GAME OF THE WEEK TO WATCH

Sunday’s delicious late-afternoon matchup between the 10-2 Eagles and 9-3 Rams in Los Angeles is unquestionably the game of Week 14.

“These are the games that you better be ready to go for because they are a great football team,” first-year Rams coach Sean

McVay said. “It’s an exciting matchup.”

The Eagles rank first in the NFL in scoring differential (plus-146), and the Rams second (plus-139). The Eagles’ offense is averaging the third-most yards per game (385.1), and Rams’ the fourthmost (372.7). The Eagles’ defense is allowing the sixth-fewest points per game (17.92), and the Rams’ the seventh-fewest (18.50).

The Eagles appeared to be on cruise control en route to home-field advantage throughout the playoffs until they were tripped up by the Seahawks last week. They are now tied with the Vikings for the best record in the NFC, though Minnesota has the tiebreaker at the moment based on strength of schedule.

The Rams lost to the Vikings in Week 11, but they beat the Saints (9-4), so a Rams win Sunday would give them head-tohead tiebreakers over two of the three teams battling fighting for first-round playoff byes.

Lost in the enormity of the matchup, the subplot to the game is at the quarterback position, where Jared Goff, the Rams’ No. 1-overall draft pick in 2016, and the Eagles’ Carson Wentz, the No. 2-overall pick that year, go at it.

“This is what you love about the NFL,” McVay said. “These games are fun.’’