NFL Week 16 preview
OAKLAND (6-8) AT EAGLES (12-2) Monday, 8:30 p.m., ESPN OPENING LINE:Eagles by 9 SERIES: Tied 6-6 LAST MEETING: Eagles, 49-20, 2013 RAIDERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (19), RUSH (25), PASS (16). RAIDERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (21), RUSH (15), PASS (23). EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (3), RUSH (2), PASS (8). EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (6), RUSH (1), PASS (22). FANTASY TIP: WR Alshon Jeffery has been TD machine and already seems to be in sync with Nick Foles. ETC.: Raiders beat Eagles in Super Bowl following 1980 season . ... Oakland’s Derek Carr joined Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Russell Wilson, Andrew Luck as only QBs with at least 100 TD passes in first four seasons in NFL . ... RB Marshawn Lynch has 388 scrimmage yards and three TDs in three games vs. Eagles . ... WR Michael Crabtree has 25 TDs since 2015, fifth in NFL . ... Pro Bowl DE Khalil Mack seeks sack in sixth straight game . ... Oakland LB Bruce Irvin has five sacks, two forced fumbles in past four games . ... Eagles secure NFC’s No. 1 seed with a win or loss by Vikings at Packers . ... Eagles have first-round bye for only sixth time since 1970 and first since 2004 . ... Eagles need 37 points to set franchise record for most points in single season . ... Foles tied NFL record with seven TD
Raiders back Marshawn Lynch (24) has 388 yards from scrimmage against the Eagles.
passes in last meeting vs. Raiders . ... Jeffery leads team with nine receiving TDs, including seven in last seven games . ... Pro Bowl TE Zach Ertz (8), Trey Burton (5) and Brent Celek (1) have 14 TDs combined, most by tight ends in one season in team history . ... Threeheaded rushing attack of LeGarrette Blount (717), Jay Ajayi (356) and Corey Clement (307) has combined for 1,380 yards rushing and seven TDs.
FANTASY TIP: Rookie QB Mitchell Trubisky and WR Kendall Wright have chance to put up some big numbers. ETC.: Browns won on Christmas Eve last season, beating thenSan Diego Chargers . ... Browns rookie QB DeShone Kizer leads league with 19 interceptions . ... With 13-33 record in three seasons, John Fox could be coaching final home game for Bears . ... Jordan Howard ranks fourth in NFL with 1,069 yards rushing . ... Wright has 17 catches for 188 yards in past two games.
FANTASY TIP: RB Devonta Freeman has been in top form lately and faces defense that yielded 132 yards rushing to Falcons in Week 14. ETC.: Falcons 9-0 when scoring 20 or more . ... Julio Jones third in NFL with 1,215 yards receiving, has averaged 96.4 yards in his past seven vs. Saints . ... Saints are only team with three players who’ve surpassed 1,000 scrimmage yards: RBs Mark Ingram (1,420) and Alvin Kamara (1,336), and WR Michael Thomas (1,085) . ...