for second most in the NFL . ... S Malcolm Jenkins had 58passes defensed, 11interceptions and 11forced fumbles in 96games with Eagles from 2014-19 . ... Eagles are the only team to score 30-plus points while allowing 13or fewer in three games this season . ... Hurts is tied for second-most multi-passing TD games through his first 14career starts in team history with six behind Sonny Jurgensen (eight). Hurts has 50-plus rushing yards in four consecutive games, first time an Eagles QB has done so since Michael Vick in 2011 . ... Eagles RB Boston Scott prepped at Zachary (La.) HS, played at Louisiana Tech and was a sixth-round draft pick by the Saints in 2018, spending the majority of his rookie season with New Orleans.